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Hanyu 2nd at Cup of China after scary crash

Yuzuru Hanyu’s free skate at the Cup of China began with a scary crash with another skater in warm-ups that left him on his back on the ice, gasping for air and with blood streaming across his neck and face from a cut on his chin.

Visibly shaken and with gauze wrapped around his head, the reigning Olympic and world champion decided to stay in the competition and struggled through his program, falling five times.
He nearly won the title anyway.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/sports/view/hanyu-2nd-at-cup-of-china-after-scary-crash