Nathan Chen’s figure skating talent was apparent at a precocious age, surfacing quickly after he followed his hockey-playing older brothers out to the ice and realized he enjoyed the tickling breeze on his face and the problem-solving satisfaction of conquering a tricky jump or intricate spin. “I saw him in 2018 and then I saw him this season and he’s …
Michelle Kwan once stood where Alysa Liu is now, on the brink of a potentially brilliant figure skating career. I feel very honored that they thought of me as somebody to look up to.” Kwan had won attention as the 1993 world junior champion but wasn’t well known when she competed at the 1994 U.S. championships in Detroit, which would …
