Olympic hero Yuzuru Hanyu pledges to continue giving back to quake victims

Yuzuru Hanyu says the desire to support his native northeastern Japan in its recovery from the 2011 earthquake-tsunami catastrophe was a major motivating factor in his decorated figure skating career.The magnitude-9.0 quake struck 14 years ago when the then first-year high school student was practicing at a rink in his home city of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. His house was deemed "completely destroyed," forcing the youngster to spend time at an evacuation center.Delivering for northeastern Japan has "been one of the missions of my figure skating career," Hanyu said during a Kyodo News interv…READ FULL ARTICLE