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Asian Americans skate into Olympic spotlight in record number It's a historic moment for Asian-Americans skaters. Half of Team USA's figure skaters -- seven out of 14 -- are Asian Americans, which is a record, according to US Figure Skating. They are: Karen Chen, Nathan Chen, Madison Chock, Mirai Nagasu, the sibling ice dancers Maia and Alex Shibutani and Vincent Zhou, who reflect a growing trend of representation in the sport. Among them, Nathan Chen, 18, is a favorite to medal as the figure skating competition began this week. For a minority group that hasn't had the highest visibility in American mainstream pop culture or sports world, their selection to the US team elicited a joyous response on the blog, Angry Asian Man: "Look at all these All-American skaters going to the Olympics." In recent years, Asian Americans have gained increasing visibility in the sport. After Kristi Yamaguchi won gold in 1992, at least one Asian-American figure skater has competed in every Olympic since then. "I think we're seeing the rise of more diversity in our sport in the US," said Yamaguchi, who became the first Asian-American woman to win Olympic gold. Chloe Kim - American snowboarder and a 2018 Winter Olympics gold medalist of the 2018 United States Olympic team. She is a four-time X Games gold medalist and the first woman to win a gold medal in snowboarding at the Winter Youth Olympic Games.       Honesty is the best policy. |
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Picture 5: Vincent Zhou Picture 6: Karen Chen Honesty is the best policy.
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Picture 1: Chloe Kim - American snowboarder, 2018 Gold medalist. Picture 2: Mirai Nagasu - American figure skater at the 2018 Olympic Winter. Picture 3: Nathan Chen - American figure skater at the 2018 Olympic Winter. Picture 4: the sibling ice dancers Maia and Alex Shibutani (brother and sister) American team figure skater at the 2018 Olympic Winter. Honesty is the best policy.
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