Japanese icon Yuzuru Hanyu completed his comeback from injury in style Saturday, capturing his second successive Olympic men's figure skating gold medal at the Pyeongchang Winter Games while compatriot Shoma Uno won silver.
The gold is Japan's first of the games in any competition. Victory saw Hanyu become the first skater to defend the men's title since American Dick Button achieved the feat 66 years ago.
Hanyu held the overnight lead after flirting with breaking his own world record score in Friday's short program. The two-time world champion completed the job with an enthralling free skate (206.17 points) at Gangneung Ice Arena to finish with 317.85. Uno scored 306.90 for silver in his Olympic debut and Javier Fernandez of Spain scored 305.24 for bronze.The 23-year-old Hanyu joins three other skaters who have retained the title -- Gillis Grafstrom of Sweden (1920, 1924, 1928), Karl Schafer of Austria (1932, 1936) and Button (1948, 1952).
Performing to the soundtrack from the film "Onmyoji" (The Yin-Yang Master), Hanyu had an awkward landing coming out of a quad toe loop-single loop-triple salchow combination but it was a minor blip in a skate that flowed like molten gold.
At the end of his skate, Hanyu got down on one knee and patted the ice as stuffed Winnie the Pooh bears rained down from the crowd above.
Source :- kyodonews
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