Akiko Suzuki

Mao won the event ahead of Akiko Suzuki. KYODO Courageously competing here in Osaka just weeks after the death of her mother Kyoko, the 21-year-old delivered a graceful, if not perfect skate, to beat Akiko Suzuki with a winning total of 184.07 points.  

He is survived by his daughters Joan G. Gardiner of Unison and Teruko Suzuki of Chiba City, Japan; son Peter Gundelfinger of Vienna; granddaughters Nicola Gardiner of Brooklyn, NY, and Akiko Suzuki of Bethesda, MD; and grandson Masahiro Suzuki of Japan.