The limelight has dimmed, allowing Nathan Chen to, at last, take a few deep breaths and get back to being a normal teenager eager for the next phase of his promising road ahead. It’s been three months since the 19-year-old figure skating phenom from Salt Lake City stormed into the 2018 Olympic Winter Games with the highest of expectations as a primetime media darling.
That has allowed Chen, who finished fifth overall in the men’s figure skating competition in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in February, to finally map out what’s ahead. Currently, he’s on tour with close friends and several fellow Olympians on Stars on Ice, which swings by Utah Wednesday evening at the Maverik Center in West Valley City.