Team USA figure skater hopes to bring home a medal from the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang after taking home his second consecutive U.S. figure skating national championship last month.
USA TODAY Sports
GANGNEUNG, South Korea — Nathan Chen delivered a spectacular comeback performance in the men's free skate at the Winter Olympics on Saturday, just 24 hours after his gold medal hopes were crushed.
But while the young American made things interesting, he could not overcome the top of the field or the history made by Yuzuru Hanyu. The Japanese star became the first man since Dick Button 66 years ago to win back-to-back Olympic men's figure skating gold medals with an eye-popping score of 317.85.
Shoma Uno, also of Japan, won silver with a score of 306.90.
Javier Fernandez made some history of his own in taking bronze. It is the first men's individual figure skating medal for Spain.
Chen, 18, became the first person to land five clean quads in an Olympic program and rack up a remarkable score of 215.08 in the free skate, nearly 11 points higher than his previous best. He started the day in 17th after a disastrous short program on Friday and rose all the way to fifth. He scored 297.35 overall.
Source :- usatoday
Friday, 16 February 2018
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Hello, my name is Jack Sparrow. I'm a 50 year old self-employed Pirate from the Caribbean.
No comments:
Post a Comment