A little too late to the celebration party of "Nathan Chen Day" at May 16th for Salt Lake City. When I first heart the new that SLC named 05/16 Nathan Chen Day last night. I made 2 connections. 1, Yuna Queen also has a Day named after her "Yuna Kim Day" at August 7th for the city of Los Angeles.
https://youtu.be/r20C_HLYeno?t=46 Surely, Nathan is collecting little milestones on his journey towards the legend of this sports of figure skating 2,
There is a Chinese article about Nathan's father coming back to his hometown in China with the knowledge(Medicine related) he learned in US to help his hometown in China, He was celebrated at his Chinese home town just like Nathan's home coming to SLC yesterday. The real Like Father, Like Son.
i think Nathan Chen Day in SLC is truly special, it is not just another naming. it is truly about legacy, Many olympics citie's facilities build for the games were eventually deserted without good use in so many Olympic cities around this world. But Nathan's story is such an good example of what Olympics should bring to people, community and cities. Nathan not only trained on the facilities built for the games, also went to the games 15 years later as an Olympian,
Nathan's story is truly the definition of legacy of Winter Olympics Games at SLC. This is the sport complex Nathan trained before,
https://slco.org/sports-complex/ice-rink/ 2 Olympic Sized Ice sheets.
I think Nathan is still a little camera shy in front of hometown TV, but seems felt a little more relaxed and think on the spot in later half of that interview. Nathan may wanna take some public speaking classes in Yale. And he shakes/moves his head so much when he was doing interviews