Chen, 17, wins U.S. skate title

Nathan Chen followed a record-setting short program with a near-flawless free skate featuring five quadruple jumps Sunday to become the youngest men’s U.S. figure skating champion in more than five decades.

The 17-year-old Chen, performing to “The Polovtsian Dances” at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo., became the first skater in the world to land five clean quads in competition. The result was a free skate score of 212.08 — more than the composite of several rivals — and a 318.47 finishing total that put him well clear of the competition.

Sixteen-year-old Vincent Zhou missed on his first quad but was clean the rest of the way and earned the silver medal with a total of 263.03. Jason Brown took the bronze.