Olympic champion Nathan Chen and his longtime figure skating coach, Rafael Arutyunyan, will be inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame when it celebrates its 50th anniversary at the national championships next month in St. Louis.

Joseph Inman, who helped to develop the current scoring system after the 2002 Olympics judging scandal, also will be inducted.

The 26-year-old Chen helped to usher in the era of quadruple jumps in men's skating, becoming the first athlete to land five different types of quads in competition. He set several Olympic and world records during a competitive career spanning 12 years, and his overall score of 335.30 set during the 2019 Grand Prix Final still stands to this day.

While he won three world titles and six consecutive U.S. titles, Chen will forev

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