9 Things You Didn't Know About Figure Skater Nathan Chen, Including His Pre-Routine Ritual

In addition to being one of the world's best figure skaters, Chen is also a student at Yale. In 2021, he took real-world application of classroom learning to a whole other level when he incorporated a song by composer Philip Glass, which he had originally heard in his Listening to Music class, into his free skate routine for the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships. He told YaleNews that understanding the song from an academic standpoint allowed him to connect more emotionally to the song on the rink.