Nathan Chen. Jump by Jump to the Dream

At three years old, Nathan Chen, a boy from a low-income family of Chinese immigrants, made his first fateful steps on the ice. In 2022, he stood on the top step of the Olympic podium. This is how the beginning of a typical success story sounds. However, one should not jump to conclusions. Nathan's mother sacrificed a lot for her son to seriously pursue figure skating, he was plagued by serious injuries, he competed through pain, faced growth issues, and ultimately, he spectacularly failed at the 2018 Olympic Games... Nathan Chen shares unknown details of his career in this book, perhaps one of the most sincere and candid written about sports. Step by step, Nathan progressed from uncompromising faith in jumps and physical training, learned the necessity of choreography, and how to maintain mental health. It was not easy for him to build a relationship with his hyper-controlling mother, who was also his personal coach and manager; he did not immediately learn to understand Rafael Arutyunyan and Marina Zueva. It was incredibly difficult for him to withstand the pressure at major tournaments when all the media attention is on you, and you are trying to cope with the fear of letting down your team and country. Nathan managed to find a balance in sports and in life and step by step, jump by jump, came to his dream.