New Haven Claims Him: Yale Student Nathan Chen Wins Olympic Gold

New Haven CT

10 February, 2022

6:16 PM

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NEW HAVEN, CT — Not from the Elm City, but close enough. Nathan Chen, 22, a student at Yale's Jonathan Edwards College, won gold at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games in men's singles figure skating. The Salt Lake City, Utah native and three-time world champion skated to Elton John's "Rocketman." Chen is the "seventh U.S. man to win an Olympic gold in figure skating." Nathan Chen, of the United States, competes in the men's free skate program during the figure skating event at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Read the full story from the Yale Daily News here.