CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Hanyu Yuzuru, (born December 7, 1994, Sendai, Japan), Japanese figure skater who at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, became the first Japanese man to win an Olympic gold medal in figure skating.

Detailed explanation-2: -1912 : Japan made first Olympic appearance Two athletes, sprinter Yahiko Mishima and marathoner Shizo Kanaguri, became the first Japanese to participate in an Olympics.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hanyu also set two world records in the short program, becoming the first skater to score above 100 points in that competition segment, at the 2014 Winter Olympics. In 2017–18, he set another short program record of 112.72 points, which remained the standing record in the old +3/-3 GOE judging system.

Detailed explanation-4: -At the Japan Championships, Hanyu won his first national senior title, defeating the reigning and five-time national champion, Daisuke Takahashi, scoring an unofficial record of 285.23 points in the combined total.