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Agence France-Presse

Japan’s two-time Olympic gold medallist Yuzuru Hanyu capitalised on a fall by defending champion Nathan Chen to snatch the lead after the short programme of the World Figure Skating Championships on Thursday.
Hanyu, who is competing for the first time in more than a year after opting to train alone during the Covid-19 pandemic, scored 106.98 points, skating to Robbie Williams’ “Let Me Entertain You”.
Double world champion Chen fell to the ice attempting his opening quadruple jump and scored 98.85 points.
That was good enough only for third place with Japanese 17-year-old Yuma Kagiyama taking his chance to split the two giants of the sport.
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He scored a personal best of 100.96 points after a smooth and fluid short programme.
The free programme takes place on Saturday with Hanyu well-placed to join Chen as a three-time world champion, a year out from the Beijing Winter Olympics.

“Mentally I’m much more confident and I think that I can work on my programme step by step,” said Hanyu who completed a quad Salchow, a quad toe-triple toe and triple Axel.
“I hope that I touched everyone with my programme and left an impression everyone will keep in their hearts.”
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American star Chen, skating to “Desperado” in an all-Spanish themed performance, recovered after his fall to land a triple Axel and a quad flip-triple.
“I made a big mistake right off the bat, which is, I wouldn’t say unconventional, but something that doesn’t normally happen to me,” said the 21-year-old.
Meanwhile, Russia’s Anastasia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov won the pairs title on their world championships debut.

With a total of 227.59 points, Mishina, just 19, and 21-year-old Galliamov, defeated two-time champions Sui Wenjing and Han Cong of China who scored 225.71.
Russia’s Aleksandra Boikova and Dmitrii Kozlovskii, with 217.63 points, were third.
“We’re really surprised to finish first,” said Mishina whose celebrations will be muted.
“We’re going to go to sleep,” she said.


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Advantage Yuzuru Hanyu as rival Nathan Chen falls at World Championships

Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the short programme event at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm. Photo: AFP

US's Nathan Chen performs during the men's short programme event at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm on March 25, 2021. (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP)

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Christy Leung competes at the Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy at Mega Box in Kowloon Bay. Photo: SCMP

Christy Leung Yi poses for a photo with her medal and certificate after she won the Figure Skating Junior Ladies at the Hong Kong Figure Skating and Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Festival Walk Glacier, Kowloon Tong. 25APR18 SCMP / Chan Kin-wa

Christy Leung Yi from Hong Kong competes at the 2017 Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy at Mega Box in Kowloon Bay. 05AUG17 SCMP / David Wong

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China’s Eileen Gu celebrates winning the freeski half-pipe at the 2021 FIS Snowboard & Freeski World Championships. Photo: USA Today

ASPEN, COLORADO - MARCH 12: Ailing Eileen Gu of China competes in the women's freeski halfpipe finals during Day 3 of the Aspen 2021 FIS Snowboard and Freeski World Championship on March 12, 2021 at Buttermilk Ski Resort in Aspen, Colorado. Gu won the event. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

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Double world champion Chen falls to the ice attempting his opening quadruple jump and scores 98.85 points



Double world champion Chen falls to the ice attempting his opening quadruple jump and scores 98.85 points.


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Advantage Yuzuru Hanyu as rival Nathan Chen falls at World Championships

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Double world champion Chen falls to the ice attempting his opening quadruple jump and scores 98.85 points