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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Australia China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam Takahashi wins Japan figure skating nationals AFP - Sunday, December 27 Send IM Story Print Takahashi wins Japan figure skating nationals KADOMA, Japan (AFP) - – Former Four Continents champion Daisuke Takahashi booked a ticket to his second Olympics as he won the men's title at the Japanese national figure skating championships Saturday. With a 12.31-point lead from the short programme, the 23-year-old Takahashi also topped the free-skating segment with 168.28 points for a total of 261.13 points to win his fourth national title in five years. Defending champion Nobunari Oda, who had already booked another of three Olympic berths allotted to Japanese men by finishing second at the Grand Prix Final earlier this month, came in second with 244.30 points. Takahiko Kozuka, the 2006 world junior champion, finished third with 236.13 and was expected to win the Japan Skating Federation's remaining ticket to February's Vancouver Winter Olympics on Sunday. "It was a disappointing free programme," said Takahashi, who has come back after missing the entire 2008-2009 season for an injury to his right knee. The 2008 Four Continents champion, who finished eighth at the 2006 Turin Olympics, braved a difficult quadruple toeloop in his opening element. But he two-footed and touched the ice on landing with the jump being downgraded to a triple. "But I didn't just go on to finish. I could control myself well," he said after skating to Nino Rota's soundtrack music for "La Strada." In the women's short programme, former world champion Mao Asada took the lead, showing her comeback to form in her quest for Olympic glory. Asada, who has struggled from the start of this season with her trademark triple axel, under-rotated her attempt at the demanding 3.5-revolution jump in a combination with a double toeloop in her opening element. But the 19-year-old skated steadily to Aram Khatchaturian's "Waltz Masquerade" and collected 69.12 points, ahead of Yukari Nakano at 68.90 and 2007 world champion Miki Ando at 68.68. By virtue of her second-place finish at the elite final in Tokyo, Ando has already booked one of three Olympic berths allotted to Japanese women. Asada, the only woman who regularly attempts the triple axel in international competitions, and others were vying for the remaining two berths. "I have finally made it," said Asada, the 2008 world champion, about her triple axel attempt, which was downgraded but ended with a clean landing. "I thought the short programme would be the key. I've cleared one crucial stage." Asada had succeeded only once in her eight previous triple axel attempts this season. She popped, landed on two feet or fell in the other instances. She failed to qualify for the final despite being the defending champion as she was second to Kim at the season-opening Grand Prix in Paris in October and finished a lowly fifth at the second round in Moscow. 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