Ashley Wagner and Nathan Chen trained on the same ice for the last three years. They enter this week’s U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Kansas City as favorites, but took different routes to arrive there.
Wagner, 25, seeks her fourth national title, following the worst Grand Prix result of her 10-year career.
Still, Wagner is the 2016 World Championships silver medalist, which carries the most weight of all with the PyeongChang Olympics coming in 13 months.
Wagner, the most accomplished U.S. women’s singles skater in a decade, can become the oldest U.