Figure skating-Hanyu dethrones Fernandez to win world title

HELSINKI, April 1 (Reuters) - Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu ended Javier Fernandez's two year-reign as world champion by producing a dazzling free skate to win the men's title at the world figure skating championships on Saturday.

Hanyu had trailed the Spanish champion by 10.66 points after finishing fifth in the short programme but overhauled that deficit with a mesmerising performance that earned him a world record 223.20 points for the free skate.

After finishing with the silver medal for the last two years, the 2014 champion again struck gold with a total of 321.59.

Shoma Uno made it a 1-2 for Japan in the final world championships before next February's Winter Olympics. He claimed silver with 319.31.

China's Jin Boyang completed a clean sweep of the medals for Asia by capturing a second successive bronze.

Fernandez dropped to fourth place after a scratchy performance, which included a fall on his quadruple Salchow.

(Reporting by Pritha Sarkar, editing by Ed Osmond)