The weight on the shoulders of Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu must be immense.
With figure skating fans holding their breath to see if Hanyu will deliver a performance at the Beijing Olympics that could earn him a third consecutive gold – a first for the sport in almost a century – the stakes are higher than ever.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.
"I want to get to that place where I can confidently feel that this is the complete, perfectly formed version of Yuzuru Hanyu. And part of that is the 4A." Anything more than a quarter-revolution of under-rotation would earn a downgrade – as Hanyu did in December – to a triple Axel worth just 8.00 points. Grade of execution points may be deducted for other imperfections.
"If you do a flip and a Lutz, you'd get a crazy high score," Chiba University researcher Nobuhiko Yoshioka and a judge on the figure skating circuit.If Hanyu wins in Beijing, he will match Swedish Gillis Grafstrom's 94-year record of three consecutive Olympic golds in figure skating.
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