Which new records have been set at Beijing 2022?

Beijing 2022 has been full of incredible feats of speed, daring, trickery and skill, but some athletes have gone where no other human has gone before, setting world records, Olympic records and high scores the likes of which the world has never seen.

From U.S. figure skater Nathan Chen to Swedish speed skater Nils van der Poel, find out which records have fallen in the first week of action at Beijing 2022.

Swedish speed skater Nils van der Poel had already won 5,000m gold in an Olympic record when he lined up in the final of the 10,000m. In a lightning-fast race on 11 February, the 25-year-old set an astonishing time of 12:30.74 to break his own 10,000m world record from February 2021.

“I am very satisfied," he said after the race. "This was the main goal when I started three years ago. It turned out a lot better than I could have ever imagined."

The Netherlands' Suzanne Schulting has taken the Olympic Winter Games by storm, setting three Olympic records with her 1,000m short track time also the best-ever in the world. On 11 February, racing in the 1,000m quarter-final the flying Dutchwoman finished the race in 1:26.514 to record a new world record to wow the crowd inside the Capital Indoor Stadium.

"The quarterfinal first, I skated a world record and I was really excited," she said after winning gold in the final later in the day. "And I said, 'Oh st, I still have to do the semis and then we have the finals. I had to do two more races. I became really confident out there after skating a world record. I was really excited.

"I was focusing on what I had to do and on my technique and everything. It's insane."

If you're after Olympic records at Beijing 2022, you need look no further than the ice rink where speed skaters and