Four Continents: Patrick Chan dominates free skate for gold

China’s Yan Han took the bronze medal while Japan’s Shoma Uno and Takahito Mura ranked fourth and fifth, respectively.

“But finally today it seemed that everything, my body, the ice, just felt just right and I could finally just relax and enjoy the programme”, Chan told a press conference after his victory. Chan has never been a fan of long travel.

The three-time world champion said he is taking a patient approach to his comeback.

Jin defeated Chan on the technical score – 110.66 to Chan’s 106.85, but Chan overcame him with his powerful edges and speed and presentation, blasting Jin with 97.14 points to Jin’s 80.72.

Five years since winning her only medal at the Four Continents Championships, a bronze, Nagasu returned to the podium at this event. He won the Japanese championships in late December with only 286.36 points.

Winners Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani from the United States display their gold medals after competing in the Ice Dance Free Dance program at the Taiwan ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Feb. 19, 2016. Skating to music from The Great Gatsby, the former U.S. Champion landed a triple flip-triple toe and five other triples without any under-rotations, and her spins were excellent as usual.

Wenjing Sui and Cong Han of China won the pairs championships with 221.91 points ahead of Alexa Scimeca and Chris Knierim of the United States, who took the silver with 207.96.

The Chinese won the pairs event, even though Sui was recovering from an ankle injury and a flu bug that had swept through the entire Chinese team before Four Continents.

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) – Three-time world champion Patrick Chan of Canada produced a personal-best score in the free skate to win the Four Continents championship. This silver medal follows their second-place performance at the USA championships, second at Skate America and third at the NHK Trophy. They have done the twist before but the quad throw was new for them. Duhamel and Radford scored 71.90.

Poje says the result fires them up for next month’s world championships in Boston. Alaine Chartrand of Prescott, Ont., was seventh, while Kaetlyn Osmond of Marystown, N.L., was 11th, and Veronik Mallet of Sept-Iles, Que., was 15th. “For me it’s a stepping stone kind of year”, she said.

“We didn’t have our strongest skate”, Weaver said.