Patrick Chan wins silver medal at Winter Games
Posted Feb 14, 2014 11:56 am.
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SOCHI, Russia – Canada’s Patrick Chan has won silver in men’s figure skating at the Sochi Games.
Chan didn’t have a clean program, touching the ice on one jump while falling on another to score 178.10 in the free skate. That gave him a total score of 275.62 and a place on the podium, just not the one he wanted.
Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan, finished first after also falling twice en route to a 178.64 for 280.09 points.
Two skaters remained but neither could catch Hanyu or Chan.
Hanyu, a 19-year-old who lives and trains in Toronto with coach Brian Orser, set a world short-program record the previous night of 101.45, making him the first man in history to break the 100-point barrier.
The 23-year-old Chan, from Toronto, trailed Hanyu by four points going into the long program.
Chan was fifth at the 2010 Vancouver Games but has since won the world championships three straight times while mastering the quad jump.
Kevin Reynolds of Coquitlam, B.C., who was hampered by a poor short program, finished with 222.23 points.
Canada has never had an Olympic champion in men’s singles, but Canadians have captured four silver and four gold. The last Canadian Olympic medallist was Jeffrey Buttle who won bronze in Turin in 2006.
Team Canada is 2-0 at the Sochi Olympics after a 6-0 win over Austria.
Jeff Carter had a hat trick for Canada while Drew Doughty, Shea Weber and Ryan Getzlaf also scored for Canada.
Roberto Luongo made 23 saves to get the shutout.
Another men’s curling win for Canada’s Brad Jacobs.
The skip from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, scored four in the seventh end en route to a 10-4 victory over Norway.
With the win, Jacobs’ rink improved to 4-and-2. In women’s play. Winnipeg’s Jennifer Jones had a day off.
A disappointing day for Canada in women’s skeleton.
Calgary’s Sarah Reid was the top Canuck, finishing seventh, while Mellisa Hollingsworth of Eckville, Alberta, was tied for 11th.
