Medical tests to determine if Yuzuru Hanyu returns to competition this year
Yuzuru Hanyu will decide whether he will compete again this year based on the results of medical tests he is undergoing in Japan, his coach Brian Orser said Wednesday. The two-time Olympic gold medalist twisted his right ankle in a practice fall Saturday at the ...
Hanyu's health a paramount concern
When a country takes the gold and bronze medals in the same discipline at a Grand Prix it would usually be considered a successful weekend. The joy for Japan at the Cup of Russia, however, was tempered by the injury suffered by two-time Olympic champion ...
Yuzuru Hanyu wants to skate in Grand Prix Final despite ankle injuries
Walking on crutches at the Rostelcom Cup of Russia awards ceremony on Sunday, two-time Olympic men's champion Yuzuru Hanyu has indicated he intends to skate at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final starting from Dec. 6. One day after winning his second championship ...
Yuzuru Hanyu won the men's title at the Cup of Russia despite an ankle injury that left him on crutches, while fellow Olympic figure skating champion Alina Zagitova won the women's title on Saturday. Hanyu, the two-time defending Olympic gold medalist, started strongly with two ...
Yuzuru Hanyu built a 20-point lead in the short program at the Cup of Russia on Friday. The two-time defending Olympic champion landed a clean quadruple salchow and quad toe loop/triple toe loop combination en route to earning 110.53 points. As usual, his fans hurled ...
Yuzuru Hanyu looks to clinch Grand Prix Final spot at Cup of Russia
Two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu hopes he can ward off injury at this year's Cup of Russia in Moscow, ensuring he will be healthy for a bid at a fifth Grand Prix Final crown. "First of all I want to get through official practice (in ...
Hanyu on track in preparations for Pyeongchang
Yuzuru Hanyu is continuing to build momentum in his run toward a second straight Olympic gold medal. Hanyu began his Grand Prix season with a second-place finish at the Cup of Russia on Saturday, but his free skate was much improved from his showing at ...
Yuzuru Hanyu settled for second place on Saturday at the Cup of Russia. American Nathan Chen, the silver medalist at last year's Grand Prix Final behind Hanyu, started the day with a 5.69-point lead over the Japanese superstar and scored 193.25 in the free skate ...
Defending Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu made two mistakes in his jumps Friday to finish second behind rival Nathan Chen in the men's short program at the Cup of Russia, the first event of the Grand Prix series. Hanyu, last up in the 12-man field, under-rotated ...
Shoma Uno unleashed two quad jumps to earn a strong lead after the short program at the Cup of Russia, putting him in position on Friday for his second Grand Prix title of the season. Uno, who earlier this year became the first to execute ...
Sochi Olympic champion Adelina Sotnikova was due to skate for her home crowd at next week's Cup of Russia Grand Prix in Moscow, but has been replaced on the entry list by little-known 17-year-old Maria Stavitskaya. Russian figure skating federation president Alexander Gorshkov said Sotnikova ...
Tatsuki Machida and Russia's Julia Lipnitskaia won gold Saturday in the Cup of Russia, the last of the season's six preliminary Grand Prix events. Machida landed a clean quad-double combination and followed with a triple axel-triple toe loop to race past early leader Maxim Kovtun, ...
