Chan skips NHK Trophy to focus on training

The 26-year-old three times world champion made the decision to focus on training after a disappointing fourth place at last week's Skate Canada Grand Prix event, Skate Canada said in a statement.

(Reuters)

Chan, who won individual and team silvers in Sochi in 2014 before taking a season off, will be going for a 10th Canadian national title in January before heading to South Korea for the Olympics.

The NHK Trophy in Osaka is the fourth leg on the seven-stop Grand Prix circuit.

(Reporting by Nick Mulvenney, editing by Sudipto Ganguly)