NAGOYA, Japan (Reuters) - Nathan Chen of the United States edged Japan’s Shoma Uno in the men’s short programme to take the lead at the Grand Prix final on Thursday, setting up a showdown between the two jumping powerhouses two months before the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Chen pulled off a quad lutz and triple toeloop at the start of his program to "Nemesis," by Benjamin Clementine, then a quad flip and triple axel, after which he appeared to pump his fists briefly. "I made a couple of mistakes in the landing of the quads, but my triple axel was better than at Skate America so I'm happy with that." Uno, skating to the "Winter" section of Antonin Vivaldi's "Four Seasons," executed a clean quad flip followed by a quad toeloop and triple toeloop that had the audience cheering, but fell on a late triple axel. "I made a new type of mistake today, the triple axel is a jump I know I can land," Uno said, but added he still felt he "did everything I could."

Source: The Star December 07, 2017 12:36 UTC