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Nathan Chen blazed through an entertaining free skate to win his sixth consecutive title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, solidifying his status as one of the favorites for next month's Beijing Olympics.
Chen dominated ahead of the Beijing Olympics, winning by nearly 26 points over his next closest competitor.
Nathan Chen won his sixth U.S. figure skating championship, cementing himself as the odds-on favorite at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Few if any athletes have had a run — well, a skate — like Nathan Chen since 2018. Chen finished fifth in the men's figure skating event at the Pyeongchang Games, following a fiasco of a short program for 17th place with a rousing free skate that he won to lift him near the medals podium.
Today in History Today is Sunday, July 18, the 199th day of 2021. There are 166 days left in the year. Todayâs Highlight in History: On July 18, 1918, South African anti-apartheid leader and president Nelson Mandela was born in the village of Mvezo. On this date: In 1536, the English Parliament passed an act declaring the authority of the pope void in England. In 1863, during the Civil War, Union troops spearheaded by the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, made up of Black soldiers, charged Confederate-held Fort Wagner on Morris Island, S.C. The Confederates were able to repel the No...