shatters own world record
フィギュアスケートの国際大会、ＮＨＫ杯で羽生結弦選手が初優勝を飾りました。トロントでの修業の成果が出た形です。
shatterを「（ガラスなどを）粉みじんに壊す、粉砕する、希望・夢などをくだく、くじく」という意味で押さえていました（例：And I don't know a soul who's not been battered I don't have a friend who feels at ease I don't know a dream that's not been shattered or driven to its knees—Paul Simon "American Tune"）。しかし自分が打ち立てた記録を破るという意味でも、shatterを使うことも出来るのですね。（UG）
Hanyu shatters own world record in short program
Mao leads women's field
Rifu, Miyagi Pref. — Yuzuru Hanyu electrified the crowd in his native prefecture with a scintillating show of skill and grace to earn a world-record score of 95.32 in the men's short program on Friday at the NHK Trophy.
Good start: Mao Asada performs in the women's short program at the NHK Trophy on Friday. Mao is in first place with 67.95 points.
Hanyu, the 2010 world junior champion, skated to "Parisian Walkways" and opened with a quad toe loop, then landed a triple axel and a triple lutz/triple toe loop combination and received a raucous round of applause for his efforts.
Hanyu broke his own world mark of 95.07, set at the season-opening Skate America in Kent, Washington, last month.
He has a nearly eight-point lead heading into Saturday's free skate.
It was a poignant performance for the 17-year-old from Sendai, who famously ran out of his training rink in the city with his skates on when the March 11 disaster hit the region some 20 months ago.
"It feels great to set another world record," said Hanyu. "It's very pleasing to show these type of results for two competitions in a row."
Hanyu, the bronze medalist at last season's world championships, is now based in Toronto, where he trains with Brian Orser.
"Right now I can't find anything that I must work on," Hanyu said. "But I want to find a way to raise my performance level."
The young star can book a place in next month's Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia, with a podium finish here.
"I felt a lot of pressure skating here at home, but once I finished my combo jump I was able to relax and enjoy myself," Hanyu noted.
