squander his chance

もうひとつ。「浪費する」でおなじみのsquanderですが、chanceやopportunityを目的語にとると「チャンスを逸する、みすみす見逃す」という意味になります。いめーじしやすいですね。

まだまだ書きたいことはありますが、そろそろ遊園にGPくんを迎えに行きます。あとはUmeくんにまかせます。（UG）

Hanyu wins figure skating gold; Jason Brown 9th

That Hanyu would stumble badly in Friday’s free skate, that Canada’s Patrick Chan would squander his chance at an Olympic title and that Jason Brown of the U.S. would let his shot at an Olympic bronze slip away, that the entire men’s final was of depressingly poor quality — all that seemed of little consequence when the champion provided perspective often missing in a world where winning and losing in sports are treated with too much reverence.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/chi-sochi-figure-skating-20140214,0,1579885.story