Figure Skating GP Series Round 1 Men's Chen takes the lead in SP October 24, 16:10

The American tournament of the first round of the Grand Prix series of figure skating started, and in the short program of the first half of the men's single, Nathan Chen of the United States marked a high score such as succeeding in all three jumps and took the lead.

In this season's Grand Prix series, due to the influence of the new coronavirus, the 2nd round Canada tournament and the 4th round France tournament have been canceled, and 4 tournaments will be held from this month to next month.



The first round of the American tournament began in Las Vegas on the 23rd, and Nathan Chen, who won the Grand Prix Final of last season, participated in the short program of the first half of the men's singles.



Chen decided to make four and three consecutive jumps at the beginning, and then succeeded in a four-turn flip in the second half, and decided all three jumps.



In addition, he took the lead with a high score of 111.17, such as getting the highest evaluation level four with a dynamic slide that used the whole body greatly even in spins and steps.



Vincent Zhou of the United States was in second place, and Keegan Messing of Canada was in third place.



Mariah Bell of the United States leads the women's single short program with a score of 76.48.