Nathan Chen earned his first career Olympic gold medal by winning the men’s singles event at the 2022 Beijing Games.
The 22-year-old American earned gold in the men’s singles figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Games. He clinched the title by receiving a 332.60 total score, giving him a 22.55-point victory over silver-winning Yuma Kagiyama of Japan. Shoma Uno, the 2018 silver medalist, came away with bronze to give Japan a second representative on the podium.
Chen earned a record score of 113.97 in the short program on Monday, giving him a 5.85-point lead over Kagiyama in second place. Kagiyama preceded Chen in the free skate and posted the best score of the day – until Chen took the ice. Kagiyama was the first skater to exceed 200 points in the free skate, picking up a 201.93 score. With Elton John playing throughout Capital Indoor Stadium, Chen gave the final performance of the event and dominated. Needing a 196.09 score to take the top spot, the judges gave Chen a whopping 218.63 for his free skate.
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