KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Nathan Chen is 17 going on an Olympic gold medal. That’s a bit presumptuous, to be sure, but it also just might end up becoming true — if not in 2018, then perhaps 2022 — so the dreaming and hoping might as well just begin now.
Chen, the serious jumping prodigy American men’s figure skating has been waiting for, landed two quadruple jumps in an exhilarating 2 minute, 40 second short program Friday night at the U.S. national championships on his way to setting an American record in the men’s short program with a score of 106.39 points. That was more than 17 points ahead of his nearest competitor, which means we might as well just go ahead and give him his first national…
