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Ando 2nd after NHK Trophy short program

Saturday 07th November, 05:12 AM JST

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smithinjapan at 10:58 AM JST - 7th November

"Reigning world bronze medalist Ando..." is that considered an honour compared to gold? I mean, in the next paragraph the word 'reigning' is used to describe the champion, not the third place winner. Anyway, I'm just surprised she didn't get beaten out by Kim Yu-Na again.
isthistheend at 11:42 AM JST - 7th November

How about a photo?
LoveUSA at 11:53 AM JST - 7th November

Where is Mao Asada? Miki Ando will win the long program and the competition. But it is not good for her to lose the short program at a competition in her home country.
roomtemperature at 01:36 PM JST - 7th November

"Anyway, I'm just surprised she didn't get beaten out by Kim Yu-Na again."

Nothing to be surprised of, my friend. Kim didn't participate.
Pukey2 at 02:41 PM JST - 7th November

The Japanese men seem to do well....as long as the other skaters are mediocre. Add top skaters into the equation (like Plushenko, Joubert, Weir, etc) and they don't do that well.

I now wonder whether Mao can actually make it to the Olympics. A second and fifth placing in her last two competitions are not good signs. Poor Ando - even when she won her last competition, she was overshadowed in the news by Mao's poor performance.

Looking forward to Kim's next competition.

Reigning world bronze medalist Ando

I have to agree, this is a very very strange expression. When you hear the word 'reigning', you're expecting the winner's name to follow.
bushlover at 02:54 AM JST - 8th November

["Reigning world bronze medalist] -- Reigning Bronze Medalist means the winner of the Bronze medal in case you can't read properly. Pretty poor reading. Must be due to teaching kiddie english too much.

["Anyway, I'm just surprised she didn't get beaten out by Kim Yu-Na again."] -- Dude you'd say anything to keep the wifey happy wouldn't you? Watch those Korean wives. They don't take criticism well.