Figure skating took center stage Thursday during the men¡¯s short program. Yuzuru Hanyu, who won the gold medal at the Sochi Games in 2014, gave a mesmerizing performance that sent social media into a tizzy. Japan¡¯s Shoma Uno also lit up the ice with his routine and currently sits at third place. Now Japan waits to see if Hanyu can indeed win back-to-back gold medals. If so, he would become the first male skater to do so in over half a century.
Yuzuru Hanyu takes lead after short program at Pyeongchang Games
Yuzuru 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.
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