TOKYO — Figure skating star
Yuzuru Hanyu will miss this month's world championships because an ankle sprain
he suffered at the
Beijing Olympics has not fully healed, the Japan Skating
Federation said Tuesday.
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The two-time Olympic gold medalist fell
twice in the figure skating final at the 2022 Winter Games in the Chinese
capital, where he finished fourth in the men's individual competition.
He had been due to compete at the
ISU World Figure Skating Championships in southern France from March 21-27, but
Kao Miura will be sent in his place, the JSF said in a statement.
The organization said Hanyu could
not skate at the event because "the sprain of his right ankle joint,
injured at the Beijing Olympics, hasn't healed".
Hanyu, 27, had been chasing a third
gold at the
Games in February and went for broke with a free skate that
included an attempt at a quadruple axel – something no skater has ever landed
in competition.
But the Japanese "Ice
Prince" tumbled twice, once trying to nail the notoriously difficult jump.
"Honestly, it feels like
everything has gone wrong this time around, but I did my best," he told
reporters in Beijing after the competition, in which
US star Nathan Chen won
gold.
Silver and bronze were taken by
Japanese skaters Yuma Kagiyama and Shoma Uno.
Hanyu's right ankle ligaments have
given him trouble for years, having hurt the same ankle just months before the
2018 Pyeongchang Games.
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