Chen grabs surprising lead in short program at US nationals
Fremont’s Karen Chen held off twentysomething veterans Ashley Wagner and Gracie Gold to put a teenage twist atop the short program leaderboard at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Chen had fans clapping for each splendid spin, and the 17-year-old home-schooled high school senior floated in the air to “On Golden Pond.” Chen flashed a peace sign, wagged her tongue and found a new spin on her short program was enough to grab a surprising lead Thursday. Wagner, a bronze medalist last year, injected... Читать дальше...