Kaori Sakamoto ends career with fourth world championship

Kaori Sakamoto celebrates after winning the women's singles title at the figure skating world championships in Prague on Friday
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Retiring star Kaori Sakamoto signed off in style by claiming women's world figure skating championships gold for the fourth time in Prague on Friday.The 25-year-old Milano Cortina Olympic silver medalist marked her farewell to the ice with an elegant, charismatic routine to Edith Piaf's "Je ne regrette rien," earning personal bests of 158.97 in the free skate and a total score of 238.28."There are no regrets at all, I can say goodbye with this performance," said Sakamoto.

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