Hanyu top in Tokyo despite spill

TOKYO – Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu topped the men's short programme at the figure skating World Team Trophy on Thursday, but was steaming mad at himself for taking a tumble. "I'm not happy," the 20-year-old Japanese told reporters after crash-landing a triple toeloop in Tokyo. "It's been going on all season. I just can't seem to string it together," she shrugged. Hanyu, gold medallist at last year's Sochi Olympics, nailed his opening quad toeloop and looked in a different class until he got into a muddle on a triple lutz-toeloop combination, stumbling onto the ice to audible gasps from the packed crowd. "I could feel the crash coming," said Hanyu"I didn't have the speed into the lutz and that did me. I'll have to train harder and come back ready to do better tomorrow."

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