Two-time Olympic Figure Skating Champ Yuzuru Hanyu Books Beijing 2022 Spot With Japan National Victory
3 years ago

Two-time Olympic Figure Skating Champ Yuzuru Hanyu Books Beijing 2022 Spot With Japan National Victory

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Two-time Olympic figure skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu has booked his place at the Beijing Games, laying down a marker with a commanding win at Japan’s national championships on Sunday. He was officially named in Japan’s Olympic team later Sunday evening, along with Pyeongchang Games silver medallist Shoma Uno and current world number one Yuma Kagiyama. “But the road I have taken to get here, and my feelings towards the people who have supported me, made me decide to compete.” Hanyu added that he is “aiming to be number one”, and that he is “the only one who has the privilege to be able to compete for a third straight men’s figure skating Olympic title”. “I was reminded just how difficult it is to do a quad axel that I haven’t mastered yet in a competition.” Hanyu went on to produce a masterclass for the rest of his routine, earning a free skate score of 211.05 for a 322.36 score overall.

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Kagiyama dazzles in free skate to lead 1-2 finish for Japan at Four Continents
11 months ago

Kagiyama dazzles in free skate to lead 1-2 finish for Japan at Four Continents

Associated Press  

SHANGHAI, China — Beijing Olympic silver medalist Yuma Kagiyama produced a near flawless free skate on Saturday to lead a 1-2 finish for Japan at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships. First after the short program, Kagiyama landed two quadruple jumps and four triple jumps on his way to scoring 200.76 points in the free skate for a total of …

Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu stepping away from competitive skating
2 years, 5 months ago

Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu stepping away from competitive skating

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan is stepping away from competitive figure skating, he said Tuesday. “I don’t like the word ‘retirement’ so I don’t really want to use it.” Hanyu won back-to-back gold medals at the 2014 Sochi Games and the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics. There were only a few thousand fans allowed inside the tightly controlled …

Chen’s near-perfect skate wins long-sought Olympic gold
2 years, 10 months ago

Chen’s near-perfect skate wins long-sought Olympic gold

Associated Press  

BEIJING — Nathan Chen remembers making the long drive with his mother from his home in Utah to Rafael Arutyunyan’s training base in Southern California. “She would just scrap together some dollars to try to pay Raf, and Raf obviously knew about the situation and thanks to the kindness of his heart, was able to just continue taking me in, …

U.S. Figure Skater Nathan Chen Completes 4-Year Journey Of Redemption, Wins Gold
2 years, 10 months ago

U.S. Figure Skater Nathan Chen Completes 4-Year Journey Of Redemption, Wins Gold

Huff Post  

Nathan Chen, of the United States, holds his national flag as he celebrates after winning the gold medal in the men's free skate program during the figure skating event at the 2022 Winter Olympics on Thursday. David J. Phillip via Associated Press BEIJING — Nathan Chen remembers making the long drive with his mother from his home in Utah to …

Chinese edition of book on 'ice prince' launched
2 years, 11 months ago

Chinese edition of book on 'ice prince' launched

China Daily  

A Chinese translation of Japanese ice prince Yuzuru Hanyu's biography was released. In 2009, 14-year-old Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu said, "I want to become a legend. Now 27-year-old Hanyu has won the gold medal in figure skating men's single skating in two consecutive winter Olympics--Sochi and Pyeongchang and the championship of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating for …

Chinese edition of book on 'ice prince' launched
2 years, 11 months ago

Chinese edition of book on 'ice prince' launched

China Daily  

A Chinese translation of Japanese ice prince Yuzuru Hanyu's biography was released. In 2009, 14-year-old Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu said, "I want to become a legend. Now 27-year-old Hanyu has won the gold medal in figure skating men's single skating in two consecutive winter Olympics--Sochi and Pyeongchang and the championship of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating for …

Figure Skating Olympic Champion Yuzuru Hanyu Leads Japan Nationals on Injury Comeback
3 years ago

Figure Skating Olympic Champion Yuzuru Hanyu Leads Japan Nationals on Injury Comeback

News 18  

Reigning Olympic figure skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu returned to competitive action at the Japanese national championships in Saitama, where he took the lead after the men’s short programme in his first competitive skate in eight months. The 27-year-old landed a quad slachow, a quad toe-triple toe combination and triple axel to help him to a score of 111.31, leading reigning …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Japan's Daiki Hashimoto, 19, becomes youngest ever men's all-around gymnastics champion
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Japan's Daiki Hashimoto, 19, becomes youngest ever men's all-around gymnastics champion

Firstpost  

The nerveless 19-year-old edged out China’s Xiao Ruoteng with Russian world champion Nikita Nagornyy taking bronze, and kept dry-eyed on the podium despite the enormity of his accomplishment. Tokyo: Japanese teenager Daiki Hashimoto had no time for tears as he became the youngest ever men’s all-around Olympic gymnastics champion with a superb final horizontal bars routine at the Tokyo Games …

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