As close to perfection as we have ever seen - that was Patrick Chan during both the short and long programs in Moncton, NB this weekend. Patrick landed 2 perfect quads and several triples in his long program which took him to previously unheard of points - 302.34 - the first Canadian to ever do so. Patrick was absolute magic on the ice and I heartily congratulate him on his 5th Canadian men's championship.
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir easily earned their 4th Canadian Gold medal in dance though they were closely followed by two other outstanding teams, those of Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje and Piper Gillis and Paul Poirer - both teams had superb skates.
In pairs competition, Megan Duhamel and Eric Radford wowed the audience with an almost flawless skate that saw the audience on their feet well before the program was finished. They took the Gold while a great performance by the team of Sebastian Wolfe and Jessica Dube' took the Silver and Bronze went to Paige Lawrence and Rudi Swiegers.
A new Canadian Women's champ was crowned this week when Amelie Lacoste won the Gold. Former champ Cynthia Phaneuf was awarded the Silver medal and 16 year old Kaetlyn Osmond took Bronze.
"For four-and-a-half minutes, all fears melted away as Chan treated the 3,000 fans to a flawless display of technical wizardry and passion, earning him the highest marks ever in a men’s skating competition in the post-Salt Lake City scoring era.
The 21-year-old Torontonian captured his fifth consecutive Canadian title with a previously-unheard-of 302.14 total points for his short and long programs.
No men’s skater anywhere has ever scored that high. However, because the mark was achieved in a national championship — where it could be argued that judges award higher scores due to nationalistic enthusiasm — the mark will stand as a Canadian record, but won’t be officially recognized by the International Skating Union."
"Blazing around the rink in a fiery-red shirt, Chan moved with such ease and nimbleness that he appeared to be sliding on Teflon, not ice. He never missed a beat on all seven of his jumps Sunday, including two quad toe-loops, and skated all weekend with a soulful abandon unequalled by his Canadian peers.
After breaking the 100-point mark in his short program score Saturday, Chan said he knew a 300 score was possible after the long. He already had the championship in the bag, so he could have held back."
2012 Canadian figure skating championships: Patrick Chan wins fifth national title with record score | Sports | National Post
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir easily earned their 4th Canadian Gold medal in dance though they were closely followed by two other outstanding teams, those of Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje and Piper Gillis and Paul Poirer - both teams had superb skates.
In pairs competition, Megan Duhamel and Eric Radford wowed the audience with an almost flawless skate that saw the audience on their feet well before the program was finished. They took the Gold while a great performance by the team of Sebastian Wolfe and Jessica Dube' took the Silver and Bronze went to Paige Lawrence and Rudi Swiegers.
A new Canadian Women's champ was crowned this week when Amelie Lacoste won the Gold. Former champ Cynthia Phaneuf was awarded the Silver medal and 16 year old Kaetlyn Osmond took Bronze.
"For four-and-a-half minutes, all fears melted away as Chan treated the 3,000 fans to a flawless display of technical wizardry and passion, earning him the highest marks ever in a men’s skating competition in the post-Salt Lake City scoring era.
The 21-year-old Torontonian captured his fifth consecutive Canadian title with a previously-unheard-of 302.14 total points for his short and long programs.
No men’s skater anywhere has ever scored that high. However, because the mark was achieved in a national championship — where it could be argued that judges award higher scores due to nationalistic enthusiasm — the mark will stand as a Canadian record, but won’t be officially recognized by the International Skating Union."
"Blazing around the rink in a fiery-red shirt, Chan moved with such ease and nimbleness that he appeared to be sliding on Teflon, not ice. He never missed a beat on all seven of his jumps Sunday, including two quad toe-loops, and skated all weekend with a soulful abandon unequalled by his Canadian peers.
After breaking the 100-point mark in his short program score Saturday, Chan said he knew a 300 score was possible after the long. He already had the championship in the bag, so he could have held back."
2012 Canadian figure skating championships: Patrick Chan wins fifth national title with record score | Sports | National Post
