Nathan Chen poses with his medal at the 2018 Grand Prix Final.

National Team: Figure Skating

Nathan Chen Takes Gold at Grand Prix Final

American Nathan Chen won his second consecutive Grand Prix Final title, topping the men's field with 282.42 overall points. Chen also scored the top free skate score of the competition with 189.43-point on Friday night.

Chen opened with quad flip and then finished his program strong, landing three straight combination jumps, including a quad toeloop-triple toeloop combination. He was also awarded three Level 4 spins.

He is the fourth men's champion to win in back-to-back years since the event began in 1995.

Earlier in the day, Camden Pulkinen and Tomoki Hiwatashi finished fifth and sixth, respectively. Pulkinen, who led coming into the free skate, earned 117.37 points on Friday night to total 197.68 for the competition. Hiwatashi earned 128.32 points in his free skate for 190.80 total.

Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue lead the senior ice dance competition after earning 80.53 points in Friday's rhythm dance. Training mates Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker are sixth with 71.33 points. Both teams earned season best scores, behind Level 4 twizzles and a Level 4 lift.

In the junior rhythm dance, Avonley Nguyen and Vadym Kolesnik finished fifth in their first Junior Grand Prix Final. The duo earned 94.74 points in Friday's free dance, totaling 158.47 points through two days of competition.

On Saturday, Team USA will close out the competition with the senior free dance and junior pairs free skate.

The Grand Prix Final competition is available on-demand with the Figure Skating Pass on NBC Sports Gold. Fan can watch the Junior Grand Prix Final on the International Skating Union's YouTube channel. Additionally, NBC and NBCSN will have multiple broadcast windows. A full schedule is available here. 

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Players Mentioned

Nathan Chen

#9 Nathan Chen

May 5, 1999
Senior/Men
Salt Lake City
  Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker

#27   Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker

Nov. 4, 1996 | Oct. 7, 1993
Senior/Ice Dance
Buffalo, NY | Burnley, GBR
  Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue

#30   Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue

Feb. 24, 1991 | Jan. 8, 1991
Senior/Ice Dance
Lansing, MI | North Madison, CT
Camden Pulkinen

#49 Camden Pulkinen

March 25, 2000
Junior/Men
Scottsdale, AZ
Tomoki Hiwatashi

#29 Tomoki Hiwatashi

Jan. 20, 2000
Junior/Men
Englewood, NJ
  Avonley Nguyen and Vadym Kolesnik

#46   Avonley Nguyen and Vadym Kolesnik

Nov. 22, 2002 | Oct. 27, 2001
Junior/Ice Dance
Cleveland, OH | Kharkiv UKR

Players Mentioned

Nathan Chen

#9 Nathan Chen

Senior/Men
Salt Lake City
May 5, 1999
  Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker

#27   Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker

Senior/Ice Dance
Buffalo, NY | Burnley, GBR
Nov. 4, 1996 | Oct. 7, 1993
  Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue

#30   Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue

Senior/Ice Dance
Lansing, MI | North Madison, CT
Feb. 24, 1991 | Jan. 8, 1991
Camden Pulkinen

#49 Camden Pulkinen

Junior/Men
Scottsdale, AZ
March 25, 2000
Tomoki Hiwatashi

#29 Tomoki Hiwatashi

Junior/Men
Englewood, NJ
Jan. 20, 2000
  Avonley Nguyen and Vadym Kolesnik

#46   Avonley Nguyen and Vadym Kolesnik

Junior/Ice Dance
Cleveland, OH | Kharkiv UKR
Nov. 22, 2002 | Oct. 27, 2001