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· Michelle De Pacina
When and where to watch Team USA’s Asian American athletes during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
Here are some of the upcoming competitions of Team USA’s Asian American athletes to look forward to in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics:
· Ryan General
Team USA superstar Nathan Chen one step closer to Olympic gold after shattering Hanyu world record
Chinese American figure skater Nathan Chen has set a world record with his score of 113.97 in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics’ men’s figure skating short program. The score places Chen in the top position to clinch a gold medal at the Winter Olympics. Japan’s “Ice Prince,”…
· Bryan Ke
Freeski phenom Eileen Gu crashes the Chinese internet after Olympic gold win in big air freestyle
Chinese social media platform Weibo reportedly crashed after tens of millions of users congratulated Ailing (Eileen) Gu, 18, on her gold medal win at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics on Tuesday for the women's big air freestyle skiing event. Gu beat France’s Tess Ledeux, who…
· Bryan Ke
US figure skater Vincent Zhou withdraws from Olympics after COVID-19 diagnosis
California-born figure skater Vincent Zhou confirmed he has tested positive for COVID-19. Zhou, 21, is withdrawing from the individual figure skating competition at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, which will begin on Tuesday. The athlete participated in Sunday’s men's single's…
· Michelle De Pacina
Nathan Chen gives U.S. team early lead with perfect performance only .11 points short of world record
Nathan Chen, the three-time world champion Asian American figure skater, began the 2022 Beijing Olympics with a winning performance in the men's short program. He earned an international score of 111.71 points. His performance placed the U.S. figure skaters in the lead and…
· Sarah Yukiko
Figure skating judge banned for Chinese ‘national bias’ at 2018 Olympics to be back for Beijing Games
Chinese figure skating judge Huang Feng, who was suspended following a ruling that determined he was displaying preferential treatment toward Chinese skaters in the 2018 Olympics, will once again judge at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. The International Skating Union (ISU) banned…
· Bryan Ke
Battle of the Sixes: Surging Nathan Chen to face rival Yuzuru ‘Ice Prince’ Hanyu in bid for Olympic gold
Team USA’s Nathan Chen and Japan’s “Ice Prince” Yuzuru Hanyu are set to face off for the second time at an Olympics during the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing next month. Chen and Hanyu first competed against each other at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, where the Japanese…
· Bryan Ke
‘I hated life’: Chloe Kim threw her gold medal in the trash while in a ‘dark place’ after Pyeongchang Olympics
Chloe Kim, 21, revealed she “hated life” months after she rose to fame following her gold medal win at the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. “Everyone was like, ‘I just met her, and she’s such a b*tch.’ I’m not a b*tch. I just had the most exhausting two months of…
· Bryan Ke
Nathan Chen smashes record, Vincent Zhou finishes third at US Figure Skating Championships
Nathan Chen, 22, won his sixth consecutive title after placing first in the 2022 U.S. Figure Skating Championships event in Nashville, Tennessee. Vincent Zhou, 21, finished third in the competition with a final total score of 290.16. Zhou earned a spot on Team USA’s men’s figure…
· Bryan Ke
Retired Olympic ice skater Mirai Nagasu proves she’s still got it with amazing double axel feat
Mirai Nagasu, a two-time Olympian and the first American female to land a triple axel in the Olympics, recently proved that she’s still got it in a TikTok of her performing six consecutive double axels. Nailed it: Nagasu, 28, can be seen performing six consecutive double axels…
· Grace Kim
Nathan Chen is the First Asian American Figure Skater to Win 3 Consecutive World Titles
Nathan Chen became the first Asian American figure skater to win three consecutive men’s titles at the World Figure Skating Championships on Saturday. The 21-year-old skater is the first American to accomplish this feat since Scott Hamilton.
· Bryan Ke
Nathan Chen Becomes the First Man to Win 5 Consecutive Championships in 60 Years
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to correctly report that Nathan Chen is the first man to win five consecutive figure skating championships. Michelle Kwan holds the record for the most consecutive U.S. titles at eight and most consecutive U.S. Championship medals at…
· Bryan Ke
Figure Skater Nathan Chen Wins Fourth Skate America Title in a Row
Asian American figure skater Nathan Chen remains undefeated after placing first at the Skate America in Las Vegas on Oct. 23 at Orleans Arena. The 21-year-old skater won with 111.17 points after pulling off a quadruple toe loop-triple toe loop combination and a quad flip,…
· Kimberly Nguyen
Olympic Siblings Raise Over $26,000 to Give PPE to Front Line Workers
Olympic medalists Maia and Alex Shibutani launched a GoFundMe Charity with GetUsPPE to address the declining personal protective equipment (PPE) needed by frontline workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The “Shib Sibs”, who share five Olympic medals, raised almost $27,000 out of…
· Khier Casino
Video of Moment Mariah Bell Cut Lim Eun-Soo Released
New video has surfaced of Mariah Bell, an American figure skater accused of intentionally injuring South Korean rival Lim Eun-soo during rehearsal for the World Figure Skating Championships. Bell, 22, was training prior to the women’s short program in Saitama, Japan, on March 20…
· Carl Samson
Korean Skater Lim Eun Soo Allegedly Bullied and Stabbed By American Rival Mariah Bell
[Update 3-21-19 5:47 p.m. PST] The ISU has released the following statment: “The incident was verbally reported to the ISU by the Korean team leader, however no formal complaint has been received.
· Ryan General
13-Year-Old Alysa Liu Becomes the Youngest-Ever U.S. Figure Skating Champion
A 13-year-old Asian American figure skater has become the youngest national champion ever after recently winning the U.S. Figure Skating Championship in Detroit, Michigan. Alysa Liu, who hails from Clovis, California, took home the top prize for the event’s women division last…
· Bryan Ke
Nathan Chen Wins Third U.S. Figure Skating Championship in a Row
Figure skater Nathan Chen won the U.S. Figure Skating Championship with a score of 342 points, making it his third U.S. Championship victory in a row.
· Ryan General
Figure Skater Nathan Chen Wins Skate America Tournament By the Largest Margin in History
Figure skating sensation Nathan Chen has made a historic win on Skate America by defeating his opponents with the largest margin ever. The 2018 Skate America, held at Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett, Washington on October 19–21, was the first event of six in the 2018–19 ISU…
· Editorial Staff
Olympic Medalist Figure Skater Denis Ten Stabbed to Death in Kazakhstan
Denis Ten, Kazakhstan’s Olympic medalist figure skater of Korean descent, was stabbed to death by two male robbers. Ten, who won a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, was viciously attacked by two men during a robbery on July 19…