{"id":10954,"date":"2011-10-29T03:10:59","date_gmt":"2011-10-29T03:10:59","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-10-29T03:10:17","modified_gmt":"2011-10-29T03:10:17","slug":"Patrick-Chan-wins-Skate-Canada-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=10954","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Chan wins Skate Canada title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Reigning world champion Patrick Chan of Canada captured the Skate Canada men&#8217;s title by winning the free skate final to edge short programme winner Javier Fernandez of Spain.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chan<\/strong>, a 20-year-old performing before hometown support in suburban Toronto, fell on a quad toe loop but hit another as judges gave him 170.46 points on a routine to music from Spanish composer Joaquin Rodrigo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>That was enough for him to win the overall crown with 253.74 points.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pVeWigqxWCw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I made an extra effort to stay relaxed,&#8221; Chan said. &#8220;It felt good. It was a success.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Japan&#8217;s Daisuke Takahashi, the 2010 world champion, was third overall on 237.87 after placing third in the free skate with 153.21 points.<\/p>\n<p>A young Chinese pair skating team astonished a crowd at Skate Canada when they did a very high, acrobatic quadruple twist, rarely seen in competition.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s nothing new for Sui Wenjing, 16 and Han Cong , 19, of Harbin, China. Last year, as junior skaters, they accomplished quadruple throw Salchows.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bdX4lkXMimw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The move helped the charismatic,<strong> tiny pair to take the silver medal at Skate Canada behind Russians Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><strong>USA&#8217;s Mirai Nagasu at Skate Canada did not place. She came in 5th! Come on Mirai! 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