Palo Alto teen becomes ice skating junior world champion

[TexasTowelie]

Palo Alto’s Vincent Zhou had to skate flawlessly Friday in his long program at the junior World Championships in Taiwan.

Zhou, 16, didn’t miss in an arresting performance to a “Casablanca”-themed program, rallying from fifth place to become the world champion. Zhou’s commanding finish included a quadruple lutz and two quadruple salchows — one in combination with a triple salchow — two triple axels and four triple jumps.

The U.S. senior silver medal winner scored 179.24 points for a total of 258.11 points to roll past runner-up Dmitri Aliev, who led the Russians to second-, third- and fourth-place finishes.

It wasn’t just Zhou’s jumping. He looked elegant with Level 4 footwork while wearing a white top coat and black pants.

Read more: http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/03/16/palo-alto-teen-becomes-ice-skating-world-champion/

[chillfactor]

1. great pictures...

thank you for the link....this young man displayed great courage in his program.

[TexasTowelie]

2. You're welcome.

I didn't know the competition was occurring until I started reviewing news for the California Group.

There are more pictures of the event (men, ice dance, pairs) at http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/03/16/photos-figure-skating-world-junior-championships/ .

An American couple is sitting in second place after the short program in the dance competition.