Looked at another way, however, an unprecedented six quads at the Olympics didn’t bring Chen a world record. Six quad jumps — five of them landed cleanly — by American teenage sensation Nathan Chen in the final on Saturday, vaulting him to from 17th to fifth after his seriously amiss short on Friday. A freak of figure skating nature, Chen can jump over the moon. I’ll say what Chan, 10-time Canadian champion and thrice a world gold medallist, was too polite to state: Chen’s skate was ugly, stunt-ish. “When you’re pushing the envelope this much at age 16, 17, 18, it takes a toll physically and mentally,” warned Chan.

Source: thestar February 17, 2018 13:41 UTC