Chan wins gold at Four Continents

The 2014 Olympic silver medallist Patrick Chan of Canada claimed the men's title at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Taipei Sunday, despite a stressful start to the competition.

Skating to the music of Chopin, Chan kicked off his free skating programme with a quad toeloop/triple toeloop combination and added two triple axel, among others, to bring his total to 290.21 points.

The three-time World champion, 25, admitted he had been "very worried and stressed" when he finished fifth after Friday's short programme, which he attributed to "being jet-lagged and the ice not being perfect".

"But finally today it seemed that everything, my body, the ice, just felt just right and I could finally just relax and enjoy the programme," Chan told a press conference after his victory.

"I just let everything go and focus on myself and not focus on the other skaters. I think it paid off today," added Chan, who was competing in his first Four Continents after taking a one-year break.

China's Jin Boyang, the leader of the short programme, finished runner-up with a total of 289.83 points in his first Four Continents competition.

The 18-year-old also became the first skater to land four quads -- a quad lutz, a quad salchow and two quad toeloop -- in an international competition.

"In my previous competition which was a domestic competition I also landed four quads in my free skate, so it gave me confidence coming into this competition," he said.

"I think I've done better today so I am very happy with this."

China's Yan Han took the bronze medal while Japan's Shoma Uno and Takahito Mura ranked fourth and fifth, respectively.

Earlier in the past week Japanese skater Satoko Miyahara, the 2015 World silver medallist, claimed the ladies' single title.

In the pairs event, 2015 World silver medalists Sui Wenjing and Han Cong of China took gold.

American sibling team Maia and Alex Shibutani, the newly crowned US National Champions, won the ice dance event.