Nathan Chen will likely take at least one year off from competitive figure skating after the 2022 Olympics to complete his education at Yale. If and when he returns to the sport hasn’t been decided.
“I think it will be highly determined by how I feel after ’22,” Chen said about retirement, according to U.S. Figure Skating. “Do I still have the drive? I feel like if I don’t have the drive anymore, then there’s no point. It’ll really depend. As of now, definitely the plan is to go back to school, and even then, probably take one or two years off skating for sure, and then reevaluate.