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Takahashi to have season-ending knee surgery

Associated Press

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

TOKYO -- Japanese figure skater Daisuke Takahashi will have season-ending knee surgery, potentially ruling out the 2007 world championships silver medalist from the worlds next March. "I've decided to have surgery," Takahashi wrote Tuesday on the Web site of the Kansai University Ice Skating Club. "I will sit out this season and it will take time to return to my best condition. It's very disappointing but just as an athlete needs courage to make progress, he also needs courage to know when t ...

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