Overview

• Chen confirmed on August 8 that he will not defend his Olympic men’s singles title at the Milan–Cortina Games six months before the event.
• The 26-year-old two-time Olympic gold medalist has not skated competitively since February 2022 and says he hasn’t officially retired from the sport.
• He plans to enroll in medical school after completing his degree from Yale, with intentions to pursue cardiology or oncology research related to genetics.
• Chen maintains ties to skating by co-founding and leading Your True Step seminars and youth camps across the United States.
• Ilia Malinin, fresh off back-to-back world titles and the first clean quadruple Axel, emerges as the clear U.S. favorite for men’s gold in Milan–Cortina.