Javier Fernandez of Spain performs during the men's free skating event at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating final in Barcelona December 13, 2014. REUTERS/Albert Gea
(Reuters) - Rather than turning into a green-eyed monster following the Olympic success of his training partner, Yuzuru Hanyu, Javier Fernandez cannot wait to see how he measures up against a man he calls his skating 'wife'.
The two Brian Orser graduates will be gunning for gold at the figure skating world championships in Shanghai this week. But whatever happens on the ice, Fernandez is looking forward to catching up with Hanyu after spending three months apart while the Japanese world and Olympic champion recovered from illness and injury in Sendai.
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