The U.S. championship this week served as a test of all tests for Amber Glenn. Her career had never rolled like syrup over a pancake. Her tears and her anguish welled up at every turn, heart as brittle as yesterday’s crackers. She skated hopefully in the dim corners, weighed down by everything. Then she won […]
U.S. Figure Skating Championships
Malinin in Pursuit of Art
He calls himself Quad God but he wants to be –and needs to be – much more. Ilia Malinin, this maharajah of mad floaty magic, will lay all of it on display at the US Figure Skating Championships this week, feeling “very Shakespearean,” he says. “In my opinion, skating is an art, and everyone has […]
Nathan Chen Toiling in a COVID World
Finally, hearts are pumping: There is a real figure skating competition coming up. Who knows how many more there will be? Nathan Chen hopes to become a five-time U.S. figure skating championship next week, in a bubble at a Las Vegas rink. He’s competed sparsely this season, winning Skate America with 299.15 points, far short […]