(Reuters) - American teenager Nathan Chen continued his strong build up for Olympic glory when he produced a sizzling performance in the men's short programme at Skate America in Lake Placid, New York on Friday. Chen notched a personal best of 104.12 points for a big 15-plus point lead over compatriot Adam Rippon, with Sergei Voronov of Russia in third. Utah-born Chen, 18, is the only skater with five different types of quad jumps, all of which he might try in Saturday's free skate. Canadian double world champions Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford took the lead in the pairs short programme ahead of Chinese duo Xiaoyu Yu and Hao Zhang. With 75.37 points, Duhamel and Eric Radford headed Yu and Zhang (73.67 points), with German pair Aliona Savchenko and Bruno Massot third on 72.55 points.

Source: The Star November 25, 2017 04:41 UTC