Elton John congratulated Nathan Chen for his gold medal-winning performance in the men’s singles figure skating competition in the Beijing Winter Olympics, where the American skated to the legend’s music.
The 22-year-old U.S. figure skater performed a golden routine to a medley of Elton tunes, including “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” “Rocket Man” and “Bennie and the Jets.”
The legendary British pop singer congratulated Chen on social media, saying, “Congratulations @nathanwchen for winning Gold skating to Rocket Man in the free skate finals in Beijing.”
The post was accompanied by a picture of Chen on the podium.
“I’m not actually using social media right now, so my agent texted me the Elton John tweet, and it’s just nuts to think that he even knows I exist,” an exalted Chen told Olympics.com.
Chen, from Salt Lake City, is the seventh American and first Asian-American to win Olympic gold in men’s figure skating.
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