Wednesday, November 16, 2011

World champions tumble at Skate Canada

Complete article can be found at http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/more-sports/world-champions-tumble-at-skate-canada/article2218534/

Javier Fernandez of Spain performs during the men's short program at Skate Canada International in Mississauga October 28, 2011. REUTERS/Mike Cassese - Javier Fernandez of Spain performs during the men's short program at Skate Canada International in Mississauga October 28, 2011. REUTERS/Mike Cassese

World champions tumble at Skate Canada

BEVERLEY SMITH

Mississauga, Ont. — Globe and Mail Update
Published Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 10:51PM EDT
Last updated Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 11:12PM EDT
    Javier Fernandez put Spain on the figure skating map on Friday night at Skate Canada by defeating two world champions.
    Figure skating in Spain, the land of the bullfight? Hardly. Somehow, Fernandez has emerged from a country that probably doesn’t have as many rinks as there are in the block surrounding the Hershey Centre (eight rinks if you count the Mississauga Iceland across the street)

    At his national championship, the men’s event attracts only about five or six senior men. Yet out of Spain has come Fernandez, who defeated Patrick Chan, holder of three world point records and the stylish former world champion Daisuke Takahashi of Japan too.
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