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Watch Nathan Chen Win 2022 Olympic Gold Ice Skating to Elton John Hits
scored a personal best with an emotional performance to music from Schindler's List. Chen put on what some have called a "figure skating master class" to a medley of Elton John songs including "Rocketman." The 22-year-old, who is known as the "quad king" for his quadruple jumps, is now the first America since 2010 to win a men's figure skating gold medal.In the program, he landed five quad jumps. "Congratulations Nathan Chen for winning Gold skating to Rocket Man in the free skate finals in Beijing," John tweeted after the win.Chen is the seventh American to win gold for the men's singles title.In July 2021, Chen apologized for remarks he made calling figure skating calling it a "homosexual-dominated sport."“I recently did an interview where I was asked if people ever ask me why I don’t play hockey because of the connotation that skating is quote-unquote feminine and hockey is quote-unquote masculine," he said in a video posted to Twitter.