Olympic gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu reportedly said Olympic bronze medalist Denis Ten intentionally got in his way, which led to Hanyu falling during a World Championships practice session Wednesday, hours before the short program in Boston.
“I’ve watched the video, and I think that was probably intentional,” Hanyu told Japanese media, according to Agence France-Presse. “But I still shouldn’t have got angry at him — that was pointless.”
Hanyu and Ten were among skaters training on a practice rink near the competition venue of TD Garden, and with Hanyu’s short-program music playing, it meant that the Japanese had the right-of-way on the rink, as Icenetwork.