Nathan Chen Accuses Russian Doping Controversy for Taking Away His “Special Moment” With Team USA

Published 02/25/2022, 8:15 AM EST

The American figure skater Nathan Chen is currently enjoying all the special treatment he has been receiving from the media. And he is well-deserving of all the attention in the world. Winning an Olympic gold requires supernatural hard work and dedication. Nathan has done all the grinding over the years to accomplish his dream. And now this is his special moment under the sun.

Nathan Chen on Being Denied Medal Ceremony

Nathan Chen won the gold medal in the men’s figure skating short program at the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022. He was amongst the top favorite going into the Olympics and has certainly lived up to everybody’s expectations. After the Olympics, the champion is very busy with the interviews and questions coming at him from everywhere.

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Nathan Chen talks about the Russian controversy in the Olympics

Along with an individual gold medal; Nathan Chen also won a silver medal in the figure skating team event at Beijing Winter Olympics 2022. However, because of a doping controversy linked with Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, the International Olympic Committee announced it would not organize a medal ceremony for the figure skating team event. The Russian team finished at the top in the team event. Hence, the medal ceremony was denied to all the winners.

On the controversy, Nathan Chen said, “I feel bad for my team, honestly. We competed clean, we’ve done everything we could to be at the Olympics and we skated so well at the Olympics in the team event.”

He further added, “I feel that we deserve the opportunity to share a moment together at the Olympics and get our medal. And that was obviously taken away from us so I feel for the rest of my team and know how deserving they are.”

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Kamila Valieva tests positive

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While everything was going well in the Olympics; the 15-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, tested positive for a performance enhancement drug. However, her lawyers explained that “as a result of domestic interaction with her grandfather who uses Trimetazidine’ after heart replacement surgery” she was tested positive. After she was allowed to compete until further investigation in under process. However, the IOC received huge criticism from fans and athletes around the world.

Amidst the controversy, Kamila Valieva couldn’t win a podium position in the individual event. However, she already won gold in the team event before the IOC started dealing with her positive drug test report.

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Nathan Chen Accuses Russian Doping Controversy for Taking Away His “Special Moment” With Team USA

Nathan Chen on Being Denied Medal Ceremony

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Kamila Valieva tests positive