Nathan Chen gave his mom his Olympic gold medal to try on during their surprise reunion on the TODAY show

• Nathan Chen became Team USA's first individual figure skating Olympic gold medalist in 12 years.
• The star skater had a surprise reunion with his mom on "Today" Tuesday morning.

Nathan Chen became the first American in more than a decade to win an individual Olympic gold medal in figure skating.

And as soon as he returned to the United States after accomplishing the historic feat at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, the 22-year-old superstar offered up that gold medal to the person who made it all possible: his mom, Hetty Wang.

Wang reunited with her son after more than a month apart during a live appearance on Tuesday morning's "Today" show. Chen, who had arrived stateside mere hours prior, was shocked when his mom walked on stage mid-interview with some famous New York pizza in tow.

"Oh my gosh! What the heck?! No way!" he said with a smile. "Oh my God. It's my mom!"

The pair shared a big hug, then Chen took his gold medal off and promptly placed it around Wang's neck.

"It's so heavy," she said with a laugh.

"It's a long journey," Wang added when asked what she thought about upon seeing the medal. "He worked very hard, every single day."

Chen insisted that the award "is definitely not just mine" and that those closest to him deserve a piece of the gold.

"It's largely hers," he said, gesturing towards Wang. "And everyone else on my team, but mostly her I would say... Since the very first day that I got on the ice all the way until now, she's been with me every single step of the way and there's no way I would ever make it to where I am now without her support.

"This medal is largely hers," he added.

Check out their full interview on TODAY below: