SI.com · Feb 8, 2022
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. His first-place finish in the free skate catapulted him to fifth overall, but the individual Olympic medal eluded him.