SLC’s Nathan Chen, after ‘redemptive’ short program, goes for world championship on Saturday

Assago, Italy • The Olympic flop could be the new world figure skating champion.Salt Lake City’s Nathan Chen went some way to atoning for his dreadful Olympic short programs in Pyeongchang by leading after the world short program on Thursday.He scored 101.94, a huge improvement on the 82.27 which cost him a medal at the Olympics.The 18-year-old Chen was the best American hope for figure skating gold at the Winter Games last month but he struggled to cope with the pressure and the dema