Sports Pulse: After being delayed for a year what will the 2021 Olympics look likeThe greatest U.S. male figure skater in a generation had just decisively won another national title Sunday, his fifth in a row, when attention immediately turned to where it always turns for Nathan Chen.Three years ago, Chen was an 18-year-old gold medal favorite at the 2018 Olympics in South Korea when his nerves got the best of him and he bombed in the men’s short program, finishing a dismal 17th.
In the old days, with the 6.0 scoring system, competitions were more like coronations, with the skaters who possessed the most glowing résumés often getting preferential treatment from judges who could get away with almost anything back in the day. Skating also is a slippery sport, where athletes such as Chen land multiple quadruple jumps on a sliver of a blade of steel, on ice of course. So to do what Chen has done, to win over and over again on both the national and world stage, is extraordinary.
“It’s always been a dream of mine to be able to win a national title, to win a world title, to win an Olympic title,” he said. “Easier said than done. I thought that I had a chance in 2018 and that didn’t happen and I’m able to live with that.
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