Winter Olympics 2022 - Nathan Chen top in short programme with world-record score after Yuzuru Hanyu blunder

Three-time world champion Nathan Chen topped the short programme leaderboard with a scintillating short programme that saw him smash the world record. The short programme destroyed the American's bid for Olympic glory in Pyeongchang but he goes into the free programme in Beijing in style, registering an all-time best score of 113.97 to beat Yuzuru Hanyu's record of 111.82. Ad/> Two-time Olympic champion Hanyu failed to complete his first element in the short programme and went on to finish eighth with his score of 95.15.

Beijing 2022Chen hoping Hanyu showdown isn't derailed by Zhou's positive test13 HOURS AGO /> There was plenty of anticipation going into Hanyu's Beijing debut as he made public he was going to try and become the first Olympian to successfully produce a quad Axel jump. But in his first element of the short programme he lost ten points for failing to produce a quad jump. The rest of his programme was done cleanly but his final score would not be enough to put him near the top three.

When will Yuzuru Hanyu skate next? Beijing 2022: Schedule, big names, key events and more Hanyu said afterwards that his foot got stuck in a hole in the ice. «When I took off I was in some hole,» he told NBC. «Maybe from another skater doing a toeloop and a flip… I don't know.

I was in a hole. »I couldn't take off for the first jump but I actually didn't feel anything bad. «I was saying to myself 'OK this is unlucky' and I just focused on the next part.