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Nathan Chen elevates U.S. hopes for figure skating gold at Winter Olympics

Team USA figure skater hopes to bring home a medal from the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang after taking home his second consecutive U.S. figure skating national championship last month. USA TODAY Sports

USA TODAY profiles 10 top American athletes to watch during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, which begin Feb. 9.

It has been about 15 years since a little boy growing up in Salt Lake City, the youngest of five children, decided he wanted to figure skate. His family didn’t have the money to buy him skates of his own, so he wore his older sister’s white hand-me-downs.