Chen completes 6 quads to win world figure skating title

ASSAGO, Italy (AP) — Nathan Chen completed six quadruples and bettered his Olympic free skate score to win the world figure skating title on Saturday.

The 18-year-old American was the only competitor in the last group not to fall.

Japan's Shoma Uno won silver despite three spectacular falls, matching his silver at the Pyeongchang Olympics.

Russian Mikhail Kolyada fell twice but still won the bronze.

Chen, the first U.S. world men's champion since Evan Lysacek in 2009, did a fist pump when he completed the program to score 219.46 in the free for an overall total of 321.40, nearly 50 points more than Uno.