SPORTS | Yuzuru Hanyu wins Gold Medal in 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea

Yuzuru Hanyu wins Gold Medal in 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea

Yuzuru Hanyu finally won gold in the 2018 Olympics held in Pyeongchang. And by this win, he now holds the record for being,

• The second person to win a back to back gold medal in the Olympic men's figure skating
• The first Asian man to win the Olympic gold medal in Figure Skating
• Broke the world records 12 times
• First man to break the 100 point barrier in short program
• First man to break the 200 point barrier in free skate
• First man to break the 300 point barrier in combined

SPORTS | Olympics 2018, Ladies' Figure Skating

Olympics 2018, Ladies' Figure Skating

A moment of silence as we pay respect to the last 2014 Sochi Olympics, after Yuna Kim was robbed of her much deserved gold medal.

All right, so we now come to the ladies figure skating. Up until today, all my hope and faith rested on Evgenia Medvedeva (yes, the anime fanatic Russian contortionist who can twizzle with probably both feet up the ground- nah, just kidding). But EM actually lost to her younger team mate, Alina Zagitova (and did I mention that she's only 15! When I was 15, I was pretty useless apart from getting glued in front of the TV, because that's what normal teens do- be useless. And so AZ shook the World after making a statement "yes I'm young, but age doesn't matter in skating bitches." 

SPORTS | Olympics 2018, Men's Figure Skating

Olympics 2018, Men's Figure Skating

It is the Winter Olympics 2018 held in Pyeongchang, South Korea. And this year remains to be another competitive season, as we see in the mix fan favorites like Yuzuru Hanyu (Japan) and Javier Fernandez (Spain). Equally deserving of a spotlight this year are fairly new and strong contenders like Nathan Chen (USA) and Shoma Uno (Japan). And of course, Patrick Chan (Canada) will give the men's event more excitement. Still on the running is Jin Boyang (China) whose had a spectacular season as well after finishing bronze in World Figure Skating in 2017.

SPORTS | Men Figure Skating & ISU Worlds 2016

Men Figure Skating & ISU Worlds 2016

Based on the results of the previous skating competitions, it is clear that Yuzuru Hanyu has the upper hand in the entire pack. Even when Javier Fernandez of Spain won the Worlds 2015, the gap was only 2.82 points which is really nothing if you compare it to the Grand Prix results where Yuzuru won Gold with a lead of 37.48 (setting a new record and even beating the former holder Evgeni Plushenko of Russia). 

SPORTS | Yuna Kim 2010 & 2013

Yuna Kim 2010 & 2013

And recently I have been into watching figure ice skating, I'd like to share the brilliance that is Yuna Kim aka Queen Yuna on the ice rink. Words just fail me. Yuna transcends skating and emotions all too well which makes her so adorable to watch. There's no fear of her getting hurt on her stunts so we as an audience could just sit back and get awed at her performance. Below are some of the best skating stints of Yuna from 2010 and the recent 2013 World Figure skating which she won first with a staggering lead over Kostner from Italy (2nd) and Asada of Japan (3rd). I am looking forward to watching her at the 2014 Winter Olympics.