REUTERS
March 2, 2022 at 11:50 JST
Yuzuru Hanyu shouts “Thank you” to cheering spectators in the stands during the figure skating Exhibition Gala at the Beijing Olympics on Feb. 20. (Nobuhiro Shirai)
Twice Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu will not take part in the World Figure Skating Championships because he has not recovered from an ankle injury sustained at the Beijing Winter Games, the Japan Skating Federation said on Tuesday.
Hanyu sustained the ankle injury in practice at the Games, trying the quadruple Axel, which he fell on in the free program in Beijing.
“(Hanyu’s) sprain of the right ankle joint injured at the Beijing Olympics has not been completely healed,” the federation said in a statement, adding that Four Continents bronze medalist Kao Miura would replace Hanyu at the March 21-27 event in Montpellier, France.
Hanyu won the Olympic gold in Sochi in 2014 and Pyeongchang in 2018. He finished fourth at the 2022 Games.
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