Chen Lu, the 1994 and 1998 Olympic Bronze medalist and 1995 World champion gave birth at 4:16 p.m. today to a baby boy, Nikita, at a private hospital in Shenzhen. Chen is currently the program director at the World Ice Arena in Shenzhen.

Mother and baby are doing well and so is the proud father, former Russian, World and Olympic medalist, Denis Petrov.