Two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu nearly became the first skater to land a quadruple axel while easily outpacing Shoma Uno and Yumi Kagayami to win the Japanese national championship on Sunday.

The two-time Olympic gold medalist from Japan was slightly under-rotated in his jump, landing him a fourth-place finish with 283.21 points in the free skate. After the competition, Hanyu was icing his ...

Figure skating is a fundamentally cruel sport. A full regular season or tournament structure gives top athletes a bulwark against variance. But a figure skater’s biggest competition comes only every ...

(Reuters) - Japan's double Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu picked himself up after a fall to win the men's free programme at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Seoul on Sunday. The ...