Nam Nguyen climbs to sixth at ISU Four Continents

SEOUL – Nam Nguyen of Toronto climbed three spots with a strong free skate Sunday to place sixth in the men’s event to conclude the ISU Four Continents figure skating competition.

Canada finishes with two medals. On Friday, Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Toronto took the silver in ice dancing and on Saturday Kirsten Moore-Towers of St. Catharines, Ont., and Michael Marinaro of Sarnia, Ont., won bronze in pairs.

In the men’s event, two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan won the gold medal with Jason Brown of the U.S. second and Yuma Kagiyama of Japan third.

Nguyen, ninth after the short, was sixth, Keegan Messing of Sherwood Park, Alta., eighth and Roman Sadovsky of Vaughan, Ont., 16th.

Skating to a Beatles medley, Nguyen raised his arms in triumph after producing a clean program.

“I made a mistake on my triple Axel (he singled it)  but otherwise I’m really happy with how I came back and pushed to the end,’’ said Nguyen. ‘’Having the crowd with me especially at the end during the step sequence, they really took me there.’’

Messing was unable to repeat his strong fourth place skate in the short program.

‘’I felt off physically,’’ said Messing. ‘’I don’t feel I’ve been able to dedicate myself to my training as efficiently as I needed between nationals and here. It just wasn’t enough time to prepare myself fully for this event. My legs always felt a little bit behind me.’’

For the 20-year-old Sadovsky it was all about gaining experience.

‘’The big thing I’m going to work on is my consistency,’’ said Sadovsky. ‘’The short was disappointing here, the long could have been better, but I’m not beating myself up too much about it.’’

Full results: ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2020

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