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BEIJING, CHINA – FEBRUARY 20: Nathan Chen of Team United States skates during the Figure Skating Gala Exhibition on day sixteen of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium on February 20, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

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BEIJING, CHINA – FEBRUARY 20: Nathan Chen of Team United States skates during the Figure Skating Gala Exhibition on day sixteen of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium on February 20, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)
Nathan Chen is currently the most talked-about figure skater in the sport. He is not just the prevailing Olympic champion, but surely the best in the business. His performance to ‘Rocketman’ at the Beijing Winter Olympics was nothing short of a masterpiece, and the years of hard work finally paid off with an Olympic gold around his neck.

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USA’s Nathan Chen competes in the men’s single skating free skating of the figure skating event during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing on February 10, 2022. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP) (Photo by WANG ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images)
Although, after his incredible Olympic victory, the American figure skater provided a shocking update of his withdrawal from the World Figure Skating Championship. Just a week before the World Championships, Nathan released a statement, saying, “I am disappointed to have to withdraw from worlds.” The reason for his withdrawal, as he said, was a “nagging injury.”
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Nathan Chen currently holds every world record there is
The reason why fans expect so much from Nathan Chen is because he has set his standards pretty high. He currently holds all the World Records in the figure skating men’s category. His scores in the short program, figure skating, and combined are off the charts. The ‘quad king’ has a top score of 113.97 points in the men’s short program that he achieved during the Beijing Winter Olympic.
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Apart from that, he scored 224.92 points in free skating at the 2019-20 Grand Prix finals and he also holds the combined world record with a score of 335.30 points.
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Nathan and Yuzuru are both out of the world championship
Prior to Nathan Chen’s withdrawal, the Japanese figure skating legend, Yuzuru Hanyu, did the same thing because of his ankle injury. He was injured during the Beijing Winter Olympics. Without Yuzuru, Nathan’s chances of winning his fourth consecutive world cup title were higher. However, he himself had to pull out of the championship due to injury.

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BEIJING, CHINA – FEBRUARY 08: Nathan Chen of Team United States reacts to his score following the Men Single Skating Short Program on day four of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium on February 08, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
Nathan is now replaced by Camden Pulkinen, while Miura Kao will take Hanyu’s place in the World Figure Skating Championship. However, on the bright side, with the two greats out, figure skating will now get its new world champion. Who do you think will lift the title in France?
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