Canadian Patrick Chan set the skating world record in Moscow

MOSCOW (AP) — Patrick Chan played in cool, his short program begins with his hands in his pockets of pasta. Oleg Nikishin, Getty Images

Patrick Chan is a lead of more than 11 percentage points after the men's short program in figure skating World Championships.

Oleg Nikishin, Getty Images,

Patrick Chan is a lead of more than 11 percentage points after the men's short program in figure skating World Championships.

He could have his enthusiasm for a few minutes later, when he saw his marks and realized, he set a world record.Canada 93.02 points classification for the Wednesday issue of the skating World Championships at two-time silver medalist wide lead, as he seeks his first World Championship. His nearest Challenger Japan, Nobunari Oda, was almost ten points behind defending champion Daisuke Takahashi and Japan was still in second, 1.6.Pairs of defending Champions Pang Qing and Tong Jian, China had the lead after the short program, last year in the final match of the German Robin Aliona Savchenko and Szolkowy. Russia's Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov, who has been skating together for only a year and only their second major competition in the third, were drawn up. "I knew that if the high 80s skated really well, but I'm not likely to be above 90% and that is amazing, "said Chan, whose previous personal best 88.90 has four continents and World Championships was in February 2009."To set the world record is just a bonus and it just makes my smile even bigger. "The World Championships in Tokyo in March, had been kept, but the country's devastating earthquake and tsunami, and the next nuclear crisis forced cancellation of the plans. Russia, as well as several other countries, the price is a replacement of the place and the Skating Union chose to Moscow March 24. led the competition, which was significantly different than the garish cheeriness that is typically characterised by the ceremonies opening ceremony a tragedy on the background of the skates. Such as the projectors of the sea and you want to be like the seismograph, the arena walls in the needles, black and white photos of the skaters then merged with the other proclaimed swirled in pink and white Cherry, Japan — that the symbols in the hope of renewal, and love the colors.Chan became the title of the world require the sending of profit after the Grand Prix Final is the favorite, and he does not disappoint in his record-setting for the short program. -The Uber-cool jazz standard will take five, Chan was relaxed a little slouch ice then I got going fluidly and starts, the Gleason quad-triple combination in the use of stocks in the open. All went to his ways afterwards: pure actions dismantled, deft, and close the sit-spin swift. He led the field with the technical marks, and parts of the program, the program components of the so-called art.His Score exceeded 91.30 by Yevgeny Plushenko 2010 European Championships the previous record.Despite going into Thursday's free skate of his numerical advantage Chan does not intend to coast. "I've been training with the requirements of the program, two comfort so I think that it would be okay if I decided to change everything and change everything and change my program to the rhythm, "he said. "I, I will keep all the same and pretend as if tomorrow is the second short program, with no results, and we have all the skating, skating a new programme for new investments."Official development assistance (ODA), looking for his first world Medal, designed to be a little challenging Chan n-triple lutz with the triple Flip instead of a Canadian program. But he stepped out of his planned quad-triple to open, the first part of the modern Japanese music, skating, tinged with a touch of the blues. "I knew that I had to live up to very high expectations. I wanted to end the year with a very good performance, which has collapsed, so I put out my best today, "said the official development assistance (ODA). "Knowing Patrick, I know, he performed his best tomorrow, so what should I do my best to put out is. ... I do not know if I have a catch ".Takahashi was technically sound and includes in particular is almost a high triple axel, but he did not try the quad.Russia's Artur Gachinski, the work, but appeared briefly to Chan, assured by the quad-triple. But he caught in the ice, although the rear blade coming outside of the loop, is equal to three times, and he fought to maintain the balance. He finished fourth, two points behind Takahashi below. Pang and Tong, Vancouver Olympics, silver medal in basketball were generally elegant and precise as they skated to the fishermen of the Pearl, Bizet, unleashing a large and fast triple twist, "day of the week.We are happy because we had a very clean and all of our parts, "Tong said.Volosozhar and hsa only in Trankov. He had represented his native Ukraine in two summer Olympics Stanislov Morozov former partner — and now he's a coach — Trankov Trankov was Elliot triple European postcard with Maria Mukhortova. "We are pleased, but we are also surprised," said to him, and Volosozhar Trankov: fast success.Yuko Kavaguti and Alexander Smirnov, the reigning world bronze basketball is supposed to be the best hope for the Russian pairs medal. But they finished in fifth place after he fell and caught toepick. Vera Bazarova and Yuri Larionov, Russian up-and-coming to Paris was fourth.

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