第二个原因是Nathan在上届奥运会选择了音乐Mao’s Last Dancer作为主题曲,Nathan说是他的音乐师选的,他觉得好听就选用了。他是犹他州的钢琴冠军,拥有对音乐品味的深刻理解,这次选Elton John的Rocket Man也很精彩。但是他没有想到那“毛的最后舞者”的音乐与一位叛逃者有关。这次Nathan在获奥运冠军的记者招待会上解释过,但仍然很难说服人,因为音乐的题目是放在那里的。
“Bates said, “We’re human beings, too, and when we read and hear about the things that are happening there, we absolutely hate that. We hate what’s going on there,” during a US Olympic and Paralympic Committee event.
“I agree with what Evan was saying,” Chen added. “I think that for a greater change to occur, there must be power that is beyond the Olympics.”
“American Olympic hopefuls Evan Bates, Nathan Chen and Vincent Chou criticized Chinese human-rights abuses during media appearances last month.””。这是说的去年底的事。