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Nathan and his Apple watch featured in Japanese wristwatch magazine. They refer to him as a "top celebrity"! :eek:
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Japanese media is not listening to Nathan “I’m not famous” Chen, tsk tsk. btw he seemed to be wearing a new watch in his Mother’s day IG post. Maybe it was a birthday gift.

Nathan’s part from the graduation ceremony: https://twitter.com/nathanchenjp/status/1393375177782620161?s=21
I find it sweet that he acknowledged he might need to take advice on how to deal with the real world from the graduates, while we all know he’s gonna be just fine :laugh:

Tomoki mentioned Nathan as one of his favorite skaters in his interview (around 34’45”)
https://youtu.be/y1npXEXmiwI

Reminder that May 16 is Nathan Chen Day:
https://twitter.com/nathanchenjp/status/1393585711765286912?s=21
 
journalist101 said:
CBC's commentary is up on Youtube from the World Figure Skating Championships:

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They are really all about his step sequence. It's really lovely.
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Kurt often praises Nathan’s step sequences. Nathan’s jumps get so much attention that people often overlook how good his step sequences are because, as Kurt says, he makes them look easy. How many people paid attention to his step sequence in MLD?
 
Part 2 in the series of Nathan's biographical essays
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Нейтан Чен умеет всё! − Большой рассказ о детских увлечениях чемпиона

В десять лет Нейтан Чен стал звездой национального масштаба. Вундеркинд на льду и вне его. Спортсмен, танцор балета и музыкант − он доказал, что талантлив во всём, за что берётся, и заставил поверить в себя и в своё большое будущее. Встречайте новый биографический очерк о трёхкратном чемпионе мира.
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figskatefan said:
Kurt often praises Nathan’s step sequences. Nathan’s jumps get so much attention that people often overlook how good his step sequences are because, as Kurt says, he makes them look easy. How many people paid attention to his step sequence in MLD?
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It is so nice when a knowledgeable person appreciates Nathan's *skating*. There is so much more to his skating than great jumps, although I have to say some of his quads in the traffic-directing orange Vera (2019 Nationals practice) looked as neat as ballet jumps to me. So as Daisuke Takahashi said 'even his jumps are handsome,' I'd like to say even his jumps are balletic--neat, tidy, nice pointed toes, beautiful from the take off to the landing. :love2:



sheetz said:
Part 2 in the series of Nathan's biographical essays
www.sports.ru

Нейтан Чен умеет всё! − Большой рассказ о детских увлечениях чемпиона

В десять лет Нейтан Чен стал звездой национального масштаба. Вундеркинд на льду и вне его. Спортсмен, танцор балета и музыкант − он доказал, что талантлив во всём, за что берётся, и заставил поверить в себя и в своё большое будущее. Встречайте новый биографический очерк о трёхкратном чемпионе мира.
www.sports.ru
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I so appreciate Nathan's Russian fans taking the time to really highlight the details of his journey. Each blog entry teaches me something new. Very respectful attention to Nathan's siblings and parents, too. :clap:

Maybe I'm just emo today but reading this it felt a bit like it took almost a miracle, the amazing confluence of so many skills developed off ice, to come together to create the unique beauty of Nathan's skating. So gorgeous, the combination of elegance and cool and modern, exemplified by Nemesis. 🤩
 
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Kurt gets Nathan as Nathan fans get him. Kurt's been appreciating "Nathaness" from the "little gems all over the place" in the Chopin program to the coolness of LoA, and is one of the few commentators who recognize Nathan's versatility as his greatest legacy. I suppose it takes one to know one.


Brief Nathan quote in new USFS article: FROM BUTTON TO CHEN, AMERICAN MEN PUSH THE LIMITS
Boitano and Goebel are part of the legacy that has led to the current U.S. Champion, Nathan Chen, who is replicating what Boitano did with triples but instead with quadruples. Chen is the first man to land five different quadruple jumps—all but the Axel.
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“I am not the first American man to attempt these quads—other U.S. men have done it,” Chen said. “Brandon Mroz did a quad Lutz and Michael Weiss was trying them. And a bunch of quad toes and Salchows were thrown around before I even considered a triple. Having knowledge of these things allowed me to see that it was possible and that I could succeed in doing them.”
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Panasonic article on AAPI heritage: What my Asian and Pacific Islander heritage means to me
Also highlighted in their instagram post:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CPBQEyur1VY/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Photos from Worlds by Ester Ayerdi:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CO_P1GJpBtt/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Adam's mom giving a shout to Nathan's Rocketman performance at Yale:
https://twitter.com/AuthenticChange/status/1394053993341624327?s=20
 
LutzDance said:
Kurt gets Nathan as Nathan fans get him. Kurt's been appreciating "Nathaness" from the "little gems all over the place" in the Chopin program to the coolness of LoA, and is one of the few commentators who recognize Nathan's versatility as his greatest legacy. I suppose it takes one to know one.
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Yes, it takes one to know one. :)

re: the article your Nathan quotes came from.
It is discouraging that USFS's own mouthpiece keeps sticking one dimensional labels on their skaters. Laughable and sad, because Nathan is as fine an artist as anybody skating today. I watch Nathan for his artistry. I could care less if he jumps a single quad. I care more about the time the jump set up takes from the rest of the program, whether it introduces discontinuity into the mood of the program. It's because Nathan is both a fine athlete and superb artist that he can produce a masterpiece like 2021 Worlds Philip Glass--a program for the ages as memorable for its step sequence as for his spotlessly clean quads.

That article is a disservice to both Nathan and Jason. Someone should remind USFS that Dick Button himself said you cannot have technique without artistry, or artistry without technique.
 
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sheetz said:
... Nathan, oops, I mean Nathaniel Chen at last year's Pacific Regionals
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Congratulations to Nathaniel Chen, who is headed to Dartmouth. 🥳

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BTW, U.S. ice dance has its own promising Nathan Chen :), who along with partner Celine Chen won juvenile silver in U.S. Championship Series.

Their competition FD, recorded at Great Park Ice, can be seen starting at approx. 4:50 at this link:

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2021 U.S. Championship Series presented by Toyota - Juvenile Ice Dance (Top 4)

Video: 2021 U.S. Championship Series presented by Toyota - Juvenile Ice Dance (Top 4). Figure Skating
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Back on topic of the Nathan Chen who is the focus of this thread:

Last week, he was announced as a nominee for the 2021 Gustave Lussi Award.

The winners of the EDI Awards were announced live to PSA members last night via Zoom, but I have not seen anything on social media identifying the Lussi winner. The other two 2021 Lussi nominees were Sean Rabbitt and Zach Donohue.
Nathan previously won in 2019.​

ETA:

Congratulations to Nathan for winning again in 2021.

The announcement of the Lussi winner and Nathan's remarks of gratitude start at approx. 40:15 of the archived video from last night.

(Lest anyone wonder: Madi Hubbell's joke about just finishing Pilates in California was a reference to the endearing Mariah Bell, who was announced as the 2021 Sonja Henie winner earlier in the evening.
She apparently was caught off guard ... was not on the Zoom call ... she had just come out of Pilates and rushed to join. Her words of thanks were sweet and gracious.
Madi and Zach were hosts of the event.)​
 
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Nathan offering very good advice to Ravi Walia’s skaters this week.


Oh no all of the Nathan "Movement" videos from ATS seem to have disappeared from YouTube?
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It might be geoblocked for your region. Even Honeywater is blocked from her own video. She uploaded it to Vimeo.

ETA, video with Ravi’s students is uploaded to YouTube

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bonita said:
ETA, video with Ravi’s students is uploaded to YouTube

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lol, I am paying so much attention to his advice as if I were actually going to apply it on the ice - I can't even move in the ice without falling over. but hey, I feel motivated! thanks, coach Nathan!
 
I noticed Sergei Rozanov talked about Nathan in a new interview:

- At the World Cup, you were in the same training group as Nathan Chen. What's it like?
- After working at Tutberidze, I thought I wasn't surprised at anything. But when you see Chen work... I was shocked. Surprised that he could make two rentals free with a small interval in one training session. And clean, with his five fours. And the quads are executed easily and at ease. I understand that behind this is the huge work of Nathan and Rafael Vladimirovich. I understand how much time was invested. In an interview, Harutyunyan said that Chen is like a Swiss watch. I agree with that.

Frankly speaking, I was shocked that he fell from the lutz in a short World Cup. At training, it seemed like nothing would stop him. In principle, and he didn't stop, he won at the end of the free skate.

Тренер Сергей Розанов интервью о переходе Алены Косторной, Александры Трусовой от Этери Тутберидзе к Евгению Плющенко

Долгожданные ответы на главные вопросы.
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Hello everyone! I have already introduced myself over at the Alina Zagitova and Elizaveta Tuktamysheva threads so check them out. I just want to say that regarding Men's FS after having followed Plushenko and Yagudin in an earlier time it is a pleasure to discover this amazing talent! Not only is Nathan amazingly talented but he comes across as genuinely nice, serious with strong family ties and a desire to give back (which I admire in another favourite athlete Novak Djokovic) to his community. Nathan will get the gold in '22 you heard it here, well not first but add another wish to his success!
 
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