Figure skating-Hanyu dethrones Fernandez to win world title

ByReuters

Published 01/04/2017 at 12:21 GMT

HELSINKI, April 1 (Reuters) - Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu ended Javier Fernandez's two year-reign as world champion by producing a dazzling free skate to win the men's title at the world figure skating championships on Saturday.

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Hanyu had trailed the Spanish champion by 10.66 points after finishing fifth in the short programme but overhauled that deficit with a mesmerising performance that earned him a world record 223.20 points for the free skate.

After finishing with the silver medal for the last two years, the 2014 champion again struck gold with a total of 321.59.

Shoma Uno made it a 1-2 for Japan in the final world championships before next February's Winter Olympics. He claimed silver with 319.31.

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Fernandez dropped to fourth place after a scratchy performance, which included a fall on his quadruple Salchow.

(Reporting by Pritha Sarkar, editing by Ed Osmond)

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