Nathan Chen has the gold. It just came one month later than he had hoped (and against a much less impressive field).
The 18-year-old won the world championships on Saturday, becoming the first U.S. male singles skater to do so since Evan Lysacek in 2009 and the youngest man from any nation since Yevgeny Plushenko in 2001.
Chen landed six quadruple jumps in his free skate, extending a 1.86-point lead from the short program to win by 47.63 points.
Every other medal contender fell multiple times in the free skate.