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.
The 18-year-old won the men’s free skate with a personal-best score of 208.94 points.
Kaori Sakamoto, Wakaba Higuchi, Yuma Kagiyama and Shoma Uno make preparations for Japan.
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.
