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Beijing Winter Olympics Star Nathan Chen in a Video Game? How a Shocking Tease Once Sent Fans Wild on Twitter

Published 02/08/2022, 1:03 PM EST

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US figure skater Nathan Wei Chen is one of the most decorated athletes in his sport. Chen has an incredible list of prestigious honors and personal accolades to his name. Despite his incredible achievements, the figure skater continues to thrive for more and has achieved the unthinkable.

Nathan Chen scored a world record 113.97 points in the short program at the Beijing Winter Games, leaving his fans and sports enthusiasts over the world astonished.

Following his recent achievement, a tweet from the official handle of the U.S. Figure Skating governing body has resurfaced, and it asks all the right questions. “Would you play!?” as Nathan Wei Chen if a figure skating game were ever to be made. Here’s how Twitter reacted.

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At the age of just 22, the American has already been a three-time World Champion, three-time Grand Prix Final Champion, and is a silver (2022) and bronze (2017) medalist at the Olympics. In addition to this, he is also the 2017 Four Continents Champion and six-time U.S. National Champion.

In 2020, the U.S. Figure skating body had asked fans an interesting question via their social media account. They questioned the fans if they’d play as the now-world record holder, Nathan Chen, in a figure skating video game.

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Interestingly, the teaser image is seemingly inspired by various EA titles of other sports. And this is how Twitter reacted.

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Fans of the sport even took to memes and GIFs to express their agreement and excitement with the idea.

While others did not need to think twice and readily offer their “money” to the probable developers of the to-be game.

There were some figure skating fans who referenced Michelle Kwan Figure Skating, a video game originally released in 1999. It starred the iconic star of the sport. Some fans even challenged Nathan Chen.

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One Twitterati even went into the finer details of the games and asked some fascinating questions.

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What are your thoughts on the idea of a potential figure skating video game starring Nathan Chen? Would you play it?

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Tanay Grover, an eSports writer for EssentiallySports, is currently pursuing a degree in technology. Before finding his way into the world of eSports, he worked on Social Media management. An enthusiastic soccer player who never played any other game except FIFA, he found his calling when he started playing Valorant and Pokemon GO.
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