Javier Fernández, first at Skate Canada Grand Prix

The Spanish skater Javier Fernandez has managed, with only 20 years, first in the short program of the ISU Grand Prix Skate Canada, which opened last night at Missassauga (Ontario), after beating two world champions ice skating, Japanese Daisuke Takahashi and Canada's Patrick Chan.

The Spaniard, who lives in Canada, won the first sector with the piece "I love Paris" and a score of 84.71, which also has allowed him to overcome his personal world record 71.65 points. Fernandez, the Spanish Olympic first after more than half a century in the men in Vancouver 2010, has achieved the top spot by beating Takahashi 5 / 100 and 1.28 points higher than Patrick Chan. Upon success, the skater was "very surprised". "It was an amazing night. It is something I will remember all my life," he said.

The Canadian newspaper 'The Globe and The Mail' said the feat of Spanish digital version of assuring that "Javier Fernandez has put Spain on the world map of ice skating." To achieve good performance in the long program and the Russian Cup in late November, Fernandez could become the first Spanish man to play the final of a Grand Prix.