With just three months to go before the start of the 2022 Beijing Olympics, the Japan Skating Federation announced Thursday that two-time defending men's champion Yuzuru Hanyu will skip his first competition of the season due to a right ankle injury.The 26-year-old Hanyu was slated to compete at the NHK Trophy in Tokyo, starting Nov. 12. The tournament is the fourth stop on the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating."I was approaching the NHK Trophy with all my might but was injured the only time I fell and that was the end of that," Hanyu said in a statement released by the federation. "It's ext…READ FULL ARTICLE
