Nam Nguyen set a personal best in the Skate America men's short program, but it was only good enough for fourth after strong performances from his opponents on Saturday in Chicago.
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The 18-year-old Ottawa native – competing for the first time with new coach David Glynn – scored 79.62 while skating to "Love Me or Leave Me" by Sammy Davis Jr.
Japan's Shoma Uno landed two quad jumps and secured the lead, with Americans Adam Rippon and Jason Brown close behind in second and third place.
The free skate will determine the winner on Sunday at Sears Centre Arena.
"Everything went as I was practicing," Uno said through an interpreter. "It was unexpected that I missed the triple toe at the end of the combination, but the quad went really well, maybe too well. Overall it was a good performance."
Uno scored 89.15 points, while Rippon had 87.32 points and Brown got 85.75 points. Rippon didn't attempt a quad, while Brown fell on his opening quad toeloop.
Daleman falls short of podium
Newmarket, Ont.'s Gabrielle Daleman was less than three points shy of a bronze medal, finishing fourth overall with 186.63 points after the women's free skate.
🇨🇦's Gabrielle Daleman is proud of her 4th place finish at #SkateAmerica https://t.co/Sz1dmq2I18
— @CBCOlympics
Ashley Wagner of the United States won the event, while Mariah Bell and Japan's Mai Mihara finished second and third respectively.
More to come.
Canada's Nam Nguyen sets personal best at Skate America
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