{"id":39036,"date":"2024-08-09T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/?p=39036"},"modified":"2024-08-12T12:46:43","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T16:46:43","slug":"chen-gold-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/chen-gold-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"At Paris Olympics, Figure Skater Karen Chen \u201923 Gets Her Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">In a much-belated ceremony, the Human Ecology student receives the top medal she and her teammates had earned in Beijing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s note: This story includes some content adapted from our <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/karen-chen-skater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">previous profile<\/a> of Chen, which was published prior to the 2022 Olympics.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By <strong>Beth Saulnier<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">It was summer instead of winter\u2014and France instead of China. But figure skater <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/karebearsk8\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Karen Chen \u201923<\/a> finally had an Olympic gold medal draped around her neck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Human Ecology student\u2014who took time off from her studies to train for the Games and is now a rising senior on the Hill\u2014had initially won silver in the team competition at the Beijing Olympiad in February 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the medal ceremony was postponed due to doping allegations involving one of the skaters on the first-place Russian squad. After an inquiry that took nearly two years, Chen and her teammates were retroactively awarded gold in early 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/IMG_0804-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Karen Chen \u201923 pictured with her gold medal in Paris in 2024\" class=\"wp-image-39045 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/IMG_0804-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/IMG_0804-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/IMG_0804-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/IMG_0804-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, 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is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p> Although having to wait two and a half years for this moment was not fun, it made this experience so much more unique and special for all of us.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking on the bright side, Chen notes that if the medals had been awarded in 2022, the celebration would have been muted by pandemic restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I feel really thankful that I got to be a part of this,&#8221; she says, &#8220;and that my family was able to be there with me.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/IMG_0902-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Karen Chen \u201923 with an American flag and her gold medal in Paris, 2024\" class=\"wp-image-39044 size-full\" 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2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, she finished 11th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I\u2019m at a competition, I need to trust myself and know I\u2019ve done all the training I can, and whatever happens, happens,\u201d Chen observed in advance of the Beijing games.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSometimes it\u2019s just not your moment\u2014but other times it is, and everything clicks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chen&#8217;s r\u00e9sum\u00e9 includes penning a young-adult memoir, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0062822683\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Finding the Edge: My Life on the Ice<\/a><\/em>, which came out in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI wish I could remember the first time I laced up a pair of skating boots and slid out onto that big, frozen circle,\u201d she writes in the book, which features a foreword by Olympic gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi. \u201cAfter all, who wouldn\u2019t want to remember the moment they fell in 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After all, who wouldn\u2019t want to remember the moment they fell in love?<\/p>\n<cite>Chen&#8217;s memoir, <em><strong>Finding the Edge<\/strong><\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I hope to grow the skating community in Ithaca,&#8221; she says, &#8220;as well as our competitiveness in collegiate competitions.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The elder child of Taiwanese immigrants, Chen was born in the San Francisco Bay Area city of Fremont\u2014also the hometown of Yamaguchi, one of her idols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To give Chen the flexibility to practice, her mother homeschooled her from sixth grade onward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/finding-my-edge_A.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cFinding the Edge\u201d by Karen Chen book cover\" class=\"wp-image-39038 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/finding-my-edge_A.jpg 666w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/finding-my-edge_A-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/finding-my-edge_A-526x790.jpg 526w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/finding-my-edge_A-263x395.jpg 263w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/finding-my-edge_A-333x500.jpg 333w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/finding-my-edge_A-167x250.jpg 167w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/finding-my-edge_A-83x125.jpg 83w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>When she needed a new coach, she, her mom, and her younger brother (a competitive ice dancer) relocated six hours away and reunited with her dad on weekends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An elite skating career followed\u2014but ask Chen to name her highlights, and she\u2019ll mention not just winning championships and competing on Olympic ice, but something that\u2019s close to Cornellian hearts: skating in Lynah Rink. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020, she performed one of her exhibition programs between periods of a game against St. Lawrence, to a roaring crowd of hockey Faithful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve done a lot of shows, but the energy was incredible,\u201d she recalls. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI thought hockey fans and college students might think figure skating is dumb, but as soon as I got on the ice they were cheering so loudly for everything I did. 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