FILE PHOTO: Figure Skating - ISU Grand Prix Rostelecom Cup 2018 - Men's Free Skating - Moscow, Russia - November 17, 2018 - Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan competes. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
TOKYO (Reuters) - Yuzuru Hanyu, the only man in more than 50 years to win back-to-back Olympic gold in figure skating, said on Tuesday that his condition is "100 percent" ahead of the world championships after months out of competition with an ankle injury.
Hanyu injured his right ankle in practice for a Grand Prix event late last year and was forced to drop out of the Grand Prix Final as well as the Japanese nationals.
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