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2019年3月23日，19歲的美籍華裔選手陳巍（Nathan Chen），在日本埼玉的花式滑冰世錦賽上，以一整套高難度，零失誤的動作，打破了自由滑的世界紀錄，成為當之無愧的花滑冠軍。
就連日本眾人追捧的國寶級花滑運動員羽生結弦，也敗於麾下，屈居亞軍。消息傳來，大家雖振奮不已，可除了資深體育迷，大多數人既不知道陳巍是誰，對花滑也知之甚少。
陳巍從4歲開始參加比賽至今，獲獎無數。 他連續3年拿下全美錦標賽冠軍；在2018年平昌冬奧會上，成為首位在單一節目中挑戰六個高難度四周跳的選手，改寫史上最高技術分記錄，坐實了他「四周跳之王」的稱號；同年他還獲得了世錦賽金牌，是繼俄羅斯花滑名將普魯申科之後最年輕的世錦賽冠軍。但讓人意外的是，這位運動達人，同時也是耶魯學霸，擁有著羨煞旁人的人生履歷。
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How do you feel after winning your second GP Final?
I'm really happy to be here, first of all it's a big honor to be competing at the Grand Prix Final to start with, with basically the top six guys six guys in the world.
of course minus one,but you know being able to come here deliver -okay for programs definitely know a lot of things that I can do better for a next competition, but overall you know satisfied and obviously happy with the results.
Your 3A has improved a lot, what clicked?
I don't know honestly the the triple axel definitely has been sort of something that I've been struggling for quite a long time over the past few seasons,the season so far has been my best season I think with your blocks low percentages and hope to continue that really.
How did you manage to make caravan your onw?
caravan yeah was definitely a little bit of a daunting task when I first started with it, and it's definitely it's definitely one of my more fun programs that I've ever done, and shaylen did an amazing job putting it together keeping things interesting keeping things fresh and I really love that about you know choreography every new season and I want something that is challenging in both something that you know creates a new style for me, a new sort of image for me so I think that was you know done really well on her half.
it's definitely very challenging in regards to the tempo of the program the music is really really fast meaning that I have to keep that same template throughout the program and then having quads and adding all the different you know checkmarks and bullet points throughout the program really adds up, but it's a really fun program and I really look before me
Peope call you quad king, quad god, etc, does that influence your skating?
not really you know, I've noticed people have called me a lot of different variations of quad over the past couple years since I started doing the quads but at the end of the I'm not perfect at quads and you know that's something that I still want to get better at, and I do appreciate the the acknowledgement of me doing all my different quads.but still you know a lot of work a lot of work to be done on them.
What makes rafael such a great coach?
I've worked with rafael for the past seven almost eight years ,he really knows me almost better than I know myself in terms of my skating, and he definitely helped bring my skating to another level both from a technical side and the components and artistic side.
he definitely pushed me into programs that I don't think I would have been comfortable with. when I was much younger and I don't think that I would have done that on my own choosing without him, you know really guiding me into that direction and I think that definitely helps me a lot as I progressed in skating and started tackling different styles of music and different programs just because I had like a solid foundation of choreography as a kid when the same thing goes with jumps he really helped develop my technique so that as I started getting stronger and getting more powerful I was able to start adding rotations and being pretty successful with it.
How did the 2002 olympics affect your skating?
having the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City was huge, you know you grew up in a town that was it was pretty small the time and there I guess before the 2002 games there wasn't really that much skating going on in Salt Lake City, but because of that a whole bunch of rinks were built around where I lived and it really helps develop my skating program in Salt Lake City, and through that I was able to you know find inspiration from the Olympians that were there in 2002.
and really strive towards something that I wanted to obtain in you know as many years as it would take and so it was really cool to have that sort of opportunity to grow up in an environment like that.
What advice would you give your younger self?
just remember to love the sport, of course there's times where we all have struggles on the ice we all have days where it's just you know really difficult to get on the ice and do the work that you need to do but at the end of the day it's worth it you know we get to come to beautiful places like here compete you know amongst the best skaters in the world ,and just experience this insane lifestyle which is amazing.
What does being a yale student mean to you?
I'm a huge honored to be a Yale student, you know it's a really amazing school and I'm really honored to be able to have the opportunity to to study at that school, and the students the faculty everyone at the school is amazing so to be able to be surrounded by intelligent minds that you know all are striving to make the world better is pretty awesome.
Why do you love your gold seal revolution blades?
from the very start when they first came out, I just I wanted them because they looked cool when that was the time we were just a black on the top and the silver blade and I had just looked so sick on the or it just looked so sick in general, and I was like this is so such a unique looking blade and as I started skating in them and you know growing into them it just became the right choice for me, they're just so comfortable on the ice you know anything that you need from them they adapt to your skating and really you know over the past few years have just gotten really found more and more in love with them they are exactly what I need every single time I step on the ice.
Who is the bigger hypebeast: Romain Ponsart or you?
hahaha Romain definitely bigger, happy she made me behind this he created this.
What's next for you and Romain?
we definitely need to take a vacation somewhere sometime soon in the future, but I'm excited to go back to California spend a little Christmas with him.
would you rather!
would you rather have your flight delayed by eight hours or lose your luggage?
oh I would say flight delay because at least you're gonna get there with your stuff.
One week of no internet or no phone?
I would say no phone nah I can still get along with my Mac.
would you rather live near mountains or beach?
it's kind of tough yes I guess mountains yeah I really love the beach, I love cat Southern California but I grew up in Salt Lake City next to mountains I think that's where I really like it
What do you want people to know about you?
I mean I guess at the end of the day I'm just a normal guy like anyone else you know we you know fortunately I'm able to do this this crazy thing in skating, and you know it's I've been really blessed to have you know the ability to do what I do, but outside of that you know I'm just a normal kid I have brothers sisters you know you know I'm close with my family and yeah I mean otherwise outside of the skating thing you know I'm super normal.
Do you have a message for your fans?
thank you guys so much for supporting me when the rest of Team USA and of course all the other athletes here. athletes in general really we really appreciate it and this sport would really be nothing without all the supporters, so you know from the bottom of our hearts.
thank you so much all
right thank you so much for who's my pleasure thank you for your time and congratulations again everything Thank You Lucia and all the great thanks!
巔峰對決 陳巍笑到最後
花樣滑冰世錦賽23日在日本埼玉超級競技場上演壓軸大戲男單自由滑，美籍華裔選手陳巍以總分323.42分戰勝日本明星羽生結弦，奪得冠軍。中國選手金博洋自由滑狀態回升，最終排名第五。
新華社報導，羽生率先登場，曲目是致敬俄羅斯花滑傳奇普魯申科的《Origin》。對短節目落後的羽生而言，自由滑不容有失。伴樂響起，這位兩屆冬奧會冠軍舞步輕盈，乾淨利落地完成三個高難度的四周跳。整套自由滑僅有後內結環四周跳周數不足被扣執行分，近乎完美。曲終步止，羽生如釋重負，振臂向激動的觀眾致謝。最終，他得到206.10分，這也是他本賽季個人自由滑最高分，以總分300.97分暫時排名第一。
短節目第一的陳巍緊接著登場。面對壓力，陳巍盡顯「四周跳之王」本色，四個四周跳高度和落地完美無缺，全部獲得高執行分，步伐、表現力也較上賽季取得進步。最終，這位自信十足的衛冕冠軍自由滑技術分達驚人的121.24分，比羽生高出10.98分。
依靠技術分優勢，陳巍自由滑也擊敗羽生結弦，以總分323.42分實現「完勝」。這也是本賽季花樣滑冰適用新規則後的新世界紀錄。
陳巍賽後說：「能來日本比賽很高興。能和羽生同臺競技也萬分榮耀。」
羽生賽後表示：「短節目和自由滑全部輸掉了。我必須變得更強。對我而言，輸等同於死。真的、真的想贏……發揮出水平也輸了，完全是實力不足。（要重回第一）只有訓練，變得更強。」
短節目排名第九的中國選手金博洋當天狀態回升，未有明顯失誤，自由滑拿下178.45分，以總分262.71分將排名提高至第五。
陳巍是耶魯高材生
本屆花滑世錦賽，兩位華裔小夥表現出眾。騰訊體育發文介紹了他們的經歷。
陳巍23日在自由滑比賽中。（圖片來源：新華社）
陳巍1999年5月5日出生於鹽湖城。其父陳志東來美留學深造，成為一名醫學領域高級科研員；母親來美後從事過中文翻譯工作。
陳巍還有兩個哥哥和兩個姐姐，他是家裡最小的孩子。2002年，鹽湖城舉辦冬奧會。年僅3歲的陳巍跟隨父母現場觀看了花樣滑冰比賽，從此對這個美麗優雅的冰上項目產生了興趣。
陳巍4歲就開始參加花樣滑冰比賽。為了提高花滑的水平，陳巍還上過芭蕾課。
2017年2月，陳巍以總分307.46分奪得四大洲花樣滑冰錦標賽男單冠軍，正式進入公眾視線。2018年3月，陳巍在義大利米蘭花滑世錦賽上摘得男單金牌，拿到了自己的第一個世界大賽冠軍，同時還收到了耶魯大學的錄取通知書。
陳巍在耶魯大學主修統計學專業。他將來想和父親一樣從醫，所以準備輔修生物工程或醫學預科。由於需要一邊讀書一邊訓練，他甚至坦言，自己從來沒睡夠過。
Nathan Chen, the defending champion, produced a spectacular free skate on Saturday to win the gold medal at the World Figure Skating Championships.
Chen, 19, who was first after the short program, made no mistakes and landed four quadruple jumps to finish with 323.42 points.
Chen, a freshman at Yale, opened with a quad Lutz and followed with a quad flip. The United States national champion, he then added two quad toe loops, one in combination, to solidify his lead.
「I’m proud of myself for being able to put out two good programs, the short and the long,」 Chen said. 「Ultimately, I’m just happy with how this event went, and I hope to have more experiences like this.」
Yuzuru Hanyu, a two-time Olympic champion, also had a strong free skate with four quads, but he could not erase a 12.53-point deficit and finished second with 300.97.
The American Vincent Zhou was third with 281.16 points.
Hanyu came back from a right ankle ligament injury in November. He was similarly injured in 2017 and returned at last year’s Pyeongchang Olympics, where he became the first male figure skater to win consecutive Olympic gold medals since Dick Button in 1948 and 1952.
「I lost, that is about it,」 Hanyu said. 「I think I did my best, but the problem is that in figure skating, competition consists of two days, and I am losing in both. It means that I simply do not have enough strength to win.」
The Olympic silver medalist Shoma Uno, the 2018 world championship silver medalist, was fourth.
Earlier, the defending champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France won the free dance to win gold in the ice dance.
Papadakis and Cizeron, first after the rhythm dance, received 134.23 points for their free dance for a total of 222.65 points and their fourth ice dance world title.
Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov of Russia were second with 211.76 points, followed by Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue of the United States, who moved up from fourth place to finish third with 210.40.
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