LONDON, Ontario (AP) - While Patrick Chan won his third title at the World Figure Skating Championships, there was no doubt Denis Ten won the night.
The little-known skater from Kazakhstan stole Chan's spotlight - no easy thing to do in Canada - with a beautifully breezy and technically impressive performance to ''The Artist'' that surely would have won Uggie's approval. Ten won the free skate, but he couldn't overcome the lead Chan had after the short program.
Chan finished with 267.78 points, 1.3 better than Ten. Still, when Ten saw his marks, his mouth dropped open and he pumped his fists. He'd never been better than seventh at world championships or Olympics before.
Javier Fernandez of Spain was third. U.S. champion Max Aaron was seventh, ensuring the Americans will have two spots in Sochi.
Earlier Friday, Tatiana Volosozhar and Makim Trankov won the pairs title, Russia's first since 2005.
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