China News Service, February 10th. The Beijing Winter Olympics figure skating men's single free skating competition began on the morning of the 10th.

According to Kyodo News, the high-profile Japanese player Yuzuru Hanyu only ranked eighth due to a jumping error in the men's singles short program in figure skating, facing a huge crisis in hitting the three consecutive Winter Olympics.

In addition, his on-ice battle with American player Chen Wei, who won three consecutive world championships, has also attracted great attention from overseas media.

On February 8, the figure skating men's single skating short program competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics was held at the Capital Gymnasium. Japanese star Yuzuru Hanyu ranked 21st and scored 95.15 points. This was his "first" in the Beijing Winter Olympics. show".

　　According to the report, Yuzuru Hanyu, who is striving for three consecutive championships, made a jumping error in the men's singles short program in figure skating. He only ranked eighth with 95.15 points, 18.82 points behind Chen Wei, who is facing a huge crisis.

　　Hanyu said that he "didn't take any hits" and said that he would adjust his state and would challenge the ultra-difficult "Axel half-jump" in free skating.

　　On the other hand, Yuzuru Hanyu and Chen Wei's decisive battle on ice has attracted great attention from overseas media such as Europe and the United States.

The sports professional channel "Eurosport" reported that "it may become one of the highlights of the competition".

　　The report pointed out that the two people, who have a number of stunts and extraordinary expressiveness, will start a battle on the ice.

Hanyu is very popular and is known as the "Prince on Ice".

Chen Wei can complete difficult quads in a variety of ways, and is known as the "king of quads".

South Korea's "Dong-A Ilbo" pointed out that "Chen Wei is Hanyu's biggest rival".

　　Yuzuru Hanyu was born in Sendai, Japan in 1994. He won the men's singles championship in figure skating at the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014 and the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in 2018.