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Nathan Chen edges Yuzuru Hanyu in short program at the figure skating World Team Trophy
OSAKA, Japan Three-time world champion Nathan Chen beat two-time Olympic gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu in the men s short program at the figure skating World Team Trophy on Thursday.
Chen, 21, winner of the past five U.S. titles, opened with a quadruple flip and added a triple axel and a quad toe loop-triple toe loop combination for a total of 109.65 points.
Local favorite Hanyu of Japan landed a quadruple salchow, a quad toe loop-triple toe loop combination and a triple axel for 107.12 points.
Jason Brown of the United States landed all his jumps and finished third with 94.86 points.
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The Team Trophy, which runs Thursday through Sunday, awards points to countries in the four disciplines combined.
Canada won gold in the team event at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, and silver in the event in 2014 in Sochi, Russia.
Canada is sending a different team than the one that competed at the world figure skating championships last month in Stockholm, giving precious competition experience to skaters in a season that was virtually wiped out by the global pandemic.
Both Skate Canada International and the Canadian championships were cancelled. The only semi-competitive event skaters completed in was the Skate Canada Challenge which was virtual - far from ideal in a pre-Olympic season.
Nguyen, Daleman headline Canada s figure skating team competing in Osaka
Nam Nguyen of Canada performs in the men s short program during the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating- Rostelecom Cup in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. In a season all but erased by COVID-19, a handful of Canadian figure skaters will have one last chance to compete at this week s World Team Trophy in Osaka, Japan. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko April 12, 2021 - 7:39 AM
OSAKA, Japan - In a season all but erased by COVID-19, a handful of Canadian figure skaters will have one last chance to compete at this week s World Team Trophy in Osaka, Japan.