After a nervous performance in the 2018 Olympics, U.S. figure skater Nathan Chen says he's discovered how to experience joy in high-stakes competition.
Chen fell and failed to complete his required combination jump, stepped out of a quadruple toe-loop jump, and put his hands down on the ice in landing a triple-axel jump. He ranked a shocking 17th, well out of medal contention. “He just looked so tentative, nervous,” NBC commentator and 1998 women’s Olympic champion Tara Lipinski said. “You could see it in his eyes.”
Nathan Chen skates in the men’s short program at the U.S. figure skating championships in Nashville on Jan. 8.“I don’t really remember how that program went and felt,” he said. “I don’t really feel the need to go back and look at that. What I did, what I learned, what I experienced — that’s stuff that I’m carrying already, and all that stuff has already helped me.
“This time around I’m super excited. This is awesome,” said Chen, who trains with coach Rafael Arutyunyan and other elite skaters at Great Park Ice in Irvine. With 328.01 points, he finished more than 25 ahead of 17-year-old runnerup Ilia Malinin , nearly 38 ahead of third-place finisher Vincent Zhou and almost 39 points ahead of fourth-place finisher Jason Brown. Zhou, who was sixth at Pyeongchang, and Brown, who placed ninth at the 2014 Sochi Games, also were nominated to compete in Beijing.
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