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Lysacek keeps mens figure skating title in US handsskip to main content (press enter)Current WeatherCharlottetownChange weather location9C Cloudy CBC Global Header NavigationCBCca News news drop down menu Sports sports drop down menu Radio radio drop down menu TV tv drop down menu My Region drop down menu More drop down menu Watch drop down menu Listen drop down menu Search CBCca Submit Search Sign Up Log In Hockey Headlines Scoreboard Standings Stats NHL Schedule Teams Players Hockey Night in Canada Highlights Fantasy Pool Commonwealth Football Headlines CFL Scoreboard CFL Standings CFL Stats CFL Teams NFL Scoreboard NFL Standings NFL Stats NFL Teams NFL Players Video Alpine Skiing Curling Figure Skating Basketball NBA Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Basketball News Feed Baseball MLB Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Baseball News Feed Soccer MLS Scoreboard MLS Standings International Stats Soccer News Feed Amateur Sports Golf Tennis Story Tools EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK Lysacek keeps mens figure skating title in US handsLast Updated Saturday December 5 2009 946 AM ET The Associated Press Evan Lysacek performs in Saturdays free skate in Tokyo (Toshifumi KitamuraAFPGetty Images)World champion Evan Lysacek won the Grand Prix final Saturday becoming the second straight American to capture the figure skating titleLysacek who was second entering the free skate received a seasons best 24945 points to finish ahead of Nobunari Oda of Japan who was second with 24336 Johnny Weir of the United States was third with 23735 pointsSkating to Sheherazade Lysacek opened his routine with a triple lutz triple toe loop combination and followed with a triple axel and a triple salchowLysaceks only major mistakes came when he singled a triple axel double toe loop and failed to do a double loop at the end of a triple combination jumpJeremy Abbott of the United States who won the Grand Prix title last year was fourth with 23538 points Daisuke Takahashi of Japan who was first after the short program dropped to fifth after an errorfilled free skateWith Saturdays win Lysacek improved his chances of making the United States team for the Vancouver OlympicsIn the last Olympics I was young and really excited Lysacek said Ive learned a lot in the past four years and want to take the experience I have gained and put it all into effect in VancouverThe top six skaters in the regular season Grand Prix standings qualify for the Grand Prix final The Canadian Press 2009 Story Tools EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK Story comments (0)Sort Most recent First to last AgreedRelatedInternal LinksRESULTS ISU Grand Prix final Takahashi leads after mens short Figure Skating HeadlinesTop Headlines Recommended Commented Davison injured knee attempting triple loops...