Karen Chen had just fallen attempting a triple toe loop, spilling to the ice and taking the United States' spot atop the standings in the team competition with her.
She shrugged it off.
“Yes, I did fall,” Chen said. “But I went for it. I didn’t just chicken out of it.”
Not long after Chen spoke, Vincent Zhou, her U.S. teammate (at least ostensibly), competing in the men’s free skate portion of the team event, approached a planned quad, leapt in the air and bailed out and into just a single rotation.
In other words, or Chen’s words … he chickened out.