青奥会官网在男单自由滑后的参访,闫涵在短节目后开始发烧,不过还是凭借其强大的实力当之无愧获得首个青奥会男单冠军。
YAN (CHN) powers to Men's Figure Skating Gold despite suffering fever
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NNSBRUCK, Jan 16 - He was just recovering from a fever. He did not perform the Triple Axel he is famous for. And he even fell on the ice after a jump.
Nevertheless, Han YAN (CHN) skated so well in the Free Programme he still clinched the Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games Men's Figure Skating Gold medal at the Olympic Ice Stadium on Monday.
YAN scored a total of 192.45 points, beating Japanese Silver medallist, Shoma UNO, who amassed 167.15, by some distance.
Feodosi EFREMENKOV (RUS) claimed the Bronze medal, scoring 163.46, after coming second in the Short Programme.
The Gold medallist did not perform the most difficult jumps he usually displays in competitions.
“After the Short Programme [on Saturday] I had fever, so I lowered the level of complexity in my Free Programme,” he said.
YAN blamed his fall on the fever and “energy consumption”, as he arrived at Innsbruck 2012 after demanding competitions such as the China Nationals.
He started in the sport at the age of six after being taken to an ice rink as a birthday present, and now he dreams of grabbing Gold at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.
“Every athlete dreams to win a medal at the traditional Olympics," he said. "I hope I can make it.”
But before then, he wants to experience as much as possible at Innsbruck 2012, with the Cultural and Education Programme one of his top priorities.
He would also like to get to know more of his fellow athletes.
“My English is not very good," he said. "So it is difficult for me to communicate with athletes from other countries. I did exchange a lot of pins, though.”
Silver medallist UNO, who was in sixth place after the Short Programme on Saturday, savoured his place on the podium.
“Because I had scored more than 50 points, I thought that I had a chance for a medal,” he said.
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