When Chen was 3 years old growing up in Salt Lake City, he went to the rink with his siblings; Chen is the youngest of five. When the public session concluded, he refused to leave the ice. It wasn't until the Zamboni was about to clean the rink that Chen's mom carried him out — kicking and screaming, she says.
Fortunately, Chen returned. He kept coming back to the point that he soon developed into one of America's best young figure skaters. Now, at 18, he's a U.S. champion and almost certainly this nation's best shot for gold at the Pyeongchang Olympics — something Chen says he has a "pretty high chance of" as long as he sticks to his plan and remains healthy.