Mao Asada, the 15-year-old skating sensation who won last year's Grand Prix Final but was too young to compete in the Turin Olympics, will begin her Grand Prix campaign this season along with older sister Mai, and Miki Ando, at Skate America in October, according to an entry list posted on the Web site of the International Skating Union recently.
Mao Asada, winner of the Grand Prix Final last season, will face American world champion Kimmie Meissner in the season-opening Skate America.
AP PHOTOThe Japanese trio will be going up against American world champion Kimmie Meissner when they take the ice in Hartford, Conn., for the season-opening competition scheduled from Oct. 26-29.