Post by Admin on Nov 13, 2019 20:54:46 GMT
Boyang Jin of China won his first Grand Prix gold medal in the Men’s event at 2019 Cup of China on Saturday on home ice in Chongqing. Teammate Han Yan took silver, while Italy’s Matteo Rizzo earned the bronze.
Jin nailed his routine to “First Light” which featured a quad Lutz and quad toe-double toe right out the gate. The 2019 Four Continents silver medalist doubled a toe that was meant to be a solo quad, but otherwise landed a triple Axel-Euler-triple Salchow and triple Lutz-triple toe. The 22-year-old also earned a level 4 on all spins to earn 176.10 for first in the free skate and overall (261.53).
“My performance was OK, but still not as good as I have been training,” said the five-time Chinese national champion. “Last year, there was no Cup of China and I am very happy that the event came back. The main color of the rink is red, like the spicy color of Chongqing, and that motivated me a lot.”
Han, who took a break from skating after shoulder surgery in 2017, landed a solid triple Axel-triple toe that earned high positive grades of execution (GOE) across the board in his routine to La La Land. The 23-year-old went on to land a strong triple Lutz, but received an edge call on both triple flips. In all, he landed six clean triples and showed good spins and level 4 footwork to finish second (162.99) in the free skate and overall (249.45).
