Mao Asada rumored to have left Rafael Arutunian

2A Number of posts : 564 Registration date : 2007-11-10

An article has come out saying that Mao has left Arutunian.
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/figure-skating-asada-parts-with-coach/n20080226121109990004?ecid=RSS0001

However, an article on icenetwork.com is saying that the story isn't true.
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080227&content_id=44857&vkey=ice_news

The article did confirm that Mao is going to worlds without a coach though.

Controversy like this can't be good for Mao, especially right before worlds. I hope she is able to get through it and do her best at worlds.

2A Number of posts : 703 Registration date : 2007-08-20

Thanks swandie!
I found an article on italian site. It confirms that Asada will going to Worlds without coach...
I says that she wants to came back to Japan and stay in Japan for training and not in USA. And she also wants a coach only for her... and Arutunian can do that...
Italian site: http://www.artonice.it/?q=it/node/5192
Link to Japanese site: http://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/sports/news/CK2008022702090770.html