Yuzuru Hanyu may be a figure skating icon with multiple record-breaking achievements under his belt, but don’t expect him to slow down any time soon. The two-time Olympic champion made it clear that ...

A showdown four years in the waiting had the air taken out of it in mere seconds. Yuzuru Hanyu took to the ice for part one of his Olympic title defense: the short program. His first jump was supposed ...

Japanese all-time great figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu announced his retirement from competition on Tuesday, marking the end of a stellar career that included breaking more than a dozen world records and ...

FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2018, file photo, Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan performs during the men’s free figure skating final in the Gangneung Ice Arena at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea.

Nov. 16 (UPI) --Olympic champion figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan broke his own world record Friday in the short program at the Rostelecom Cup in Moscow. Hanyu, 23, leads in the short program of ...

Hanyu Yuzuru, of Japan, greets audience after winning his gold medal at the World figure skating championships in Helsinki, Finland, on Saturday, April 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) Hanyu Yuzuru ...

TOKYO – World champion Yuzuru Hanyu finished first in the free skate as Japan maintained its lead in the figure skating World Team Trophy on Friday. Hanyu received 200.9 points for a routine that ...

Japanese figure skater and Winnie the Pooh enthusiast Yuzuru Hanyu not only won the men’s short program at the 2018 Winter Olympics on Thursday, but thanks to his bromance with Spain’s Javier ...

The 23-year-old Olympian won gold in Sochi in 2014 and is a world champion twice over, but he has had a rough road to Pyeongchang. An ankle injury — "ligament, tendon, and bone damage" — has had him ...

Hanyu is a five-time national champion, three-time world champion and two-time Olympic champion. He returns to the ice in Beijing after an injury that has kept him away from competition this winter.