Nathan Chen Today Show Olympic Interview | LIVE 2-17-18

NATHAN CHEN (AGE 18) - TEAM USA - SENIOR MEN

Location Site: Olympic Park in Pyeongchang, South Korea

Original Airdate: Saturday February 17, 2018 (NBC-TV)

SENIOR MEN RESULTS

Rank Name Nation TP SP FS
1st, gold medalist(s) Yuzuru Hanyu Japan 317.85 111.68 1 206.17 2
2nd, silver medalist(s) Shoma Uno Japan 306.90 104.17 3 202.73 3
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Javier Fernández Spain 305.24 107.58 2 197.66 4
4 Jin Boyang China 297.77 103.32 4 194.45 5
5 Nathan Chen United States 297.35 82.27 17 215.08 1
6 Vincent Zhou United States 276.69 84.53 12 192.16 6
7 Dmitri Aliev Olympic Athletes from Russia 267.51 98.98 5 168.53 13
8 Mikhail Kolyada Olympic Athletes from Russia 264.25 86.69 8 177.56 7
9 Patrick Chan Canada 263.43 90.01 6 173.42 8
10 Adam Rippon United States 259.36 87.95 7 171.41 10
11 Oleksii Bychenko Israel 257.01 84.13 13 172.88 9
12 Keegan Messing Canada 255.43 85.11 10 170.32 12
13 Daniel Samohin Israel 251.44 80.69 18 170.75 11
14 Jorik Hendrickx Belgium 248.95 84.74 11 164.21 16
15 Cha Jun-hwan South Korea 248.59 83.43 15 165.16 14
16 Michal Březina Czech Republic 246.07 85.15 9 160.92 18
17 Misha Ge Uzbekistan 244.94 83.90 14 161.04 17
18 Keiji Tanaka Japan 244.83 80.05 20 164.78 15
19 Deniss Vasiļjevs Latvia 234.58 79.52 21 155.06 20
20 Brendan Kerry Australia 233.81 83.06 16 150.75 21
21 Matteo Rizzo Italy 232.41 75.63 23 156.78 19
22 Paul Fentz Germany 214.55 74.73 24 139.82 22
23 Yan Han China 213.01 80.63 19 132.38 23
24 Moris Kvitelashvili Georgia 204.57 76.56 22 128.01 24

SENIOR LADIES

Kailani Craine
Loena Hendrickx
Isadora Williams
Larkyn Austman
Gabrielle Daleman
Kaetlyn Osmond
Li Xiangning
Emmi Peltonen
Maé-Bérénice Méité
Nicole Schott
Ivett Tóth
Aimee Buchanan (team event only)
Carolina Kostner
Giada Russo
Satoko Miyahara
Kaori Sakamoto
Aiza Mambekova
Elizabet Tursynbayeva
Diāna Ņikitina
Alina Zagitova
Evgenia Medvedeva
Maria Sotskova
Nicole Rajičová
Choi Da-bin
Kim Ha-nul
Anita Östlund
Alexia Paganini
Anna Khnychenkova
Karen Chen
Mirai Nagasu
Bradie Tennell

SENIOR PAIRS RESULTS

Rank Name Nation Total Points SP FS
1st, gold medalist(s) Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot Germany 235.90 76.59 4 159.31 1
2nd, silver medalist(s) Sui Wenjing / Han Cong China 235.47 82.39 1 153.08 3
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Canada 230.15 76.82 3 153.33 2
4 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Olympic Athletes from Russia 224.93 81.68 2 143.25 4
5 Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès France 218.53 75.34 6 143.19 5
6 Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek Italy 216.59 74.50 7 142.09 6
7 Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert Olympic Athletes from Russia 212.88 74.35 8 138.53 7
8 Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao China 204.10 75.58 5 128.52 11
9 Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau Canada 204.02 67.52 12 136.50 8
10 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Italy 202.74 74.00 9 128.74 10
11 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Canada 198.11 65.68 13 132.43 9
12 Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Olympic Athletes from Russia 194.45 70.52 10 123.93 13
13 Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik North Korea 193.63 69.40 11 124.23 12
14 Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař Czech Republic 186.33 63.25 15 123.08 14
15 Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim United States 185.82 65.55 14 120.27 15
16 Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert Germany 171.98 63.04 16 108.94 16

SENIOR ICE DANCING

Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje
Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu[15]
Cortney Mansour / Michal Češka
Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac
Kavita Lorenz / Joti Polizoakis
Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland
Adel Tankova / Ronald Zilberberg
Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabbri
Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed
Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev
Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro
Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev
Lucie Myslivečková / Lukáš Csölley
Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin
Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin
Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar
Oleksandra Nazarova / Maksym Nikitin
Madison Chock / Evan Bates
Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donahue
Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani

* Gracie Gold not participating in 2018 Winter Olympics
- Evgenia Medvedeva - Russia
- Ashley Wagner - America
- Adam Rippon - America
- Javier Fernandez - Spain
- Alina Zagitova - Russia
- Kaetlyn Osmond - Canada
- Gabrielle Daleman - Canada
- Jason Brown - America
- Bradie Tennell - America
- Mirai Nagasu - America
- Satoko Miyahara - Japan
- Polina Edmunds - America
- Starr Andrews - America
- Mikhail Kolyada - Russia
- Shoma Uno - Japan
- Maria Sotskova Russia
- Carolina Kostner Italy
- Satoko Miyahara Japan
- Wakaba Higuchi Japan
- Evgenia Tarasova & Vladimir Morozov - Russia
- Vanessa James & Morgan Cipres - France
- Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir - Canada

Miss Universe

[us-a]

I'm rooting for Nathan Chen to get a medal in 2022 he deserves it such a great humble kid who is on the right track.

[tenzinjangchup]

So mature for his age. I'm crying

[paulnadratowski]

So glad he had that redemption in the long program. He is such a great skater. He needed it personally as well

[jacobmartinez]

Nathan you will get your gold.. Keep your head up. I look forward to seeing you hopefully again in 2022

[meaganbooks]

aww that was so nice that Yuzuru Shoma Uno and Javi came over to Nathan that's so sweet

[luannedavis]

Nathan, you were made for gold. Keep on track. We are all pulling behind you. Love to watch you skate.

[vistaprime]

he still got credit for the sixth quad minus grades of execution of course.

[TheHeartSmart]

Great interview. Just can't imagine not acknowledging so many of the forces that put him there, but I guess it's hard in that moment not to be completely self-absorbed to the point of Wow. Anyway, nice performance. Good luck.

[perfecthouse]

So proud of Nathan! I hope you and Vincent can skate until next Olympics. I understand Asian family put academic as top priority but it will not be late for you to go to ivy school at 21 or 22.

[amko]

Why is Adam Rippon getting so much media coverage? He only got 10th. Nathan and Vincent got 5th and 6th. They both out-skated him

[faarhsfyia]

Nathan is really amazing! But I hope he will improve his artistry and lessen his quads to become a well rounded skater. As much as i love quads, injuries caused by quads are scary 😭

[chenism]

The two japanese??? You mean Shoma Uno and Yuzuru Hanyu. Jesus. Get your information straight. Know their names for god sakes.

[somethingsinlife]

He played with the big boys, got schooled and learned a few lessons...He realized there's more to skating than just Quads...For example, having a tripple axel, step sequences, choreography, presentation etc etc. The sport is called figure skating and not Fidget Spinners. Best of luck for the future!

[Averia]

Nathan & Mirai are raising the stakes for figure skaters. I’ve got a hunch that you’ll see more women doing 3As and quads and men going for a quintuple anything!

[musingsofajay]

lol they... they should at least learn how to pronounce pyeongchang correctly

[mrKpooper]

5 quads if it were the 90s would most definitely get him a gold but the standards had been set soooo high that it's not even worth a medal now.

[crazyowlgirlcncowner]

My boyfriend Nathan Chen!!! I love him so much!! He is just perfect!!!

[tybalt.videos]

What medal is he wearing ?

And by the way, where can i see a complete footage of the male short Programme

[takochama]

The medal Nathan has is the result from the free program?

[dianas]

This is why the US team sucks. 17th place after the SP is an embarrassment, and sending a US skater to the olympics who cannot performs quads (Rippon) is an even bigger embarrassment. For a country with our resources that dominated this sport all throughout the 1980s, 1990s and even part of the 2000s, this is just disgusting. US media, please keep treating these spoiled kids as superstars, despite accomplishing nothing  (the team event is a joke, and they know it), and unable to perform under pressure. I can't imagine the Japanese or the Russians throwing a party for their skaters who finished 5th and 10th respectively. After a performance like this, these athletes should have been sent home the following day on a 5:00 am flight back home, and not be putting their faces on every morning crappy show. I'm disgusted!