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No longer a surprise, Salt Lake skater Angela Wang puts in her best U.S. championships performance to date

San Jose, Calif. • Whenever Angela Wang decides to reinstall all the social media apps on her phone, she’s guaranteed to be overwhelmed by a cascade of kudos. At this point, it’s only a matter of when she chooses to end her self-imposed absence.

The 21-year-old might’ve stunned the women’s field at the 2018 U.S. Figure Skating Championships this week, finishing fourth in the short program Wednesday at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., before following that up with a seventh-place finish in Friday’s free skate.

With three Olympic team spots on the line, Wang never flinched in her first go, shining in her routine to “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.