Nathan Chen won figure skating gold at the Beijing Olympics, delivering a rapturous free program, four years after stumbling on the biggest stage
BEIJING—He flew across the ice, floated in the air, challenged the laws of physics with his jumps and when the music finally stopped after four minutes of magnificent skating, Nathan Chen didn’t need to look at the scores to know: He was the Olympic champion.
Chen delivered a rapturous free program with five quadruple jumps here on Thursday to win the men’s individual gold medal for the United States, avenging his devastatingly uneven performance at the Olympics four years ago in the grandest way and reigniting a conversation about whether he’s the greatest figure skater of his generation.
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