Many Chinese fans of Japanese figure skating superstar Yuzuru Hanyu were upset that his eight-year reign as Olympic champion had ended but still praised him for attempting a quadruple axel, which has never been landed in competition.During Hanyu's free skate performance at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Thursday, a Chinese citizen, one of the around 550 spectators allowed to enter the venue, cheered for him in Japanese repeatedly after he fell.A Chinese woman in her 50s told Kyodo News, "It's a pity that Hanyu missed a medal, but he took on a challenge that nobody has done before. The spiri…READ FULL ARTICLE
