Figure skating - Canada leads in team event as dazzling pairs make up for Chan's stumbles


Figure Skating – Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics – Team Event Pair Skating short program – Gangneung Ice Arena - Gangneung, South Korea – February 9, 2018 - Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford of Canada compete. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) - Canada led after the first round of figure skating's team competition in the Pyeongchang Olympics on Friday, with a dazzling performance by pair Megan Duhamel and Eric Radford overcoming stumbles by Patrick Chan in the men's singles.

Duhamel and Radford claimed a season's best 76.57 with their flowing routine to "With or Without You", but Chan, in his third Olympics, struggled with his jumps and fell on his opening quad toeloop and his triple Axel.

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