Yuzuru Hanyu: Ice skater complains US Olympian beat him because of hole in ice

Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu competes in the men's single skating short program of the figure skating event during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing

Japan’s two-time Olympic gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu was hoping for a third consecutive medal at Beijing’s Winter Olympics but fell short of delivering another stellar performance because of the faulty ice rink.

The 27-year-old Japanese hit the ice rink for the men’s skating short programme on Tuesday but within seconds he missed a planned jump, a quadruple Salchow, and ended up rotating just once instead of four times.

Hanyu, who is called Japan’s ice prince, complained he got caught in a hole on the ice rink which resulted in him losing points and not finishing in the top three even.

“When I took off, I was [over] some hole [in the ice] maybe from some other skater’s toe loop or flip [jump] or something,” he said speaking to the media.  But I was on a hole, so I couldn’t take off for the first jump.”

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