Two-time defending Olympic champ Yuzuru Hanyu, who stumbled twice in his free skate, held the lead until the final three skaters.
Hanyu trained with the next-to-last group, and looked fine until the 27th minute of the training session, when he went down hard while attempting a quadruple...
Chen skated to “La Boheme” and rang up a score of 113.97 points to eclipse the world record of two-time Olympic champion Hanyu (111.82) set at...
Hanyu trained to his free skate of “Heaven and Earth” during a 35-minute session in which he tried several times to land the elusive quadruple axel.
"I’m happy with the way that it went today,” Chen said. “And overall, my goal is just to enjoy this experience as much as I can."
The men’s short program will kick off the team event Friday morning, followed by the rhythm dance and the pairs short program.
The three-time world champion says he’ll do five quadruple jumps in his free skate next week.
"My biggest goal for the Olympics is to make no mistakes in both the short program and the free skate. Beyond that, I hope to go...
“The Olympics are not a recital,” Hanyu said. “It's a place you must win. For that reason, I'll be strongly determined.”
Despite two-footing the landing on the opening quad axel, Hanyu powered through the rest of his program en route to yet another resounding triumph.
The two-time Olympic champion skated to “Rondo Capriccioso” and put on a scintillating show in the men’s short program to earn a whopping 111.31 points.
The top-tier skaters are well known, but exciting quests are right behind as young athletes aim to earn their own spots on the national team.