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SI:AM | Nathan Chen's World-Record Skate

Good morning. I’m Dan Gartland, here with more news from Beijing as the Olympics carry on.

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Nathan Chen bounces back in Beijing

Erick W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated

Four years ago in PyeongChang, American figure skater Nathan Chen, then 18 years old, was the favorite to take home gold in the individual men’s event but had an uncharacteristically poor performance in the short program and finished 17th.