Winter Olympics 2022 - Nathan Chen wins figure skating gold as Yuzuru Hanyu falls attempting quad axel

Nathan Chen has won his first Olympic gold medal after producing a season best performance in the free skating. The American, who smashed the world record to produce a score of 113.97 in the free programme, went on to produce another fantastic display to seal USA's third Olympic gold medal at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Ad/> Dancing to Elton John's Rocket Man, Chen won by a distance with a combined score of 332.60 after he successfully landed all five of his quads in a brilliant routine.

Beijing 2022Will quad axel help Hanyu pull off greatest Olympic comeback?YESTERDAY AT 14:16 /> Japan's Yuma Kagiyama took silver with a score of 310.05 and his compatriot Shoma Uno the bronze with 293.00. Beijing 2022 LIVE Beijing 2022 schedule, big names, key events and more «Elton would be proud of him,» Eurosport's Simon Reed said on commentary. «What a man.

What a competitor. After all that pressure and all that happened four years ago [rallied to finish fifth in Pyeongchang] he's doubled it up. Brilliant short.

Huge long programme and he's won by a distance.» «That is a special moment, unbelievable.» Co-commentator Chris Howarth said. «He wasn't perfect but it was so difficult. Jason Brown said after skating last in the short programme 'it's not easy to hold it together'.

You are off the ice for 40 minutes in the long. »He had to come out and nail the combination at the beginning. It was so key for Nathan and he hung on by the skin of his teeth.

«He could taste the gold medal about halfway through the programme he allowed himself a little smile. He is a phenomenon.» Chen's great rival Yuzuru Hanyu failed to produce a quad axel in the opening element and then slipped as he went for the quad salchow in his second move. The two