BEIJING — Nathan Chen shattered the world record during his short program at the Beijing Olympics, scoring 113.97 points Tuesday to beat the previous mark of longtime rival Yuzuru Hanyu and put himself in position to win his long-sought gold medal.
With a confident smirk as he took the ice, the 22-year-old Chen avenged his poor performance from four years ago in Pyeongchang in the biggest way possible. He opened with a perfect quad flip, breezed through a triple axel that sometimes causes him problems, then drilled his quad flip-triple toe loop combination to leave most of the crowd in awe.
