Sasha Cohen may turn to acting career [View All]

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. figure skating champion Sasha Cohen aims to win her first major in ternational gold medal at next week's world championships and then evaluate opportunities beyond skating, including an acting career.

Olympic silver medalist Cohen, runner-up the past two world championships, is clear favorite in Calgary as Olympic champion Shizuka Arakawa of Japan and 2005 world champion Irina Slutskaya of Russia, Turin's bronze medalist, are absent.

"I want a world championship," Cohen said in a telecon call on Friday. "I think I'm very capable and I've become a tougher competitor. I think it's very much within my reach."

Cohen is participating in the 5-month-long Champions on Ice tour following the world championships. The 21-year-old Californian said she will also be pondering her future.

"I'm definitely taking it one step at a time. I do love what I do and the satisfaction I get out of skating," she said.

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