Japanese Hanyu again Olympic champion in figure skating

Pyeongchang (SID) Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu celebrated his second consecutive Olympic gold at the Pyeongchang Winter Games. In the free skate on Saturday, the world champion defended his lead from the short program and repeated his triumph in Sochi 2014. With 317,85 points, the 23-year-old was ahead of his compatriot and runner-up world champion Shoma Uno (306,90). Bronze went to six-time European champion Javier Fernandez from Spain (305,24).

Hanyu received the second-best score for his free skate (206,17) behind American Nathan Chen (215,08), who had already won bronze in the team competition in Pyeongchang. The Japanese achieved the best score in the short program (111,68). The 23-year-old is the first individual skater since US legend Dick Button (1948 and 1952) to win the gold medal at the Olympic Games twice in a row. It was only in Pyeongchang that Hanyu made his comeback after suffering an ankle ligament injury in November.

An Italian, Matteo Rizzo, was also at the start. He took 21st place in the final ranking.

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Japanese Hanyu again Olympic champion in figure skating

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