標題: Patrick Chan wins silver at worlds [打印本頁] 作者: carwing 時間: 2009-3-27 08:29 PM 標題: Patrick Chan wins silver at worlds
Two small errors in his free skate likely cost Patrick Chan a goldmedal Thursday night at the world figure skating championships in LosAngeles.www2.tvboxnow.com. A1 d5 R" z4 u" O
Toronto's Chan finished second behind American Evan Lysacek and just ahead of France's Brian Joubert, who took home the bronze. 9 L5 t4 P' L9 L" K; M6 ~Chan's silver marks the second year in a row Canada has medalled inthe men's event. Jeffrey Buttle of Smooth Rock Falls, Ont., won goldlast year. ! Q2 v! [, U& W) ~" m"Jeez, I thought I was just going to walk home with a bronze, but towin a silver medal is just like icing on the cake," Chan said afterwatching Joubert fall twice during his free skate.9 x/ P$ c' @$ f, |* A% E! @% g
"Getting off the ice, I had a huge smile on my face because I justdidn't expect to be where I am now after just my second worlds, and I'monly 18. It's a big shock. It's going to be weird going back to highschool, because I have to be a regular guy again."www2.tvboxnow.com6 i/ t k9 p q2 X3 m) }/ F7 c
Small mistakes proved costly Skatingto music by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Chan made two errors in his free-skateprogram, turning a planned double toe loop into a single, and doublinga planned triple loop. The mistakes only cost him about four points inhis score, but with the top three skaters so tightly bunched, there wasno room for error. 8 `; f$ ]! M8 v0 Y8 K* PChan was third after the short program, in which many people feltthe judges short-changed the Canadian in his marks. However, there wereno surprised looks or jeers from the crowd about his marks in the freeskate. / f+ I @2 K* X* ?TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Lysacek turned in the skate of his life for the gold, scoring 159.53 for his long routine, 4½ points ahead of Chan's 155.03. 8 Z8 J- E5 y5 `( u"I've been looking forward to this event for the last few years,ever since I found out it was coming to the Staples Center," Lysaceksaid. "I think that nervous energy was a positive for me, because Iturned it into adrenalin." 1 ~6 K1 H! x; X& i. P+ a' \3 i% }Chan was ninth in his world championship debut last year in Sweden,but with Buttle's retirement and Chan's spectacular season heading intoL.A., the young skater found himself a favourite.www2.tvboxnow.com$ s- X2 {3 t& b, m J
He opened the season with a pair of Grand Prix victories, won theCanadian championships and then dominated a strong field to win the ISUFour Continents event last year in Vancouver. $ g* M. h5 W0 M4 I$ i" O, k& n0 Ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThis week, Chan found himself in the spotlight off-ice, when Joubertcriticized all the male skaters who don't have a quad jump in theirrepertoire.
