GREENSBORO, N.C.—In the past two seasons, Nathan Chen took home a gold medal from every event he entered: two U.S. national championships, four Grand Prix events, two Grand Prix finals, two world championships…with one exception. At the 2018 Olympic Games, Chen won the free skate after throwing down six quadruple jumps. But a disastrous short program had left him in 17th place, and the jaw-dropping feat that included a quadruple Lutz, two quadruple flips, two quadruple toe-loops and a quadruple Salchow, two of them in combination...
Source: Wall Street Journal January 27, 2020 00:22 UTC