Despite a minor glitch during his long program, Patrick Chan easily skated away with his second straight Canadian figure-skating championship Sunday in Saskatoon. - a: N' l1 q+ Y+ Z, T! R) I" A, a# `: l5 c" Q
The Toronto skater recovered from a stumble early in his routine to win the national title with a season-best score of 254.82. Chan also posted his best long program of the season, earning 165.93 points.3 j/ ] G$ a2 \& K; J0 O! {
; _% M" r U# A5.39.217.76Chan's score was the third-highest ever under the revamped scoring system implemented in 2003, behind only Japan's Daisuke Takahashi (264.41)and Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko of Russia (258.33).
