Nathan Chen rebounded from a surprising struggle last weekend at Skate America to top the short program Friday at Skate Canada.
Fellow American Jason Brown was second at 94.00, and Canada’s Keegan Messing was third at 93.28.
Canadians Conrad Orzel and Roman Sadovsky placed ninth and tenth, respectively.
WATCH | Messing 3rd after short program:
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Canada’s Keegan Messing scored 93.28 for his short program Friday night and sits in third place at Skate Canada in Vancouver. 6:26
China’s Sui Wenjing and Han Cong led the pairs after the short program at 78.94. Russia’s Daria Pavliuchenko and Denis Khodykin were a distant second at 69.46. Americans Ashley Cain-Gribble and Timothy LeDuc were sixth at 61.68.
Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro were the top Canadian duo in fourth with 66.43 points, just ahead of fifth-placed Eric Radford and Vanessa James at 65.02.
Coverage of the rhythm dance and women’s short program continues Friday night on CBCSports.ca, the CBC Sports app and CBC Gem.
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