Many figure skating fans across Asia woke up Tuesday morning to the news that Japanese icon Mao Asada is retiring from competition, with media in South Korea and China hailing her achievements while also lamenting the star skater's exit.In South Korea, where Asada is well known given her long rivalry with the country's Olympic champion Kim Yu Na, the state-run KBS TV network said in its online edition that Asada could have stayed in the world's top place had she not been in the limelight in the same period as Kim."When Asada got the silver medal after failing to beat Kim Yu Na at the 2010 W…READ FULL ARTICLE
