Figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu, who turned professional after announcing his retirement from competition in July, became the first professional skater to practice at a rink in his hometown of Sendai.

Hanyu, who announced his retirement from the competition and turned professional, held an event titled "SharePractice" on the 10th at a rink in Sendai, where he is based, to show his practice to video distribution sites and the press. I was.



Before turning professional, Mr. Hanyu had very few opportunities to show his training to the public, so many reporters gathered at the venue.



Mr. Hanyu carefully performed warm-up exercises by moving his waist and upper body, then entered the rink, humming the music that was playing in the venue, and skating to check the feel of the ice.



Then, while jumping, the difficulty was gradually increased, and she brilliantly performed a quadruple toe loop to the tune of "Ten to Chi To", which she used in the free skate at the Beijing Olympics.

After that, he took off his jacket, raised his gear, and surprised the press by succeeding in a highly difficult combination jump of a 4-turn loop and a 3-turn toe loop, which he had never done in an official competition.



In the final stages, she practiced her quadruple half jump = quadruple axel, which she continues to stick to, and finally challenged herself to perform the song "SEIMEI", which she performed in the free skate at the Pyeongchang Olympics, where she won the gold medal, without making any mistakes.



In the third performance, he performed perfectly, including four quadruple jumps, and finished the one-hour public practice with a fulfilling expression.

Hanyu said, “As a professional athlete, I don’t have a lot of opportunities to show people how I practice and how I do a quad and a half jump, but there are still people who want to see me practice. I thought it would be nice to have an opportunity to see the way I continue to pursue in the future."



He also said, "My goal this time was to ski SEIMEI with the same composition as the Olympics without mistakes. I had a strong desire to prove that I was better than that time." .



As for the future, he said, "I would be happy if people could look forward to the new form of the show and the high level of my explosive power. I have to do a program that everyone can see, but my In that case, I would like to do a performance that is the same as a competition with an extra alpha, and raises one gear."