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Time of India
16 hours ago
- Sport
- Time of India
Olympic gold medalist Nathan Chen announces to skip 2026 Winter Games to study medicine
Olympic gold medalist Nathan Chen skipping 2026 Games, plans to attend medical school (Image via Getty) Nathan Chen said he will not skate at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. The 26-year-old told the Los Angeles Times he is focusing on medical school instead of training for Milano Cortina 2026. Chen graduated from Yale University last year and is now applying to medical school. He said taking the MCAT felt more nerve-racking than competing at the Olympics. Chen still holds big records in skating and he won the men's gold medal at the Beijing Games in 2022. This choice means he will not defend his Olympic title in February 2026. Nathan Chen confirms no return for 2026 Winter Olympics, focuses on medical school Nathan Chen is a top skater who won Olympic gold in Beijing on Feb. 10, 2022. He has three world championship titles and six U.S. national titles. In 2019 he set the world record for a combined score at the Grand Prix Final. Chen told the Times, 'I just want to open doors to kind of see what's the best sort of approach for me.' He also said he feels satisfied with his skating career and wants to help people as a doctor. Chen has run skating camps with ice dancer Jean-Luc Baker and choreographer Sam Chouinard and has not skated in competition since the Beijing Games and has focused on school and projects. Ilia Malinin set to lead Team USA after Nathan Chen steps away from competition With Nathan Chen stepping back, Ilia Malinin looks like the favorite for the U.S. men's event in Milano Cortina. Ilia Malinin, 20, has landed the quad axel in competition and won the last two world championships. Also Read: Andre Agassi And Steffi Graf's Daughter Jaz Shows Sweet Support For Dad's Thoughtful Leadership Speech The 2025 world championships showed Malinin's power and the U.S. also won in women's singles and ice dance with Alysa Liu, Madison Chock and Evan Bates. The 2026 Games run in February 2026 in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, and Team USA will send skaters who hope to win medals. Coaches, fans and skaters will watch closely as younger skaters try to fill the spot left by Chen. Chen was born in Salt Lake City and trained at rinks there. He has not ruled out a return. Catch Rani Rampal's inspiring story on Game On, Episode 4. Watch Here!
New York Post
20 hours ago
- Sport
- New York Post
US Olympic figure skater Nathan Chen skipping 2026 Games for medical school
Legendary United States figure skater Nathan Chen will not be competing in the 2026 Olympics. The two-time gold medalist will instead attend medical school during the time of the next Olympics, according to the Los Angeles Times. 'I just want to open doors to kind of see what's the best sort of approach for me,' Chen told the outlet, 'and frankly, at this point in time in my life, I've already accomplished enough in skating that I'm quite satisfied with my career.' Advertisement The figure skater from Salt Lake City has already been doing work in the classroom during his competing days. 3 USA's Nathan Chen listening to his national anthem with a gold medal around his neck. EPA Chen holds a degree in statistics and data science from Yale. Advertisement Now with his new path and medical school, Chen told the Times that he'd be interested in studying cardiology or oncology, specifically their relation to genetics. Chen has not ruled out competing in figure skating in the future. But even if he doesn't skate again, he has plenty of accolades to show. 3 Nathan Chen during his free skating routine. Getty Images Advertisement Chen is a three-time world champion figure skater who has been to two Olympics. In 2022, he brought home two gold medals. His most significant achievement was winning the individual short program with a score of 113.97. During that year at the Olympics, Chen landed two quadruple jumps, and he didn't miss a single move in the individual program. Advertisement 3 Nathan Chen celebrating his victory at the men's single figure skating ceremony. Getty Images Other than the two gold medals he won, that score of 113.97 is now a world record in the short program. Still, Team USA will be skating in 2026 at the Milano Olympics, with competition starting in February.
USA Today
a day ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Nathan Chen won't defend skating figure skating gold at 2026 Winter Olympics
Olympic gold medalist figure skater Nathan Chen says he won't defend his title at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Chen won two golds at the 2022 Beijing Games, one in the men's singles and the other in the team event for the United States. Chen told the Los Angeles Times that he has not officially retired from skating, but it's time to move on to other things. "I just want to open doors to kind of see what's the best sort of approach for me," Chen told the Times. "And frankly, at this point in time in my life, I've already accomplished enough in skating that I'm quite satisfied with my career." The 26-year-old has won three world championships and six U.S. titles in his career. Chen, nicknamed the "Quad King" for his quadruple jumps, said he plans to attend medical school, pursue a career in cardiology or oncology and explore their relationship to genetics. 'The basis of being a doctor, I think, is to help people,' Chen said. 'I think that's something that I didn't necessarily feel as an athlete, that I felt was a little bit lacking, and I get a little bit of that sense doing YTS.'
NBC Sports
27-03-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Ilia Malinin tops World Figure Skating Championships short program with historic skate
BOSTON — Ilia Malinin skated a personal best short program to open his bid for a repeat world figure skating title. His closest rival, Japan's Yuma Kagiyama, nearly skated a personal best as he bids for his first global title after previous Olympic and world silver medals. Malinin tallied 110.41 points, edging Kagiyama by 3.32 going into Saturday's free skate (8 p.m. ET, NBC and Peacock). Only Olympic gold medalists Nathan Chen and Yuzuru Hanyu have scored higher in a short program than Malinin did Thursday, according to FIGURE SKATING WORLDS: Results | Broadcast Schedule Malinin, who has won his last eight competitions dating to December 2023, landed a quadruple flip, triple Axel and a quad Lutz-triple toe loop combination. He usually only attempts his trademark quad Axel in the free skate. Every American men's singles skater who won the world title the year before the Olympics went on to win Olympic gold the following year: Dick Button (1951), Hayes Alan Jenkins (1955), David Jenkins (1959), Scott Hamilton (1983), Evan Lysacek (2009) and Nathan Chen (2021). Fellow Americans Andrew Torgashev and Jason Brown sit eighth and 12th, respectively, after their highest-scoring short programs of the international season. Worlds continue later Thursday with the pairs' free skate, live on Peacock starting at 6:15 p.m. ET and USA Network at 8. Philip Hersh,
USA Today
01-03-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
What to know about the figure skating tribute show for plane crash victims
What to know about the figure skating tribute show for plane crash victims Show Caption Hide Caption A timeline of the fatal DC plane crash This is how events unfolded before the fatal plane crash at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. A little more than a month after a passenger plane collided with a military helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport, dozens of past and present stars of U.S. Figure Skating will host a two-hour exhibition Sunday to pay tribute to those who died in the crash. The tribute show, titled "Legacy on Ice," will feature dozens of the most well-known faces in American figure skating, from 1968 Olympic champion Peggy Fleming to 2022 Olympic champion Nathan Chen. All proceeds from the exhibition, which runs from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. ET, will benefit the families of the victims who died in the Jan. 29 mid-air collision and the first responders who worked on the scene. Here's everything you need to know about Sunday's show: The purpose behind the 'Legacy on Ice' tribute show U.S. Figure Skating announced earlier this month that it would be hosting "Legacy on Ice" at Capital One Arena in Washington, just a few miles from the site of the Jan. 29 crash over a portion of the Potomac River. The passenger plane involved in the incident had been returning from Wichita, Kansas, where much of the U.S. figure skating community had recently gathered for the 2025 national championships − and some of the top young figure skaters in the country then remained for a national development camp. Of the 60 passengers on the plane, U.S. Figure Skating later revealed, nearly half were figure skaters, coaches or family members returning home from the camp. In total, all 67 people aboard the two aircrafts died in the collision, authorities said. The National Transportation Safety Board is still investigating the cause of the incident. U.S. Figure Skating and Monumental Sports, which operates Capital One Arena, have portrayed "Legacy on Ice" as both a chance for the figure skating community to collectively mourn those lost in the crash as well as try to financially support their families through ticket sales and donations. The clubs, families impacted by the Jan. 29 crash According to U.S. Figure Skating, 28 members of the figure skating community died in the mid-air collision on Jan. 29 − including 11 skaters, all between the ages of 11 and 16. The victims include: Franco Aparicio, 14 (Washington Figure Skating Club) Brielle Beyer, 12 (Skating Club of Northern Virginia) Jinna Han, 13 (Skating Club of Boston) Cory Haynos, 15 (Skating Club of Northern Virginia) Sean Kay, 11 (University of Delaware Figure Skating Club) Spencer Lane, 16 (Skating Club of Boston) Alydia Livingston, 11 (Washington Figure Skating Club) Everly Livingston, 14 (Washington Figure Skating Club) Olivia Eve Ter, 12 (Ion Figure Skating Club, Leesburg, Virginia) Angela Yang, 11 (University of Delaware Figure Skating Club) Edward Zhou, 16 (Skating Club of Northern Virginia) Four coaches were also on board the fatal flight, including married couple Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova, who won the 1994 pairs world championship with Russia. The skaters and their families represented a handful of figure skating clubs along the East Coast, specifically in the Washington area, Boston and Delaware. Olympic stars slated to perform at 'Legacy on Ice' Sunday's exhibition will be co-hosted by 1988 Olympic gold medalist Brian Boitano and 1992 Olympic champion Kristi Yamaguchi. It will also feature performances, or appearances, by some of the most recognizable names in the history of the sport, including: Kitty and Peter Carruthers, 1984 Olympic Pairs Silver Medalists Nathan Chen, two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Peggy Fleming, 1968 Olympic Champion Scott Hamilton, 1984 Olympic Champion Nancy Kerrigan, 1994 Olympic Silver Medalist Ilia Malinin, 2024 World Champion U.S. figure skater Maxim Naumov, the son of Naumov and Shishkova, was also added to the list of participants earlier this week. He had been scheduled to compete in the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships after finishing fourth at nationals but withdrew following the Jan. 29 crash. What time is the 'Legacy on Ice' figure skating tribute show? The exhibition will run from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. ET on Sunday at Capital One Arena in downtown Washington. How to watch 'Legacy on Ice' An encore showing of the exhibition will air on NBC at 1 p.m. ET on March 30. How to stream 'Legacy on Ice' "Legacy on Ice" will be broadcast live on NBC's streaming service, Peacock. Contact Tom Schad at tschad@ or on social media @
