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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe talks to Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu, winner of Sochi Olympics men's figure skating gold medal, on a phone at the prime minister's residence in Tokyo, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014. Japan celebrated Hanyu's historic win in men's figure skating at the break of dawn Saturday, rejoicing in the country's first-ever gold medal in the Olympic event. (AP Photo/Franck Robichon, Pool)

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A woman watches a public TV showing recordings of men's figure Skating Singles medalists, gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan, center, silver medalist Patrick Chan of Canada, left, and bronze medalist Denis Ten of Kazakhstanat, at a special Sochi olympic booth at Tokyo Station in Tokyo, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014. Japan celebrated Hanyu's historic win in men's figure skating at the break of dawn Saturday, rejoicing in the country's first-ever gold medal in the Olympic event. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

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Tatsuki Machida of Japan competes in the men's free skate figure skating final at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

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Tatsuki Machida of Japan competes in the men's free skate figure skating final at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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Daisuke Takahashi of Japan competes in the men's free skate figure skating final at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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Daisuke Takahashi of Japan waits for his results after the men's free skate figure skating final at the Iceberg Skating Palace at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

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Brian Orser, who coaches Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan, watches him compete in the men's free skate figure skating final at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

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Gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan, center, silver medalist Patrick Chan of Canada, left, and bronze medalist Denis Ten of Kazakhstan, pose for photographs on the podium during the flower ceremony after the men's free skate figure skating final at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paul Chiasson)

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Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan poses with the national flag after he placed first in the men's free skate figure skating final following the flower ceremony at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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Germany's gold medal winner Eric Frenzel, right, and Japan's silver medal winner Akito Watabe ski during the cross-country portion of the Nordic combined at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

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Medal winners in the men's normal hill nordic combined, from left, Norway's Magnus Krog, bronze, Germany's Eric Frenzel, gold, and Japan's Akito Watabe, silver, pose with their medals at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

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Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan competes in the men's free skate figure skating final at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan competes in the men's free skate figure skating final at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

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Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan competes in the men's free skate figure skating final at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan holds an item given to him by a spectator as he sits in the results area after the men's free skate figure skating final at the Iceberg Skating Palace at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

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Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan, left, reacts alongside his coach Brian Orser as he sits in the results area after the men's free skate figure skating final at the Iceberg Skating Palace at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

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Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan, reacts as he receives his results after competing in the men's short program figure skating competition at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paul Chiasson)

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Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan competes in the men's free skate figure skating final at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

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Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan competes in the men's free skate figure skating final at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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Alex Bogomolov Jr., of Russia, hits a return to Kei Nishikori of Japan, during a quarterfinal match at the U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships on Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)