Yuzuru Hanyu took gold at the Four Continents on Sunday, following his record-breaking men's short program performance by topping the field in the free skate. Despite touching the ice on his opening quadruple Lutz and falling on a quad toe loop, Japan's two-time Olympic champion ...
Yuzuru Hanyu's bid to recapture the world title he last won in 2017 meant turning back the clock and being himself, one of his coaches, Ghislain Briand, said Monday ahead of this week's Four Continents Figure Skating Championships. After runner-up finishes at the Grand Prix ...
Yuzuru Hanyu to return to Olympic gold-winning programs at Four Continents
Double Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu will go back to the short and free programs that won him the men's singles gold medal at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, a source close to the matter said Sunday. The 25-year-old Hanyu missed out on gold in major competitions ...
Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu topped the free skate on Sunday but had to settle for his third runner-up finish as U.S. national champion Nathan Chen held on to win the Four Continents championships in South Korea. Hanyu trailed in third place after the short program ...
Shoma Uno said Monday before taking off for the Four Continents championships in South Korea that he is planning on opening his free program with a quadruple loop. At Chubu airport in Nagoya, the 19-year-old Uno revealed that his free program at the Feb. 14-19 ...
Three-time national champion Miyahara pulls out of Four Continents with hip injury
Satoko Miyahara will not defend her Four Continents championship or skate in this month's Asian Winter Games due to a leg injury, the Japan Skating Federation announced Tuesday. The three-time defending national champion informed the federation on Monday night of a stress fracture in her ...
Kanako Murakami completed a winning double for Japan at the Four Continents Championships on Saturday. Murakami scored 132.18 in the free skate for a total of 196.91 points, over 10 points clear of 15-year-old Satoko Miyahara. The bronze went to Zijun Li of China. "I did ...
Kanako Murakami shrugged off ankle pain on Thursday to finish first in the women's short program at the Four Continents Championships. Murakami, who had been dealing with pain in her ankle from ill-fitting skates she's been trying since December, will go into Saturday's free skate ...
Mao triumphant at Four Continents
Mao Asada leads a Japanese sweep of the women's medals at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.
Mao executes triple axel to take lead; Reynolds wins men's title
Mao Asada lands a triple axel and wins the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.
Mao recognizes challenges as she returns to spotlight at Four Continents
"The level I am at now is the best for now, but I want to push myself even more looking toward the world championships," says the two-time world champion.
