A pair of figure skates used by Japan's two-time Olympic gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu were sold Monday for a hammer price of about 7.12 million yen ($64,000) at an online charity auction for the reconstruction of the country's northeastern region hit by a massive earthquake eight years ago."Eight years have passed since the disaster, but there are many areas still in the process of reconstructing. I'd like to also contribute to such efforts so I again this year sent my item," Hanyu said prior to the auction.About 460 people bid for Hanyu's skates in the auction on the Yahoo! Japan website sta…READ FULL ARTICLE
