Abbott dazzles in victory
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January 31, 2012, Tuesday
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NEEDING only to stay on his feet to win his third title at the US Figure Skating Championships in San Jose, California, on Sunday, Jeremy Abbott performed with a quiet elegance and superior skill that was simply bewitching. The audience was so spellbound you could hear his blades carving the ice, and it wasn't until the final notes of his music faded that fans erupted in applause.
Abbott finished with a personal-best 273.58 points, a score that puts him within striking distance of world champion Patrick Chan. It is 12 points better than 2006 Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko scored in winning his seventh European title on Saturday.
Adam Rippon, a two-time junior world champion, was second. Ross Miner finished third for a second straight year. Earlier on Sunday, Caydee Denney and John Coughlin won their first pairs title together after winning the previous two years with other partners.
Armin Mahbanoozadeh, a distant third after the short program, needed a strong effort to have any chance of moving up and making the world team. He didn't get it and went the opposite direction, instead, dropping off the podium after taking a big splat on his quadruple toe attempt and turning out on the landings of two other jumps.
Miner took advantage, moving up a spot with a strong program that had only one error, a fall on a triple axel.
Abbott finished with a personal-best 273.58 points, a score that puts him within striking distance of world champion Patrick Chan. It is 12 points better than 2006 Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko scored in winning his seventh European title on Saturday.
Adam Rippon, a two-time junior world champion, was second. Ross Miner finished third for a second straight year. Earlier on Sunday, Caydee Denney and John Coughlin won their first pairs title together after winning the previous two years with other partners.
Armin Mahbanoozadeh, a distant third after the short program, needed a strong effort to have any chance of moving up and making the world team. He didn't get it and went the opposite direction, instead, dropping off the podium after taking a big splat on his quadruple toe attempt and turning out on the landings of two other jumps.
Miner took advantage, moving up a spot with a strong program that had only one error, a fall on a triple axel.
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