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Hanyu hints he may not defend world title

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Good on Hanyu if he decides to take a break. March 19 is less than a month away and having to skate on painkillers is indicative that his ankle hasn't completely healed.

He has a foreign coach and isn't being driven to "gaman" like he would be by the archaic Japanese "seishin chikara" type of training. It's one of the reasons so many Japanese athletes train overseas or with a foreign coach - physical training has advanced since the 1950s.

Athletes/bodies need rest periods and time to go lightly for a while to recover or else they risk a higher chance of re-injury which can sometimes be career-ending.

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While I and many others would wish he would, his long term health is more important at this point.

What made his Olympic gold performances even more amazing is that his ankle was not fully healthy. He didn't even start serious skating until a month before the Games, and didn't even practice quads until two weeks prior. He had to take painkillers just to compete, which is concerning as he is still taking painkillers in order to skate at the gala this Sunday.

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Heal that thing up! That's the most important thing. It could cause another bad fall or re-injury, affecting his skating career of course and also the rest of his life.

Us fans will be waiting when he's ready!

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Hanyu hints he may not defend world title

Wanna bet he does?

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maybeperhapsyes: "Wanna bet he does?"

I have it on the inside he's not going to; that he's retiring on this high note aside from ice shows and the like.

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Rest and Recover, Yuzuru-chan! He will definitely come back to win gold at the next olympics. He is the best figure skater of all times now, and greatest ever Japanese Olympian.

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