加藉華人Patric Chan cruises to 2nd straight national figure-skating title
Despite a minor glitch during his long program, Patrick Chan easily skated away with his second straight Canadian figure-skating championship Sunday in Saskatoon. ' C5 p2 B% i6 ]* Y3 J+ Z, Q$ J公仔箱論壇, _/ h9 f7 F5 ^: r$ J
The Toronto skater recovered from a stumble early in his routine to win the national title with a season-best score of 254.82. Chan also posted his best long program of the season, earning 165.93 points. 7 m% u5 {$ @; S$ L* {! l- H公仔箱論壇 1 U6 o r, d P* I8 [5 {. H5.39.217.77:8898Chan's score was the third-highest ever under the revamped scoring system implemented in 2003, behind only Japan's Daisuke Takahashi (264.41)and Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko of Russia (258.33).