Nathan Chen isn’t skating in Italy, but men’s figure skating still revolves around him

The Salt Lake City native “set the path” for Ilia Malinin and the abundance of quad jumps, and now backflips, in the sport.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Nathan Chen competes in the figure skating men’s short program at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. Glimpses of the gold medalist can be seen in the skaters at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics.

Nathan Chen isn’t skating in Italy, but men’s figure skating still revolves around him

The Salt Lake City native “set the path” for Ilia Malinin and the abundance of quad jumps, and now backflips, in the sport.

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