On Friday night in Ontario, 22-year-old Canadian skater Patrick Chan won his third consecutive world figure skating title, becoming the first men's singles skater in 13 years to win three straight championships: World figure skating championships: Canada's Patrick Chan wins third straight title.
Victory number three wasn't flawless. Heck, it was pretty darn dreadful -- he fell twice during his free skate to La Boheme -- but he came into the evening with a huge seven-point lead, thanks to a strong world-record short program score of 98.37:
