GANGNEUNG, SOUTH KOREA ¨C In incredibly dramatic fashion, Yuzuru Hanyu rose to the occasion in the short program at Gangneung Ice Arena on Friday afternoon.
Hanyu¡¯s score of 111.68 points, an Olympic record for the short program, has him in first place heading into Saturday¡¯s free skate and halfway to skating immortality.
It has been 66 years since American Dick Button won the second of his two consecutive gold medals at the 1952 Oslo Games, a feat Hanyu can equal with a victory here.
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