“It was like, something that totally just made sense, and it was just so much fun to skate to and practice.”
“I’ve historically skated to pretty slower pace, more classical pieces, and so bringing in this faster pace (was) very exciting,” said Chen, a classically trained pianist who’s been spending his free time in Beijing strumming his Stratocaster. figure skater, wrapping up a near-perfect, gold-winning free skate to cap his historic run at the Winter Games.Īs he flaunted through the last minute of his Thursday program at Capital Indoor Stadium with such joy and personality, it was clear the 22-year-old American’s diverse musical selections - in this case, a remixed, Elton John-heavy “Rocketman” medley of classic rock, pop, hip-hop and rap - marked a new, edgier dawn for winning performances. On the barren sheet of ice, matching the fierceness of that energy at the Beijing Olympics, was the typically reserved U.S. It couldn’t have described Nathan Chen any better.
BEIJING (AP) - First there was the explosive hip-hop beat drop, then a bold rap verse proclaiming, “The greatest of all time!”
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