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SOCHI, Russia -- Patrick Chan is leaving the Grand Prix Final of figure skating with a bronze medal and plenty of disappointment. Haloti Ngata Limited Jersey . The reigning world champion, who was second after the mens short program, barely made the podium after finishing just 0.04 points ahead of Spains Javier Fernandez on Saturday. Japans Daisuke Takahashi won gold despite falling on his opening quad, while his compatriot Yuzuru Hanyu finished second. Chan also fell on his initial quad, which was to be a combination with a triple toe-loop. "To be honest, Im pretty disappointed with my performance today," said the Toronto native, who was the two-time defending champion at the event. "Looking at the whole program I think there were a lot of good things also -- I did the triple axel-triple loop sequence, those two jumps that I missed at Cup of Russia. "So each competition Im kind of tuning in onto every little detail of the program, which is what I like to see." Takahashi recovered from his opening fall to land a quad toe-loop, but made other errors including a hand down on a triple-double. He took gold with mixed emotions. "Of course I am the champion of the GP Final but theres a lot to be done, theres a lot of challenges and issues that remain," he said. Chan wasnt the only Canadian going home with a medal and things to work on. World champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir settled for silver in ice dancing after losing out to Americans Meryl Davis and Charlie White. "It was a great skate for us," said Virtue. "We had to fight through it but thats not surprising considering the intensity of the competition. We are where we want to be at this point and we just have to go home and fine tune the program. Theres a lot of room to grow." Virtue, from London, Ont., and Moir, from Ilderton, Ont., both in all black, made a moving interpretation of the classic "Carmen" story. "It was definitely a program we had to work through, but our execution was spot-on today. We had a really good, strong technical skate and we were able to bring the motion as well. So thats exciting, especially in this venue, to lay down two strong skates," Moir said, referring to the Iceberg arenas future role as host for figure skating at the 2014 Olympics. Davis and White performed an array of complex moves, including one in which he appears to drop her but holds on with one hand while she wraps her legs around one of his. Both duos said the ease they showed on the ice was deceptive. "It was one of those skates when nothing really came easily, we felt like we had to fight through it but thats OK," Davis said. "Its good to have skates like that, and its really times like that where we feel we grow the most." Nathalie Pechalat and Fabian Bourzat of France took bronze. In womens singles, Japans Mao Asada used a clean free program that ranged from sprightly to quietly refined to win gold ahead of American Ashley Wagner. Japans Akiko Suzuki was third. Asada landed six triples in her program to excerpts from Tchaikovskys "Swan lake," a musical choice that delighted the Russian spectators to boost Asadas spirits. "When it began, I head some people clapping and I was happy to hear that," she said. "Looking back on my performance there were no major mistakes, so thats a great takeaway from today." Asadas only significant misstep was doubling what would have been her seventh triple of the program. But her presentation followed the musics emotional range, from the dreamy opening to its lively conclusion. Wagner, who was just half a point behind Asada heading into the free skate, fell twice and ended up a distant second. Wagner said her second fall, a frontal plunge on a double axel in combination after a triple loop "was a bit of a freak fall. But to have such a hard fall and then go and complete the triple flip of that quality is definitely something I can take away from this competition." Shell also take away some pain from the fall. The team doctor told her she injured a hip. "I cant tell you what that is but I can tell you it really hurts," Wagner said. "For me, I always like to go big or go home, so when I fall I like to fall really hard." In pairs, Russias Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov won gold. Meagan Duhamel Lively, Ont., and Eric Radford of Balmertown, Ont., finished fourth just ahead of Kirsten Moore-Towers of St. Catharines, Ont., and Dylan Moscovitch of Toronto in fifth. "That was one of our strongest long programs this year," said Duhamel. "The throws were a lot cleaner, the twist was great and the side-by-side Lutz was good. We took the time to perform the program well. Unfortunately we had one major error that was costly." 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NEW YORK -- Carlos Marmols high-wire act almost undid a game the Chicago Cubs ultimately won behind two young players full of promise. Anthony Rizzo hit a three-run homer Travis Wood won his fourth straight start, but not until after Marmol caught a line drive and started a game-ending double play that blunted the New York Mets bid for another ninth-inning comeback, giving Chicago an 8-7 victory Friday night. "It was getting interesting but he pulled it off," Wood said. Mets star Johan Santana was tagged for a career high-tying 13 hits in only 4 2-3 innings. A night after they got two runs with two outs in the ninth to beat Philadelphia closer Jonathan Papelbon, the Mets scored three times off a wild Marmol. But with runners at first and second, Lucas Duda hit a liner up the middle that Marmol speared and flipped to first for the final out. Reed Johnson led off the game with a homer, had four hits of Chicagos season-high 18 hits and scored three runs. Rizzo, the Cubs most hyped prospect this season, singled in the eighth for the first four-hit game of his big league career. Rizzo and Wood were both acquired in trades before the season by new Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein and general manager Jed Hoyer. The Cubs, whose 32-51 record is half a game from the NL cellar, could trade Marmol, who lost his closing job once already earlier this season and has been no stranger to shaky outings. He has 28 walks in 25 2-3 innings, though he has been better recently than he was to start the season. The same could be said of the Cubs, who are 7-3 since Rizzo was called up June 26 -- in a game against the Mets. "For 10 games, hes been pretty good," Cubs manager Dale Sveum said. "To sit on pitches like he does, and have an educated guess like he does is impressive." Rizzo and Jeff Baker each homered in a five-run fifth inning that made it 7-2. The Cubs held on to win for the eighth time in 11 games and sent the Mets to their third loss in nine games. "It was awesome, right from Reed Johnsons home run," Rizzo said. "And it carried over. Hitting is contagious no matter where you are." Wood (4-3) allowed two earned runs and was removed after walking pinch-hitter Jordany Valdespin to start the seventh. "I dont think he had the stuff hes had the last few," Sveum said. "He definitely didnt have the stuff hes had in the past." Marmol had a rocky ninth. Entering with a four-run lead, he gave up a solo homer to Valdespin with one out, then walked Ruben Tejada, pinch hitter Daniel Murphy and Davvid Wright to load the bases. Ed Reed Elite Jersey. Pinch-hitter Ike Davis followed with a single, bringing up Duda. Marmols quick reflexes saved the Cubs. In the fifth, Santana fell awkwardly while trying to cover first base on an infield grounder by Johnson. Preparing to take the throw from first baseman Justin Turner, Santana reached out with his foot and apparently got stepped on, then couldnt handle the toss with his bare hand and fell on his side. He took two warmup pitches and remained in the game, but gave up two homers and four more singles after that. "Obviously, command of his fastball went awry," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "He said it wasnt his foot. He told me afterward his foot was fine. He just didnt make his pitches after that." Santana (6-5) left after Luis Valbuenas RBI single. Valbuena was thrown out trying to take second and Wood was coming to the plate with two outs, but Collins pulled him anyway. Johnsons grounder to start the fifth was ruled a single, and Santana allowed another single to Darwin Barney before Rizzos drive. One out later, Baker hit a solo shot and then Geovany Soto, Joe Mather and Valbuena singled. The Mets went ahead 2-1 on Dudas solo homer in the second and Ronny Cedenos RBI double in the third. Mike Nickeas added a sacrifice fly in the sixth for an unearned run against Wood. Alfonso Soriano tacked on a run with a bases-loaded bloop single in the eighth to make it 8-3. Turner hit an RBI single in the eighth for his fourth hit of the game. NOTES: Sveum says RHP Ryan Dempster will start Sunday, and be limited to 70-80 pitches. The right-hander is on the DL because of a tight back muscle. ... Cubs SS Starlin Castro did not start for the first time this season. Sveum said he wanted to watch the game and discuss scenarios with the young star, who has been prone to mental gaffes in the field. ... Johnsons last leadoff homer also came off Santana -- July 23, 2007, when Johnson played for the Blue Jays and Santana for the Twins. ... Collins said OF Jason Bay would take batting practice, run, and do "some defensive stuff" as he tries to come back from his second concussion. He also missed six weeks this season with a broken rib, and is hitting .187 with four HRs and six RBIs in 22 games this season. ... New York wore blue jerseys trimmed in orange with "Los Mets" on the front, a rare departure from the home whites this season. ... Santana last allowed 13 hits on July 28, 2010 against St. Louis. ... Rizzo has reached base safely in all 10 Cubs games hes played in this season. ' ' '
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