SENDAI Even in retirement, Yuzuru Hanyu continues to refer to his “9-year-old self,” the boy whose perseverance during boring drills laid the foundation for his now-superstar status in the figure-skating world.
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Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men s free skate at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Nice, France, on March 31, 2012. | REUTERS
Kyodo Mar 11, 2021
For Yuzuru Hanyu, memories of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami and the clear, star-filled night sky in the dark hours afterward are an ever-present reminder of the despair and hope the disaster brought.
The Japanese figure skating icon, aiming for a third straight men’s Olympic gold medal next year, was a 16-year-old high school student on March 11, 2011. He was practicing in his hometown of Sendai when the ice beneath his skates was moved violently by the magnitude-9.0 quake.
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