Javier Fernandez successfully landed two quadruple jumps in his free skate to beat Japan's defending champion Yuzuru Hanyu and become Spain's first male champion at the world figure skating championships in Shanghai on Saturday. Russia's Elizaveta Tuktamysheva earlier added the world title to her European crown after a solid, if not spectacular, free skate gave her a comprehensive victory.
Fernandez overcame a 2.46-point deficit from the short program on Friday to triumph with 273.90 points and beat Olympic champion Hanyu by 2.82 after the free skate.
Kazakhstan's Denis Ten took bronze with a score of 267.72.
"I still don't believe it," Fernandez said. "To beat Yuzu, the Olympic champion, one time, is unbelievable. I don't know if it's going to ever happen again."
Fernandez and training partner Hanyu both fell on quadruple jumps in their routines, but the 23-year-old Spaniard successfully landed two others to gain the advantage.
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