46930 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://worldakkam.com/japans-two-time-olympic-skate-champion-hanyu-retires-at-the-age-of-27/824560/“Ice Prince” was abdicated as an Olympic champion by US star Nathan Chen in February and ended up in unfortunate fourth place in Beijing. — Reuters photo. Tuesday, July 19, 2022 16:43 MYT. Tokyo, July 19—Japan’s two-time Olympic figure skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu retired from competition today at....2022-07-19T10:51+0200worldakkam-defdf0bc305a750d2018942ea3070b4f20220719105100https://www.rfi.fr/en/sports/20220719-skating-royalty-japan-s-ice-prince-yuzuru-hanyuAfter winning his first men's individual Olympic gold medal aged 19 at the 2014 Sochi Games, Hanyu became the first man in 66 years to retain his crown when he again stood atop the podium at Pyeongchang 2018. He also claimed the world title twice but his impact on figure skating goes far beyond just medals.2022-07-19T10:50+0200rfi-en-1a5730b9b66c725cc485616c35a7bd0620220719105000https://www.malaymail.com/news/sports/2022/07/19/japans-two-time-olympic-skating-champion-hanyu-retires-aged-27/18273TOKYO, July 19 — Japan’s two-time Olympic figure skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu retired from competition aged 27 today, after struggling with injuries at this year’s Beijing Games. The “Ice Prince” was dethroned as Olympic champion in February by US star Nathan Chen, finishing a disappointing fourth place in Beijing.2022-07-19T10:49+0200malaymail-eb0ad2ea63d3dd42e0ab1c51192f3d3d20220719104900https://sports.inquirer.net/470548/yuzuru-hanyu-japans-two-time-olympic-skating-champion-retiresWearing a dark suit and bowing deeply as he took to the stage, the skating sensation told a packed press conference in Tokyo that he was finished as a competitive athlete. “I’ll no longer be compared with other skaters as a competitor,” Hanyu said, saying he will concentrate on skating in exhibition shows for his adoring fans.2022-07-19T10:46+0200inquirer-3d65953037d5b4d0f587b9fab10a303520220719104600