Beijing Olympics – Nathan Chen Olympic figure skating champion after a brilliant free program

There was him and the others. And we veiled our faces if we still thought that there could be a match. This match, Nathan Chen had already folded after the short program (113.97 points), two days ago, which had allowed him to establish his supremacy. However, it was necessary to avoid flinching, this Thursday, during the free program.

Hanyu and the crazy attempt at the quadruple axel

If most of his opponents flinched, found themselves on the ground missing receptions, he remained in control of his subject, by proposing a program of very high technical level and without slag. A performance rewarded at its fair value by the judges (218.63).

With a total of 332.60 points, the skater from Salt Lake City was well ahead of Yuma Kagiyama (310.05) and Shoma Uno (293.00), the Japanese prospect. Just some may regret that the American did not attempt a quadruple axel. Yuzuru Hanyu, he shot down this card, which had never been done in an official competition. Without success. Eighth after the court, the double Olympic champion finished at the foot of the podium (4th). This time, there was no match with his rival. On the French side, we note the 12th place of Kévin Aymoz and the 14th of Adam Siao Him Fa.