The American obtained 106.72 points, his technical score – excellent – reaching 60.29 pts. He was well ahead of his compatriot Jason Brown (94 pts) and the Canadian Keegan Messing (93.28 pts).
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« Every time, whether in training or competing, when I’m not doing things right, I immediately want another opportunity to try and do better., Chen commented. I don’t know if it will work, but I want this opportunity. Glad I was able to take it immediately rather than waiting three or four weeks. »
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The Chinese Wenjing Sui and Cong Han lead the pairs event after the short program with 78.94 pts, ahead of the Russians Daria Pavliuchenko and Denis Khodykin, quite far behind (69.46 pts).
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Rankings
MEN :
1. Nathan Chen (USA), 106,72 points
2. Jason Brown (USA), 94
3. Keegan Messing (CAN), 93,28
4. Makar Ignatov (RUS), 89.79
5. Evgeni Semenenko (RUS), 87,71
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COUPLES :
1. Wenjing Sui/Cong Han (CHN), 78,94 points
2. Daria Pavliuchenko/Denis Khodykin (RUS), 69,46
3. Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert (ALL), 67.93
4. Kirsten Moore-Towers/Michael Marinaro (CAN), 66,43
5. Vanessa James/Eric Radford (CAN), 65,02
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