TOKYO (AP) — Former world champion Midori Ito still has the drive for competitive figure skating.
Ito will enter one of the International Skating Union’s senior events for the first time when she competes in Oberstdorf, Germany, from June 8-11.
The 41-year-old Japanese said at a news conference Thursday that “figure skating isn’t just a sport for young people.”
The 1992 Olympic silver medalist said “people of all ages should try, and in that spirit I decided to compete in this tournament.”
Ito, the 1989 world champion, was the first woman to land a triple axel in competition. She retired from competitive skating in 1996.
