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Nathan Chen, a figure skating star who is called a 'jump genius', took the first place with a fantastic performance in the team event short program, recording an individual high.
This is Correspondent Ha Seong-ryong.
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Nathan Chen's jump, which is the only one in the world to perform five types of four-round jumps, was different.
Starting with the first task, the quadruple flip, he took the triple axel with plenty of time, and then completed the continuous jump by attaching 3 turns to the 4th round lutz with the highest score, and took a bunch of extra points.
[Caster: If I were a spectator, I would have already stood up]
Chen, who embroidered silver with brilliant steps and spins, broke his own record with 111.71 points.
It is only 0.11 points away from the world record of 'figure king' Hanyu.
Chen took the first place in the men's singles short in the team event, beating Japan's Uno Shoma, who participated in the team event instead of Hanyu.
Chen, who finished 5th in the Olympics four years ago at the age of 19, made a series of jumping mistakes and threatened Hanyu, who was aiming for a third consecutive Olympic trophy with his perfect performance from the first performance of this competition following his three consecutive world championships. .
[Nathan Chen/USA Figure Skating Representative: I have grown a lot over a long time of 4 years.
I learned a lot, gained a lot of experience, and went to the world championships.
I will do my best in this Olympics.]
The match between Hanyu and Nathan Chen, one of the first big matches of this tournament, will start with the individual short program on the 8th.
(Video coverage: Gong Jin-goo, Lee Chan-soo, video editing: Woo-jung Woo)