Nathan Wei Chen is an American figure skater. He is a three-time World champion, a 2022 Olympic silver medalist and 2018 Olympic bronze medalist in the team event, the 2017 Four Continents champion, a three-time Grand Prix Final champion, and a six-time U.S. national champion.
Nathan Chen: New program| Where is from| World record
New program:
Nathan Chen banished the memories of Pyeongchang with a record-breaking short program routine to put himself in control of the men’s figure skating competition at the Capital Indoor Arena in Beijing.
The 22-year-old saw his dreams of individual Olympic gold dashed four years ago after a series of errors in his short program routine, which gave him too much to make up in the concluding free skate.
Where is from:
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| Native name | 陈巍 |
| Full name | Nathan Wei Chen |
| Country represented | United States |
| Born | May 5, 1999 Salt Lake City, Utah, US |
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)[1] |
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| Choreographer | Shae-Lynn Bourne |
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| Skating club | Salt Lake Figure Skating |
“I’d say I was pretty close to my best,” said Chen. “Obviously there are always things you can improve on, there are always things you can do a little bit better, but overall I’m very happy.”
World Record:
Chen’s near-flawless routine scored 113.97, a world record, giving him a healthy advantage over second-placed Yuma Kagiyama on 108.12, with another Japanese skater, Shoma Uno, in third. Hanyu’s score of 95.15 effectively ended his chances of retaining his title, but he could still reach the podium, particularly if he becomes the first man to land a quadruple axel in competition.
Hanyu was hit by injuries in the build-up to Beijing, returning from eight months out with a glittering performance at the Japanese National Championships in December, where he vowed to land the quad-axel – the toughest jump in skating – at the Olympics.
