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VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Canadian teenager Patrick Chan is not one for listening to his elders, dismissing "old" Yevgeny Plushenko 's prediction that skaters would need to do a high-scoring quadruple jump to win Olympic figure skating gold. Russian Plushenko, who has come out of retirement to defend his Olympic title in Vancouver, said after winning European gold last month that he was surprised recent world titles had been won without a quad and that this could not happen at the Games. Chan...Read Full Story
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Two-time world men’s silver medallist Patrick Chan of Toronto enters the frightening, but potentially rewarding world of the quadruple jump for the first time at this week’s Skate Canada International figure skating competition.
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All of South Korea seemed to be celebrating figure skater Kim Yu-na's historic weekend win at the world championships, with her victory at the top of newscasts and newspapers carrying photos of "Queen Yu-na" on their front pages Monday. Kim, 18, is already a star in her native South Korea, with a slew of endorsements and TV commercials for everything from cosmetics and milk to air conditioners and laundry detergent. Her performance at the World Figure Skating Championships in Los Angeles on...Read Full Story
The Japan Skating Federation has denied that Japanese competitors intentionally obstructed South Korean figure skating star Kim Yu-Na in warm-ups before international contests. The denial, posed on the federation's website Thursday, comes amid a flap over comments by Kim about obstructed warm-ups ahead of her showdown with her Japanese rival Mao Asada at next week's world championships in Los Angeles. The federation said Japanese skaters "compete in keeping with sportsmanship and it is not...Read Full Story
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When Toronto’s Patrick Chan competed at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, the powerful teenage figure skater carried the gold-medal hopes of a nation on his slight shoulders.
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Patrick Chan, world champion, Olympian and three time world record holder joins Earth Rangers’ Bring Back the Wild!™ program to help protect Canada’s wild plains bison. Patrick Chan, world champion, Olympian and three time world record holder joins ...
Shaking off a poor morning practice session, world champion Patrick Chan nailed his men’s free skate program on Friday to win the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships. The Canadian, also the 2009 winner, had a season-best 185.99 points to take ...
Reigning world figure skating champion Patrick Chan expected the competition to be a little tougher than it was at the Four Continents competition in Colorado Springs, Colo. The 21-year-old Canadian was facing the mighty Japanese skaters, his toughest ...
Asada wasn’t the only member of her team who enjoyed the day. Her coach, figure skating Hall of Famer Nobuo Sato, was honored by US Figure Skating at the World Arena before the men’s free skate. This story has been viewed 6 times.
COLORADO SPRINGS — Canada’s Patrick Chan has skated in the Olympics in his home country, won a world championship and placed second in two others. Yet Friday night, in front of a sparse World Arena crowd for the Four Continents Championship, Chan felt as if the world was watching again instead of a couple thousand. [...]
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Patrick Chan (born December 31, 1990) is an athlete from Canada who competes in figure skating. Find more Patrick Chan news, pictures, and information here.
GOYANG, South Korea (AP) â They call her Queen Yu-na in South Korea and, returning home for her first international competition in her native country, the two-time Grand Prix Finals champion did not disappoint. Kim Yu-na edged chief rival Mao Asada ...
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