Videos of the Hall of Fame Induction ceremony
Part I: Raf’s induction
p1 - Raf getting his medal
p2 - Why does Raf always walk around with his back toward his skater at competitions?
p3 - Raf shares what it feels like to become a member of the Hall of Fame as an immigrant.
Part III. Nathan’s message.
Congratulations on being inducted into the Hall of Fame! It’s so well-deserved. Feel better soon too 🤧
Thank you so much @Lt_mvrk for sharing these videos! ❤️
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Part II. Jean-Luc as Nathan’s surrogate
Nathan couldn’t come to the HoF induction ceremony so he got JL to represent him 😆 JL shared a few anecdotes about growing up with Nathan and their work on Your True Step.
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Olympic champion Nathan Chen will be inducted to the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame Class of 2026 along with his coach, Rafael Arutyunyan, and International Judging System (IJS) architect Joseph Inman.
https://t.co/N6mbXfsBqj
“Hi everyone! It’s Nathan here, I’m in Vail. Just want to say thank you all so much for the support, really means the world to me. Thanks for everything. I don’t deserve all the support but I really appreciate it. 谢谢你们 & happy holidays!”
谢谢你,you deserve everything 🥺
When Nathan received the drawing 🫠
“Hey, look at you! Woah, look at that, did you draw this? Wow that’s amazing.”
“So cool thank you!”
“Do you want to high five? High five”
(Kid: “Good job” 😆)
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Fan gift: a small photo album of Kurt’s brilliant commentaries on Nathan over the years to celebrate their first time skating together. Nathan said “Kurt is amazing” as soon as Kurt’s name was brought up, and “oh my gosh it’s amazing” when he saw the album 🥹 #NathanChen#陈巍