Figure skating - Skate Canada 2013
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The fortieth edition of Skate Canada, hosted by the Harbour Station in Saint John, ended with the Men's Free program
Sunday 27 October 2013 4 minutes reading time
Victory went to the landlord Patrick Chan, who has so conquered the'' eighth victory in the qualifying stages of the Grand Prix, four of them obtained will suffer. '' In the occasion, presented for the first time in the race the new free program choreographed by David Wilson to the tune of "The Four Seasons" by Vivaldi.
Facilitated by the countless steps to empty the opponents, the three-time world champion has had relatively easy life by closing the competition with an advantage over nearest rival abysmal. Even in the longer segment of the race completed a clear round getting the best technical score and the highest rating of each component of the program. The main merit for ventiduenne of Toronto was to perform at best two quadruple toe loop, the first of which in combination with a triple toe loop, "killing" of the fact immediately the race. That said, it could not afford to complete only five of the seven planned triple, avoiding the triple axel and performing a single instead of double axel at the end of the free program in which he also messed up on the top combined with change of foot.
Overall, the impression made by Chan'' is certainly good especially considering that under some trimming here and there left on the plate fifteen points, which, on other occasions, might come in useful too.
In second place, came the Japanese Yuzuru Hanyu, however, remained far behind the returns offered in Finalandia Trophy three weeks ago. L'' yet eighteen of Sendai has made a couple of serious errors in the free program, falling on an attempted quadruple salchow and then puncturing the first axel, completed only single instead of triple. L'' student of Brian Orser was able to complete a quadruple toe loop including a triple Salchow and six sottoruotato judged, but has accumulated a worrying delay Chan on program components remaining gap of more than fourteen points.
On the lowest rung of the podium was the Japanese Nobunardi Oda, now abandoned by the quadruple toe loop and fall into ruin s a tripo filp in the second half of the disc.
FINAL STANDINGS
01) (CAN) Patrick CHAN 262.03 (1 | 1)
02) (JPN) Yuzuru Hanyu 234.80 (3 | 2)
03) (JPN) ODA Nobunari 233.00 (2 | 3)
04) (CZE) Michal BREZINA 218.32 (7 | 5)
05) (USA) Joshua FARRIS 216.72 (8 | 4)
06) (USA) Jeremy ABBOTT 215.95 (4 | 6)
07) (CAN) Elladj BALDE 205.19 (6 | 7)
08) (CAN) Andrei ROGOZINE 197.35 (9 | 9)
09) (USA) Ross MINER 196.89 (10 | 8)
10) (JPN) Takahito MURA 188.53 (5 | 10)
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