A sore knee didn’t hold Yuzuru Hanyu back. A record score to open his Olympic season.
The Olympic and world champion from Japan hit a pair of quadruple jumps in his short program at the Autumn Classic, a lower-level event in Montreal.
He was rewarded with 112.72 points, the highest short program score recorded under the 13-year-old judging system. Video is here.
It looked like a home competition for Hanyu.
Upon finishing, he bowed toward one set of bleachers (maybe a dozen rows) at the Sportsplexe Pierrefonds. More than two dozen Japanese flags made it hard to see most of the faces.