Figure skating: Yuzuru Hanyu to launch Beijing Games season on home ice

Two-time reigning Olympic gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu will take to the ice for the fourth and sixth events of the 2021-2022 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series, according to athlete selections announced by the International Skating Union on Tuesday.Japanese superstar Hanyu will look to hone his short and free skate programs ahead of the Winter Olympics in Beijing when he opens the Grand Prix season at the Nov. 12-14 NHK Trophy in Tokyo. He will then take part in the Nov. 26-28 Rostelecom Cup in Sochi, Russia.Fellow Japanese skaters Shoma Uno, the Olympic men's figure skating silver medalist …READ FULL ARTICLE