BEIJING (Reuters) -American determine skater Nathan Chen posted a world record rating of 113.97 factors within the short programme of the boys’s singles with a shocking skate on the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday.
The world champion’s efficiency on the Capital Indoor Stadium eclipsed the earlier mark of 111.82 by Japan’s Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu, which was set on the Four Continents match in 2020.
Chen completed high of the short programme forward of Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama (108.12) and Shoma Uno (105.90).
The 22-year-old Chen is bidding to erase the heartbreak of his 2018 Olympics at Pyeongchang, the place an error-strewn short programme noticed him miss out on a person medal.
Chen has already received a group silver with the United States in Beijing.
(Reporting by Ian Ransom in Melbourne; Additional reporting by Chang-Ran Kim; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
