Nathan Chen's Olympic masterpiece is complete after he earned the men's figure skating gold medal at the 2022 Beijing Games on Thursday.
The 22-year-old American entered the free skate first in the 24-competitor field after posting a record score of 113.97 in the short program.
He left no doubt about who would end atop the podium after a tremendous free skate (218.63) that put him more than 22 points clear of Japan's Kagiyama Yuma, the next-closet finisher.
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Japanese skaters finished second, third and fourth in Beijing, with Kagiyama and Uno Shoma earning bronze and silver.