NY Times · Feb 10, 2022
Men’s Free Skate: Nathan Chen
Four years after finishing fifth overall, Nathan Chen fulfilled the outside expectation that he would win the Olympic gold medal.Credit...Chang W. Lee/The New York TimesIn his final practice before skating for the Olympic gold medal, Nathan Chen made sure to take in the moment.
He stood alone at the edge of the rink in Beijing on Thursday and looked around at the stands and the arena, and at the Olympic rings at every turn. Unlike at the 2018 Winter Games, when he finished fifth overall, he was soaking in the experience of competing at the Olympics, win or lose.