As Nathan Chen struggled at Skate America, Vincent Zhou won his first major title to show the United States has two legitimate men's medal hopes at the upcoming Beijing Olympics.

With a score of 82.89, Chen is a surmountable 1.63 points away from the podium, but upwards of 15 points from first. Chen had a famously disastrous, in his words, short program at the 2018 Olympics.

Olympian Zhou had 97.43 points to easily lead the 11-man field, followed by Olympic silver medallist Shoma Uno of Japan with 89.07 and American Jimmy Ma at 84.52. Ma has never finished higher than ...

Figure skating-Chinese Americans Chen, Zhou soak up 'second hometown' Beijing By Ian Ransom February 3, 20229:36 PM PSTUpdated February 3, 2022 ...