Patrick Chan caputured the men's title at Skate Canada figure skating Grand Prix on home soil on Saturday while American Alissa Czisny bagged the women's title.

The 19-year-old Chan finished fourth in Friday's short program but bounced back in Saturday's free skate to collect a winning total of 239.52 points.

Chan opened his Phantom of the Opera free skate by nailing a picture-perfect quadruple toe-loop but then crashed on his triple Axel as he had done the day before.

This time, however, he pulled himself together, hit a second Axel and stayed upright for the rest of his routine.

Overnight leader Nobunari Oda of Japan settled for the silver three points adrifting. Oda earned 10 fewer points than Chan for performance and presentation in free skate.

American Adam Rippon claimed bronze with the second-best performance of the day and 233.04 points.

Czisny added a second Skate Canada gold to her list of achievements to go with a silver and bronze.

She climbed from fourth after the short program with a lyrical and elegant free skate that included five triple jumps and a trio of spellbinding spins.

Despite a fall on her last jump, Czisny won over both the spectators and the judges, leading the field with 172.37 points in all.

Russian Ksenia Makarova, 17, remained second with 165.00 while another Canadian Amelie Lacoste rose to bronze medal position (157.26).

First round women's leader Cynthia Phaneuf of Canada crumbled under the pressure, managing to land just two triple jumps. She fell twice and tumbled to fourth.

Russia's Lubov Iliushechkina and Nodari Maisuradze fended off the challenge of unheralded Canadians Kirsten Moore-Towers and Dylan Moscovitch to win the pairs competition 171.40-170.92.

Canadians Paige Lawrence and Rudi Swiegers took bronze with a total of 161.15 points.h Skate Canada is the second of six events in the ISU Grand Prix series which culminates with the Grand Prix Final in Beijing in December.

Competition concludes on Sunday with the ice dance finale.

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