- In-ear integrated sensor array for the continuous monitoring of brain activity and of lactate in sweat Nature.com
- Researchers developed 3D-printed sensors that can record brain activity on earbuds Engadget
- Pair of standard earbuds ‘can be turned into device able to record brain activity and exercise levels’ Conway Daily Sun
- These Screen-printed, Flexible Sensors Allow Earbuds to Record Brain Activity and Exercise Levels University of California San Diego
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Blood, sweat and poo: Jude Law wore bespoke perfume to play Henry VIII – The Guardian
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- Jude Law’s Take On British Monarchy After Playing Tyrannical Henry VIII In ‘Firebrand’: “I See It Like Theater” – Cannes Deadline
- Firebrand review – Jude Law’s obese and oozy Henry VIII rules supreme in Catherine Parr drama The Guardian
- Alicia Vikander Reigned Over an Eight-Minute Standing Ovation at Cannes Premiere of Brutal Historical Drama ‘Firebrand’ Yahoo Entertainment
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Jude Law Made Perfume Smelling Like ‘Blood, Fecal Matter and Sweat’ to Play Stinky Henry VIII in ‘Firebrand’ – Variety
- Jude Law Made Perfume Smelling Like ‘Blood, Fecal Matter and Sweat’ to Play Stinky Henry VIII in ‘Firebrand’ Variety
- Firebrand review – Jude Law’s obese and oozy Henry VIII rules supreme in Catherine Parr drama The Guardian
- Jude Law’s Take On British Monarchy After Playing Tyrannical Henry VIII In ‘Firebrand’: “I See It Like Theater” – Cannes Deadline
- Alicia Vikander Reigned Over an Eight-Minute Standing Ovation at Cannes Premiere of Brutal Historical Drama ‘Firebrand’ Yahoo Entertainment
- Blood, sweat and poo: Jude Law wore bespoke perfume to play Henry VIII The Guardian
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Ukraine nuclear plant loses power line, Moscow makes Europe sweat over gas
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KYIV, Sept 4 (Reuters) – A nuclear power plant on the front line of the Ukraine war again lost external power, U.N. inspectors said on Saturday, fuelling fears of disaster while Moscow kept its main gas pipeline to Germany shut to hurt economies of Kyiv’s friends in the West.
The Zaporizhzhia plant, Europe’s largest, had its last remaining main external power line cut off, although a reserve line continued supplying electricity to the grid, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said. read more
Only one of the station’s six reactors remained in operation, the agency said in a statement.
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The plant, seized by Russian troops shortly after their Feb. 24 invasion, has become a focal point of the conflict, with each side blaming the other for nearby shelling.
A standoff over Russian gas and oil exports ramped up last week as Moscow vowed to keep its main gas pipeline to Germany shuttered and G7 countries announced a planned price cap on Russian oil exports.
The energy fight is a fallout from President Vladimir Putin’s six-month invasion of Ukraine, underscoring the deep rift between Moscow and Western nations as Europe steels itself for the cold months ahead.
“Russia is preparing a decisive energy blow on all Europeans for this winter,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his nightly address on Saturday, citing the Nord Stream 1 pipeline’s continued closure.
Zelenskiy has blamed Russian shelling for an Aug. 25 cutoff, the first Zaporizhzhia was severed from the national grid, which narrowly avoided a radiation leak. That shutdown prompted power cuts across Ukraine, although emergency generators kicked in for vital cooling processes.
Moscow has cited Western sanctions and technical issues for energy disruptions, while European countries have accused Russia of weaponising supplies as part of its military invasion.
NUCLEAR CONCERNS
Kyiv and Moscow have traded accusations about attacks on the Zaporizhzhia plant, which is still operated by Ukrainian staff.
An IAEA mission toured the plant on Thursday and some experts have remained there pending the release of a report by the United Nations nuclear watchdog in coming days. read more
The remaining inspectors noted one reactor was still producing electricity “for cooling and other essential safety functions at the site and for households, factories and others through the grid,” the IAEA said on Saturday.
The plant said in a statement the fifth reactor was switched off “as a result of constant shelling by Russian occupation forces” and that there was “insufficient capacity from the last reserve line to operate two reactors.”
Deteriorating conditions amid the shelling have prompted fears of a radiation disaster that the International Red Cross has said would cause a major humanitarian crisis. read more
Ukraine and the West accuse Russia of storing heavy weapons at the site to discourage Ukraine from firing on it. Russia, which denies the presence of any such weapons there, has resisted international calls to relocate troops and demilitarise the area.
Russia’s defence ministry on Saturday accused Ukrainian forces of mounting a failed attempt to capture the plant. Reuters could not verify the report. read more
Turkey on Saturday also offered to facilitate the situation. read more
GAS AND OIL
Announcing that it would not make a planned restart of gas shipments through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, one of Russia’s main supply lines to Europe, state-controlled energy giant Gazprom (GAZP.MM) blamed a technical fault.
Gazprom said on Saturday that Germany’s Siemens Energy (ENR1n.DE) was ready to help repair broken equipment but that there was nowhere available to carry out the work. Siemens said it has not been commissioned to carry out maintenance work for the pipeline but it is available. read more
The indefinite delay to restarting Nord Stream 1, which runs under the Baltic Sea to supply Germany and others, deepens Europe’s problems securing fuel for winter as energy prices lead a surge in living costs.
Finance ministers from the Group of Seven wealthy democracies – Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States – said on Friday the cap on the price of Russian oil aimed to reduce “Russia’s ability to fund its war of aggression whilst limiting the impact of Russia’s war on global energy prices”. read more
The Kremlin said it would stop selling oil to any countries that implemented the cap.
Russia calls its invasion of its neighbour “a special military operation.” Kyiv and the West say it is an unprovoked aggressive war against a former part of the Soviet Union.
The United States and other countries have pledged fresh military aid for Kyiv to fight against an invasion that had killed thousands of people and displaced millions.
Ukraine launched a counteroffensive last week targeting the south, particularly the Kherson region, occupied by Russians early in the conflict.
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Smart necklace tracks a wearer’s health through SWEAT
Smart necklace that tracks a wearer’s health through SWEAT could change how 400 million diabetics worldwide monitor their glucose levels
- The smart necklace is designed with a sensor that sits on the back on the neck
- This allows it to collect small samples of sweat from the wearer
- The sensor then analyzes the sweat for serotonin and glucose levels
- This could eliminate the need for diabetics to take blood to check their levels
A new smart necklace capable of measuring several chemicals and concentrations in the wearer’s sweat could change the lives of the some 400 million diabetics worldwide by eliminating the need for finger-pricking blood tests.
The device features a clasp and pendant with the biochemical sensor on the back that when placed around the neck, captures glucose and serotonin levels.
During a human trial, engineers from Ohio State University showed the smart necklace was able to measure a concentration of sodium, potassium, and hydrogen ions from the subject’s sweat with up to 98.9 percent accuracy.
The team also foresees their biosensors being added to personal belonging such as rings and earrings or even implanted under the skin to let users know about changes in their health.
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The device features a clasp and pendant with the biochemical sensor on the back that when placed around the neck, captures glucose and serotonin levels
Pictured is a graphic showing the placement of the smart necklace. The biosensor that analyzes sweat is placed at the back of the neck. The sensor is so powerful, it only needs a small sample of sweat to produce a reading
Study co-author Jinghua Li explained that sweat contains hundreds of biomarkers that hold details of our health status.
‘The next generation of biosensors will be so highly bio-intuitive and non-invasive that we’ll be able to detect key information contained in a person’s body fluids,’ she said in a statement.
Li also note that due to the small size of the sensor, only a tiny amount of sweat is needed to capture a reading.
Li and her team conducted the first human trials of the smart necklace, which they placed on a subject while they cycled for 30 minutes.
Then, the participant took a 15-minute break, drank a sugar-sweetened beverage and resumed cycling.
The results show that, in all cases, the glucose concentration in sweat reaches a peak within 30 to 40 minute after the sugar intake.
‘The results suggest a less-obvious spike in glucose concentration afterward, which indicates that drinking sugar can induce an increase in the amount of glucose in sweat,’ the team shared in the study published in Science Advances.
Li notes that although it will be some time before a device similar to this study’s prototype will become available to the public, the team is already thinking about what will benefit the people who will need this potentially life-saving technology the most.
The first human trials of the smart necklace was placed on a subject while they cycled for 30 minutes.
The results on human trials show that, in all cases, the glucose concentration in sweat reaches a peak within 30 to 40 minute after the sugar intake
Instead of using the bulky and rigid computer chips found in our phones and laptops, the sensors are made out of materials that are ultra thin. This style of design makes the product highly flexible, protects the device’s functionality, and ensures that it can safely come into contact with a person’s skin.
While the study notes that further miniaturization would make it more feasible for this and similar devices to become implantable, for now, Li said she imagines it as a lightweight device with simple circuit layouts that could be easily integrated into our daily lives.
While this biosensor is designed to monitor health, a separate wearable announced last year detects if the wearer is burnout.
Developed by Engineers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) and start-up Xsensio, the technology detects levels of the stress hormone cortisol in sweat.
The device is placed directly onto the wearer’s skin and offers both high sensitivity and very low detection limits, the researchers said.
Tarek El Moussa and Heather Rae Young get in an early sweat session after public spat with Christina
Tarek El Moussa and wife Heather Rae Young were spotted getting in their morning workout together on Wednesday following a public dust up with ex Christina Hall.
After a rollercoaster of a week, the newlyweds were spotted in their gym clothes heading out for a sweat session in Newport, California.
On Saturday, Young was pictured being dragged away by her husband in the middle of a heated argument with Hall at a kid’s soccer game just hours before El Moussa’s son was hospitalized for appendicitis.
Moving on: Tarek El Moussa and wife Heather Rae Young were spotted getting in their morning workout together on Wednesday following a public dust up with ex Christina Hall
Tarek, 40, looked fit in a black tank top and basketball shorts with sneakers. The father of two sported a backwards baseball cap and carried a shaker bottle for his post-workout protein shake.
His 34-year-old wife, of Selling Sunset fame, rocked a slightly jazzier ensemble in hot pink bike shorts and a black sweatshirt.
The blonde beauty was makeup-free and had her long locks pulled into a ponytail.
The couple has had a whirlwind of a week with Tarek’s young son having to undergo emergency surgery to remove his appendix on Saturday.
Dad vibes: Tarek, 40, looked fit in a black tank top and basketball shorts with sneakers. The father of two sported a backwards baseball cap and carried a shaker bottle for his post-workout protein shake
Rough time: The couple has had a whirlwind of a week with Tarek’s young son having to undergo emergency surgery to remove his appendix on Saturday hours after his parents and step parents – Tarek, Heather, Christina and her new husband Josh Hall – had a public argument on the sidelines of his soccer game
Brayden, six, had his health scare hours after his parents and step parents – Tarek, Heather, Christina and her new husband Josh Hall – had a public argument on the sidelines of his soccer game.
A representative for Christina Haack has addressed the sideline spat which was captured in exclusive photos published by DailyMail.com.
‘A personal matter was discussed and has since been resolved. We are focused on coparenting as a team moving forward,’ a representative for Christina, 38, told Us Weekly.
The photos, taken in Newport Beach, California, captured Tarek pulling Heather away from Christina and a soccer coach separating him from Josh.
Dispute: The photos, taken in Newport Beach, California, captured Tarek pulling Heather away from Christina and a soccer coach separating him from Josh
‘A personal matter was discussed and has since been resolved. We are focused on coparenting as a team moving forward,’ a representative for Christina, 38, told Us Weekly
The confrontation came amid Christina’s messy custody battle with her other ex, Ant Anstead, who slammed the HGTV star as an absentee mother of their son Hudson.
Tarek, who was married to Christina from 2009 to 2018, has not had the easiest relationship with his ex-wife since their divorce.
Back in July, tensions boiled over between the pair on the set of their show, with Tarek allegedly branding Christina ‘crazy’ and declaring that he is ‘winning.’
He is also said to have compared her to his new wife Heather, calling Heather ‘richer and hotter’ than Christina, according to TMZ.
Family ordeal: The Flip or Flop former couple was forced to rush their six-year-old son Brayden to the emergency room Saturday after the game to undergo an emergency appendectomy as well as removal of Meckel’s diverticulum
The insider claimed that Tarek called Christina a ‘washed up loser’, said that he ‘made’ her and that he ‘enjoyed’ watching her ‘fail.’
He allegedly also said: ‘Look at me, look at me, look at me. It’s called winning. The world knows you’re crazy!’
Tarek is said to have lost his temper when Haack communicated to him that she and the crew were ready to start shooting.
He was also reportedly unhappy about her public admission that she smoked toad venom – a psychedelic that she claimed helped with her anxiety – before she met her now-husband Joshua.
TMZ reported that the alleged tirade was not the first verbal showdown between the pair on set.
Not long after, sources said Tarek was ‘super remorseful’ for the public tongue lashing.
Over it: Tarek, who was married to Christina from 2009 to 2018, has not had the easiest relationship with his ex-wife since their divorce and has since married Selling Sunset’s Heather Rae Young (pictured)
‘They did get into a disagreement. Tarek lashed out and he’s super remorseful,’ an insider told People.
The incident was brought up on the latest reunion for Selling Sunset, when host Tan France asked Heather, ‘Did he really call you a hotter, richer version of his ex-wife?’
‘I mean…’ she replied before asking her co-stars, ‘Well I mean…can you girls attest to anything?’
‘I think we all are trying to be supportive of women in general,’ Chrishell Stause replied.
Hours after the sideline spat, the four put on a united front for the sake of their son Brayden.
Christina rushed her six-year-old to the hospital to undergo an emergency appendectomy as well as removal of Meckel’s diverticulum.
On Tuesday, Christina shared an update on Brayden, sharing a photo of her son looking in good spirits in hospital, and explaining how it had been ‘a wake up call.’
‘Stressful 24 hours but a good reminder how important team work / co-parenting is,’ she wrote over the photo. ‘We are all under pressure but when it really matters we were all there for Brayden doing our part.’
Man and wife: Christina tied the knot with realtor Josh Hall earlier this year
‘Sometimes a scary situation can be a good wake up call. In the end all the other stuff is just ‘noise,’ what matters is the kids,’ she added, tagging Heather, Tarek, and her new husband Josh in the post.
Heather then shared her own photo of Brayden, writing that her and Tarek had ‘just left little man, he’s in pain but he’s a strong boy and is getting discharged today.’
Heather then echoed Christina’s words by writing: ‘We all pulled together as a family during this stressful time. The kids will always be the main priority to all of us.’
She tagged Tarek and Christina in the post, which was later reshared by Christina.
Tarek also credited Christina for taking Braydon to the ER as he posted about the scary ordeal to his Instagram account.
Contentious: Meanwhile, Christina is currently embroiled in a bitter custody battle with her second ex-husband Ant Anstead, 43, who recently filed for full custody of their son Hudson, two, accusing her of putting him at medical risk
Meanwhile, Christina is currently embroiled in a bitter custody battle with her second ex-husband Ant Anstead, 43, who recently filed for full custody of their son Hudson, two, accusing her of putting him at medical risk.
In a recent court filing, Ant – who’s currently dating actress Renée Zellweger, 53 – blasted Hall as an unfit mother who only spent a few days a month with their son, using him for social media clout and risking his medical safety, TMZ reported.
In his court filing he claims Christina put their toddler at risk, sending him home with ‘an awful sunburn that was so bad it left him crying in pain.’
In another explosive part, Ant says that Christina failed to inform him that her family had gotten COVID and returned Hudson to his care without proper precautions.
The move ended up shutting down production on Zellweger’s latest film.
The judge ended up denying Ant’s bid for custody, however he will still have the chance to make his case for temporary custody at a hearing in June, according to TMZ.
Christina subsequently defended her parenting skills in a statement, where she blasted her ex for taking their custody issues to court rather than having it ‘handled privately.’
Researchers Developed A Wearable Sensor That Can Detect Infections Like COVID-19 And Influenza Through Human Sweat – Chip Chick
Since Fitbits and Apple Watches revolutionized widespread health monitoring through the use of wearable sensors, a plethora of new studies has sought to push the bounds of wearable sensors’ abilities.
Now, a team of bioengineers from the University of Texas at Dallas has collaborated with EnLiSense LLC to create a wearable sensor that can identify the prevalence of infections through sweat.
Their study, published in Advanced Materials Technologies, found that the sweat sensor can detect two important biomarkers– one known as gamma-inducible protein (IP-10) and the other known as tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL).
If the wearable sensor detects elevated levels of either biomarker in your sweat, then there is likely a cytokine storm occurring in your body.
A cytokine storm is an immune reaction that occurs when the human body has contracted a severe infection.
Dr. Shalini Prasad, the head of bioengineering, described how detecting these markers via sweat is groundbreaking.
“Our work is pioneering because, until this date, it was unclear whether these molecules were present in sweat,” Dr. Prasad said.
“We established that our low-volume passive sweat technology is indeed able to measure these biomarkers.”
And with COVID-19 infections still a risk throughout the world, this sensor provides wearers with early insight into their Coronavirus positivity. It could also detect the flu.
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Stuck at Mexico border, anti-war Russians sweat their futures as Ukrainians enter U.S.
TIJUANA, Mexico, March 19 (Reuters) – Russians trying to enter the United States at the Mexican border are frustrated they are not getting in like Ukrainians are, despite leaving their homeland over the invasion of Ukraine.
U.S. officials have let dozens of Ukrainians through this week but Russians remain in limbo, prompting some to camp on the pavement alongside a barbed wire border fence, defying warnings from Mexican authorities to leave.
Irina Zolkina, a math teacher who left Moscow with her four children and her daughter’s boyfriend, burst into tears when a U.S. border agent on Thursday took one look at her stack of Russian passports and shook his head, saying they would have to wait – soon after officials ushered in six Ukrainian men.
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“There are so many years of fear that we’re living in … it’s awful inside Russia too,” she told Reuters in the Mexican border city of Tijuana opposite San Diego, California.
Zolkina showed Reuters a BBC video of her arrest for attending an anti-war protest on Feb. 24, the day Russia invaded Ukraine in what the Kremlin calls a “special military operation” that Western allies have denounced.
She was released a few hours later and left Russia with her children the following week, she said, passing through Tashkent and Istanbul before reaching the Mexican beach resort of Cancun – a common jumping-off point for Russians heading to the U.S. border.
Over 3 million Ukrainians have become refugees, according to the United Nations, most of them in countries bordering Ukraine. Thousands of Russians have also left their country, according to media reports.
Some Ukrainians crossing in Tijuana have been granted permission to stay in the United States for a year. read more
When asked on Thursday about Ukrainians and Russians at the border, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said the government was helping people fleeing Ukraine, and that other programs were being considered to expand humanitarian aid.
The U.S.-Mexico border has been closed to most asylum seekers under a coronavirus pandemic policy. read more
A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson, asked about current policy towards Russians, said the agency makes exceptions to the order on a case-by-case basis for “particularly vulnerable individuals.”
‘UNFAIR’
A couple of dozen other Russians have for several days wrapped themselves in thick blankets to sleep feet from the border wall, hoping U.S. officials will hear their pleas for protection.
A Russian couple embrace as they wait for a humanitarian visa at the San Ysidro Port of Entry of the U.S.-Mexico border in Tijuana, Mexico March 15, 2022. Picture taken March 15, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Duenes/File Photo
“It’s unfair that we can’t get in,” said Mark, 32, a restaurant manager who came from Moscow with his wife, flying to Mexico via Turkey and Germany in early March.
Both were arrested for three days last year after protesting in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, said Mark, who asked to withhold his last name. He said going back to Russia was not an option after new legislation that imposes up to 15 years in jail for actions found to discredit Russia’s army.
“This is our decision to be here and wait on the floor,” Mark said, seated on a blanket while watching hundreds of tourists and U.S. citizens enter San Diego. “If we leave this place, everyone will forget about this problem immediately.”
Between October 2021 and January, U.S. government data showed border officials encountered about 6,400 Russians, some of whom said they were dissidents and are now in the United States. read more The Russian Embassy said in a statement then that it had contacted U.S. authorities about those citizens.
In Tijuana last week, Mexican officials handed out flyers in Russian listing nearby migrant shelters and a letter saying Russians can request asylum but should not camp at the busy border.
Staying there ran “the risk of the United States deciding to close the crossing for internal security reasons,” said the letter signed by Tijuana migration director Enrique Lucero.
Mexico’s migration institute did not respond to a request for comment.
For now, the Russians are staying put.
Mikhail Shliachkov, 35, seated on a cot under a parasol to take cover from the glaring sun, said he resolved to go to Mexico with his wife the day after the invasion, fearing he would be called up to fight close relatives in Ukraine.
“I don’t want to kill my brothers, you know?” he said, showing a photo of his birth certificate that states his mother was born in Ukraine.
As the Russians wait, U.S. border officials have also turned away asylum seekers from Nigeria, Colombia, Honduras and Mexico, sparking complaints of unfair treatment.
“There’s an element of racism by U.S. authorities,” said Kevin Salgado, 19, a Mexican from the violent state of Michoacan, where he said his father and 16-year-old brother, both members of a community police, were killed.
“Why are they letting the Ukrainians pass? … Can someone explain to us?”
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For Team USA’s Nathan Chen, ‘blood, sweat, tears’ led to Olympic gold
“A lot of years of work. A lot of people supporting me, a lot of — I know it’s cliche — but blood, sweat and tears, (over) just many, many years,” said the 22-year-old, whose energetic routine in the long program set him well above the competition.
Chen was quick to give credit for his success to his mother, thanking her in an Instagram post showing a photo of Chen as a small boy in his mother’s arms, clutching a golden medal with a red, white and blue ribbon.
In his interview with CNN, Chen called his mom, Hetty Wang, the “hardest working person I’ve ever met.” He said her support — including working through the family’s financial challenges — was what made his career possible.
He recalled how, when he was around 10 years old, she found a way for Chen to work with a coach in California, while the family was living hundreds of miles away in Salt Lake City, Utah.
“We weren’t really in a great financial place to be able to move to California…(and) ice time is significantly cheaper in Salt Lake than it is in California. But she still strapped together as many dollars as she could and would drive me from Utah to California, back to Utah from California, over and over and over,” Chen said.
“Any hour of the day, whether it’s 3 a.m., she was just chugging along in the car, getting me to my training sessions, and it was just, like, unreal,” he said.
Chen also credits his own work ethic and true love for his sport to his mother’s parenting style — which he said did not fall into the mold of the “tiger mom” stereotype.
“It was a mix of business and fun. She holds a very high standard for all of us. But within that standard, she wants us to enjoy what it is that we’re doing,” Chen said, referring to himself and his four siblings.
“I think having that balance allowed me to love the sport figure skating as much as I do now, but still be able to accomplish the goals that I set out for myself,” he said.
Chen told reporters Thursday that his win held special meaning because it took place in Beijing — the city where his mother grew up and where his parents met.
Chen’s victory was also a redemption after a disappointing finish in PyeongChang in the 2018 Winter Games, when he landed fifth in the individual competition and earned bronze in the team event.
Moving past that performance was a driver in these Olympic Games, Chen said.
“I definitely wanted to be able to get past that. I wanted to be able to have two short programs that I felt very proud of and fulfilled by, and I’m really glad that I was able to have that experience here. It’s been a dream of mine to make it to this stage and I never really thought that it would truly be possible,” he said.
In the four years since, Chen’s record has given him reason for confidence. He racked up three straight world championships and sealed a 6th consecutive US title to arrive in Beijing as a favorite.
But Chen still stressed that managing emotions — keeping himself “calm and collected” — was a key part of doing his best on the ice.
“I try not to get let emotions get the better of me, because I feel that I can control what I do on the ice the best when I’m in a cool, calm, collected state of mind,” he said.
“Of course I get emotional and I think that’s also part of sport too, sometimes you can let emotion get the better of you (and it) does actually help you, as long as you can figure out a way to get back into where you need to be.”
But Chen did not show any nerves as he glided over the ice on Thursday, as the US favorite to win gold after setting a new short program world record two days earlier. He ran a total of five quad jumps — a natural for a skater nicknamed the quad king — to a mix that included Elton’s John’s Rocket Man.
Chen later received a nod from the legendary British singer-songwriter, with John posting on Twitter his congratulations to the skater “for winning Gold skating to Rocket Man.”
Chen also opened up about missing the opportunity to stand on the Olympic podium after his team won silver in Monday’s figure skating event.
Team USA won silver in the event after being defeated by the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), however the medal ceremony was delayed on Tuesday over a failed drugs test scandal involving Russian skater Kamila Valieva.
“The medal ceremony is definitely a very special part of the Olympics, and for those that should get a medal, I truly hope that they can. Whatever happens happens, but I do hope that we will have this opportunity to share that as a team,” Chen told CNN.
“There’s certainly a lot of variables that are coming to play, but at the end of the day, all I can really control is how much I can do. And certainly, as athletes, you want to be able to have as fair playing field as possible,” Chen said when asked about the case.
As for what’s next after reaching his Olympic dream, Chen said he is looking forward to returning to his undergraduate studies at Yale University, where he is pursuing a statistics and data science degree — a program he took a break from in order to prepare for the Games.
“Having had spent so much time of my life pursuing this passion of skating hasn’t really allowed me the opportunity to explore outside of the sport as much as I would like. I’m excited to go back to college and see what else the world has for me and try to find passions outside of skating,” he said.
And while he said his passion for skating remains, what he decides to do with his skating career “will be determined in the near future.”
“Right now I’m just happy in this moment,” he said.
Philadelphia Eagles DE Josh Sweat out vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers after hospital stay
TAMPA, Fla. — Philadelphia Eagles starting defensive end Josh Sweat will miss Sunday’s playoff game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after undergoing a medical procedure to address what the team described as a “life-threatening situation.”
“On Tuesday night, Josh Sweat was admitted to the hospital. He underwent an emergency procedure due to the severity of the matter. The doctors addressed a life-threatening situation,” the Eagles said in a statement. “In the following days, Josh and our medical team did everything possible to help him return to play. He improved every day but it was determined by the doctors today that he was not quite ready. The fact that Josh came so close to playing is a credit to his toughness and our medical staff.”
Sweat had been listed on the injury report with an illness this week. On Friday, coach Nick Sirianni said Sweat had been dealing with abdominal pain earlier in the week but had since returned to the facility and was feeling better.
Sweat, 24, had the best regular season of his career in 2021, tying for a team high in sacks with 7.5. He added seven tackles for loss and 13 quarterback hits.
Veteran Ryan Kerrigan (0 sacks) and rookie Tarron Jackson (1 sack) will see heightened roles in Sweat’s absence, playing alongside starter Derek Barnett (2 sacks).
The Eagles had trouble applying consistent pressure on quarterback Tom Brady in Week 6, registering zero sacks and three quarterback hits in a 28-22 loss.