BRIAN BOITANO WILL NEVER FORGET how badly his gold-medal skate began at the 1988 Calgary Olympics. As he readied to step on the ice, a good-luck hug from a friend inexplicably started him bawling.

SOCHI, Russia, Feb 14 (Reuters) - No one might be better placed to understand how three-time world champion Patrick Chan feels to have the Olympic gold snatched from him than his countryman Brian ...