Nathan Chen won Olympic gold at the Beijing Games and became the first U.S. figure skating champion since Evan Lysacek in 2010.
BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 10: Gold medalist Nathan Chen of USA during the 'venue ceremony' following the Men Single Skating Free Skating on day six of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium on Feb. 10, 2022, in Beijing, ChinaNathan Chen remembers making the long drive with his mother from his home in Utah to Rafael Arutyunyan's training base in Southern California.
Arutyunyan would try to give the money back sometimes, Chen said, "but I would always try to stick it in his pocket.""I’m happy. Just emotional," Arutyunyan said. "He made it." "I mean, I don't really feel like I'm the most qualified person to talk about it," Chen said. "Whatever ends up being the case will be the case, but I'm still wrapped up in what I was able to do today."
Performing to "Bolero," one of the most popular musical selections of the Beijing Games, Uno under-rotated a quad salchow and quad toe loop, then was dinged for his combination spin late in the program to finish with 293 points. The lyrics to "Rocketman" that played through the old home of ping-pong diplomacy — "And I think it’s gonna be a long, long time, ’til touchdown brings me ’round again" — seemed altogether fitting for the moment.
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