“I Just Wanted to Go Home”- Nathan Chen Revealed How Overwhelming Pressure Ruined His Olympic Dream at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics

Competing at the Olympics is not an easy task. It comes with a lot of expectations and an overwhelming amount of pressure to perform. Though, sometimes the hard way isn’t the only way to accomplish your dreams. Sometimes all it takes is a positive state of mind, and you can move mountains. However, it took Nathan Chen an Olympic to realize that.

Today, the Beijing Olympic champion Nathan Chen is the leading figure skater in the world. He is unstoppable on ice, and most of his performances appear absolutely flawless. However, as they say, a person is nothing but the sum of all his experiences. For Nathan, the 2018 Olympics was a memory that paved his way to the top position on the podium in Beijing.

Nathan Chen revealed he was under extreme pressure during the Pyeongchang Olympics

One can only fathom the avalanche of emotions going inside the mind of an athlete before his Olympic performance. Though Nathan is a top-class figure skater, the kind of pressure Olympics present is somewhat inexplicable. Recalling what went wrong in Pyeongchang, Nathan said, “When I finished 2018, all I remember were the tough times and how much pressure I felt.”

Perhaps the onus of performing well backfired for the 18-year-old Nathan, as he further added, “It was dream come true, to be able to compete at the Olympics and represent the US at the Olympics. But I just felt that it was so overwhelming and challenging that I just wanted to go home.”

Nevertheless, we all learn from our past mistakes, and when Nathan Chen got the same opportunity after four years, he turned it into an unforgettable moment.

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How is Nathan fairing now?

Today, Nathan Chen is an Olympic champion, a three-time world champion, and holds every current record in figure skating. For an 18-year-old boy who lost his Olympic dream at Pyeongchang, he has certainly come a long way. Additionally, he is the leading figure skater in the Stars on Ice Tour.

If you just had one word to describe Nathan Chen’s current career phase, it would simply be ‘perfect.’

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