jeremy abbott

After his rivals had faltered, Jeremy Abbott turned what was expected to be a close competition into a rout, winning his second straight national men’s figure skating title with a tour de force in today’s free skate at the U.S. Championships in Spokane, Wash.

Abbott opened with a quadruple jump and followed it with more than four minutes of technical mastery and poised presentation to win the title by 25.03 points over reigning world champion Evan Lysacek.

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