Original title: Yuzuru Hanyu quit the figure skating competition due to injury, will he come to the Beijing Winter Olympics?
The Paper Journalist Pu Yaolei
With the Beijing Winter Olympics approaching, many figure skaters are seizing every opportunity to train for the Olympics. However, the highly anticipated Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu had to be suspended due to injury.
On November 4, the Japan Skating Federation announced that Yuzuru Hanyu would withdraw from the Japan Grand Prix of Figure Skating held from November 12 to 14 due to damage to the right foot joint ligament.
In fact, Yuzuru Hanyu’s right foot injury has afflicted him for a long time, and it has affected training games many times since the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
To defend his title at the Beijing Winter Olympics, injury is the biggest enemy of the figure skating star.
Yuzuru Hanyu is in the game.Retired due to injury and recuperated for at least one month
There is about a week left before the Japanese Grand Prix of Figure Skating starts. However, when Japanese audiences are looking forward to seeing Yuzuru Hanyu’s performance at home, an accident happened suddenly.
According to the Japan Sports Federation, Yuzuru Hanyu suffered damage to the ligament of the right ankle joint.
“I went all out for the Japan station, but I didn’t expect that I was injured because of a fall. I felt very regretful. I would think hard, and I would go all out for everything I could do.” Yuzuru Hanyu posted by himself. In the statement, you can feel his helplessness.
Yuzuru Hanyu suffered a serious ankle injury.And this also means that Yuzuru Hanyu’s appearance in the figure skating Grand Prix this season will continue to be postponed-the Grand Prix has already been held in the United States and Canada, and Yuzuru Hanyu did not participate. Originally, his plan was to participate in the upcoming 11th. Japan station starting on 12th and Russia station on November 20th.
According to Japanese media, Yuzuru Hanyu will have to wait until the full-day championship in December to return.
For the subsequent recovery, Yuzuru Hanyu said that he would do his best: “Now in order to be able to stand on the ice as soon as possible, I will make appropriate adjustments and do some rehabilitation exercises even if I suffer from pain. I will try my best to be able to recover in the shortest possible time. The level of competition of others.”
The right ankle became a “time bomb”
Audiences who are familiar with and like Yuzuru Hanyu will inevitably feel a strain in their hearts when they see the news of his injury, especially the part of the injury this time is his already scarred right ankle.
In recent years, Yuzuru Hanyu has repeatedly suffered injuries to his right ankle and has been recuperating for a long time. This injury has almost become a “time bomb” that may detonate at any time.
Long before the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, in November 2017, Yuzuru Hanyu fell during training and injured the ligament of his ankle. After three months of recuperation, he appeared in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics and successfully defended his title, becoming the first men’s single skating player to defend the Winter Olympics gold medal in 66 years.
However, the shadow of injury did not go away. In November of that year, he injured his ankle in the figure skating Grand Prix in Russia. He had to recover from the injury again and missed the Grand Prix finals thereafter.
In the following two seasons, Yuzuru Hanyu finally no longer suffered from ankle injuries, but there were also many accidents-for example, the rhythm of training games caused by the new crown epidemic was disrupted. In February of this year, another earthquake occurred in Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures in Japan, causing Yuzuru Hanyu to temporarily stop operating the ice rink he trained in his hometown.
And the current Yuzuru Hanyu also faced a severe challenge from his opponent in the arena.He won the full-day championship in December last year, but he made a mistake in free skating at the World Championships in March this year and only won a bronze medal.
Yuzuru Hanyu was also very upset after the game: “I lost my balance one after another. Jumping is not my style at all. It’s really bad.”
Yuzuru Hanyu’s request
Now that the Winter Olympics is approaching, Yuzuru Hanyu’s depression in his heart can be imagined when he suffers from an ankle injury again.
Especially after the World Championships, he originally mentioned his career goal again: “I used a lot of effort to practice 4A (Axel four jumps). I want to practice 4A quickly and become the first in the world. Those who jumped out of 4A in the official competition.” But now, this goal is far away again, and the task at hand has become to recover physical condition as soon as possible and return to the ice.
For Yuzuru Hanyu, with the “experience” of injury before the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, he may not panic about this injury, but as he grows older, Hanyu, who is about to celebrate his 27th birthday, wants to continue to dominate the winter. The difficulty of the Olympic Games is also increasing.
The US player Chen Wei who won this year’s World Championships is the most powerful competitor. At the same time, the Japanese figure skating world is also surging after the waves. Shinco World Championships runner-up Kenyama Yujin is also a popular favorite by the outside world.
Screenshot of Hua Chunying’s Twitter.But in the hearts of many figure skating spectators, Yuzuru Hanyu is still the king on ice. According to a report by the Global Times in October this year, Hua Chunying, the spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, forwarded Yuzuru Hanyu’s “request” received by the Chinese Embassy in Japan:
“Writing to Yuzuru Hanyu fans, I saw (the Japanese people) say:’Come on, please Chinese audience’. Leave it to us! In addition, thank you for your understanding of China’s new crown epidemic prevention measures. (China) will Cheer for athletes from various countries including Japan at the (Beijing) Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics. Following the Tokyo Olympics, (China) will also work hard for the success of the Beijing Winter Olympics.”
Previously, the highest consecutive figure skating men’s singles record at the Winter Olympics was the three consecutive championships created by Grafstrom in 1928. Yuzuru Hanyu will continue to go all out to achieve this legend.
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