[Renfrew]

Figure skating gets mocked as not the most manly sport (and it ain’t), but men like Chen are incredible athletes.

I’m confident he could outperform your average Green Beret at almost any athletic challenge.

[dforest]

He has a skater girlfriend. He also skates and performs more male like.

That said, he has a lot going for him.

[bramps]

I’m confident he could outperform your average Green Beret at almost any athletic challenge.

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You take gold in the ‘nonsense that absolutely no one was thinking about’ event.

[Jamestown1630]

Define ‘manly’.

Skill? Strength? Courage?

[metmom]

The endurance it takes to do that kind of skating for that long is phenomenal.

[simpson96]

“I’m confident he could outperform your average Green Beret at almost any athletic challenge.”

Good thing you included the word “almost”.

To name just one thing...how much do you think Nathan Chen can lift and carry for a distance, versus a Green Beret?