Spain's Fernandez beats Japan's Hanyu to win men's title at figure skating worlds (updated)

Javier Fernandez of Spain outscored reigning Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan to win Spain's first figure skating singles title at world championships here on Saturday.

Fernandez, who finished second in Friday's short program, performed to II Barbiere di Seviglia by G. Rossini and scored 181.16 points in free skating and totaled 273.90 to win the gold.

Hanyu took the silver with 175.88 in free skating and 271.08 overall. Kazakhstan's Denis Ten led the free skating in 181.83 but ranked third in total of 267.72.

Fernandez, three time European champion in a row and two time world championships bronze medallist, fell in his first quad toeloop, but performed flawlessly after that. He hit a quad salchow and triple toeloop, a triple Axel, and quad salchow.

"I can't believe it," said the winner, who bursted into tears. "I have no word. I trained really really hard, but I did not expect to win. Everybody knows Hanyu is so strong and nobody can beat him. I didn't expect it, not even in my dreams."

"I am really happy," he added. "These guys are really great skaters. The gold will help me keep going for the next year. I need to practice hard."

Fernandez is dating Japan's former figure skating star Miki Ando. "She is really smart. And she helps me in my trainings sometimes. It's a whole thing. Actually everyone around me had a little piece of the gold medal."

Fernandez shared the same coach with Hanyu, and the Japanese star hugged the winner after the final.

"I know how hard Javier has been training," said the 2014 world champion. "I has competed with him for a long time, and every time I won he said 'I'm so proud of you", and this time I am in the opposite position, the second place after him, now I understand how he felt."

"I think I will beat him again someday, but now I really feel happy for him," said the two time Grand Prix Final Champion. "He is like my brother."

Hanyu danced to Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and made several mistakes in some of his jumps.

"My quad toeloop was not good," he said. "I really like the phantom, and I think I was him in my dance."

Kazakhstan's Ten, 2015 Four Continents champion, delivered a smooth free skating despite some minor mistakes.

"I had a very similar season with Hanyu," he said. "I also sprained my ankle and had two surgeries. Now I am pleased the season is over and I hope more good performances in the future."

China's Yan Han finished 10th at last.

Earlier Saturday, Russia's Elizaveta Tuktamysheva dominated the free skate and won the ladies title.

The reigning European champion, who stunned the world with a clean triple axel in her short program Thursday, nailed a triple lutz and double toeloop and double loop, a triple lutz, a triple flip in the beginning of her dance, and finished a double axel and single loop and a triple salchow. Her sequence was smooth and spins beautiful. The 18-year-old scored 132.74 in her free skate and totaled 210.36 to lift the title.

Japan's two time Four Continents runner-up Satoko Myahara took the silver with a 126.58-point free skate and 193.60 overall. Another Russian Elena Radionova, 2015 European silver medallist, came third with 121.96 in free skate and 191.47 in total. Endi