Hanyu wins, books place in GP final
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November 25, 2012, Sunday
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JAPANESE teenager Yuzuru Hanyu, who broke his own world record with a mark of 95.32 in Friday's short program, won yesterday's free skate at the NHK Trophy in Sendai, Japan, to secure a place in next month's Grand Prix final.
The 17-year-old Hanyu opened his free skate with a quadruple toe loop and hit six triple jumps on the way to victory with a score of 261.03 points. He was unable to land the second quad - a salchow - and fell on his final jump, a triple lutz, but did enough to beat second-place finisher and compatriot Daisuke Takahashi by nearly 10 points. Ross Miner of the United States finished third with 235.37 points.
"I'm very happy to make the Grand Prix final," Hanyu said. "Despite my mistakes in the free skate, I was able to score more than 160 points, so my training has paid off."
Mao Asada of Japan narrowly edged out compatriot Akiko Suzuki for the women's title. Asada tallied 185.27 points to Suzuki's 185.22. Mirai Nagasu of the United States finished third with 176.68 points.
Takahashi put on a lively performance to "I Pagliacci" and totaled 251.51. The result qualified Takahashi for his seventh GP final. Only Russia's Evgeni Plushenko, the 2006 Olympic gold medalist, has made more GP finals with eight.
Hanyu and Takahashi will be joined by compatriots Takahiko Kozuka and Tatsuki Machida at the GP Final in Sochi, Russia, giving Japan four of the six competitors in the men's event.
Meryl Davis and Charlie White of the US captured the title in ice dance with 178.48.
The 17-year-old Hanyu opened his free skate with a quadruple toe loop and hit six triple jumps on the way to victory with a score of 261.03 points. He was unable to land the second quad - a salchow - and fell on his final jump, a triple lutz, but did enough to beat second-place finisher and compatriot Daisuke Takahashi by nearly 10 points. Ross Miner of the United States finished third with 235.37 points.
"I'm very happy to make the Grand Prix final," Hanyu said. "Despite my mistakes in the free skate, I was able to score more than 160 points, so my training has paid off."
Mao Asada of Japan narrowly edged out compatriot Akiko Suzuki for the women's title. Asada tallied 185.27 points to Suzuki's 185.22. Mirai Nagasu of the United States finished third with 176.68 points.
Takahashi put on a lively performance to "I Pagliacci" and totaled 251.51. The result qualified Takahashi for his seventh GP final. Only Russia's Evgeni Plushenko, the 2006 Olympic gold medalist, has made more GP finals with eight.
Hanyu and Takahashi will be joined by compatriots Takahiko Kozuka and Tatsuki Machida at the GP Final in Sochi, Russia, giving Japan four of the six competitors in the men's event.
Meryl Davis and Charlie White of the US captured the title in ice dance with 178.48.
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