{"id":2611618,"date":"2025-08-13T15:29:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T15:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/2611618\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T15:29:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T15:29:18","slug":"us-star-chen-will-not-defend-olympic-figure-skating-gold-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/2611618\/","title":{"rendered":"US star Chen will not defend Olympic figure skating gold in Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AFP047760_00.pre.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t      Reigning Winter Olympic men&#8217;s figure skating champion Nathan Chen of the United States says he will not defend his crown at next year&#8217;s Games in Italy.<br \/>  Chen told the Los Angeles Times in a story published Saturday that he will continue to pursue a medical career rather return to competition next year for the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.<br \/>  I just want to open doors to kind of see what&#8217;s the best sort of approach for me, Chen told the newspaper. And frankly, at this point in time in my life, I&#8217;ve already accomplished enough in skating that I&#8217;m quite satisfied with my career.<br \/>  Chen, a six-time US champion, won men&#8217;s world titles in 2018, 2019 and 2021 and helped the US team capture gold in Beijing in 2022 as well as taking his men&#8217;s crown.<br \/>  The 26-year-old graduated from Yale University last year and is seeking medical school programs.<br \/>  Known as the Quad King for his skill at quadruple jumps, Chen holds the combined world record score of 335.30 from the 2019 Grand Prix Final at Turin.<br \/>  Chen is looking to work in cardiology or oncology.<br \/>  The basis of being a doctor, I think, is to help people, Chen said. I think that&#8217;s something that I didn&#8217;t necessarily feel as an athlete.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reigning Winter Olympic men&#8217;s figure skating champion Nathan Chen of the United States says he will not <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2611619,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[784996],"tags":[133797,98706,528524,32077,12477,939,1670,98751,73191,11802,200,125020,78392,6798,17757,812,4817,3687,4313,31168,1712,345531,6330,784979,2722,11034,784980,1668,3843,13633,11786,3577,16899,21135,302851,482,14115,577,1669],"class_list":{"0":"post-2611618","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-italy","8":"tag-italy","9":"tag-jiji","10":"tag-topics","11":"tag-topix","12":"tag-12477","13":"tag-939","14":"tag-1670","15":"tag-98751","16":"tag-73191","17":"tag-11802","18":"tag-200","19":"tag-125020","20":"tag-78392","21":"tag-6798","22":"tag-17757","23":"tag-812","24":"tag-4817","25":"tag-3687","26":"tag-4313","27":"tag-31168","28":"tag-1712","29":"tag-345531","30":"tag-6330","31":"tag-784979","32":"tag-2722","33":"tag-11034","34":"tag-784980","35":"tag-1668","36":"tag-3843","37":"tag-13633","38":"tag-11786","39":"tag-3577","40":"tag-16899","41":"tag-21135","42":"tag-302851","43":"tag-482","44":"tag-14115","45":"tag-577","46":"tag-1669"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/wakoka.com\/@news\/115022172806713575","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2611618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2611619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2611618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2611618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2611618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}