BEIJING, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Nathan Chen’s world record short programme in the Olympic figure skating was no surprise for his long-standing coach Rafael Arutyunyan but the emotion of the moment brought a tear to his eye, the Armenian American said on Wednesday.
Chen’s stunning 113.97-point skate put the world champion in the gold medal position ahead of Thursday’s free programme, where he will hope to claim the title four years after crashing out at the Pyeongchang Olympics.
Since Pyeongchang, where Chen finished fifth after an error-strewn short programme, the 22-year-old American has been unstoppable. He won all three world championships as part of a 14-event winning streak only broken at Skate America in October.
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