Nathan Chen's WORLD RECORD short program! 🥇⛸ 

Totally agree…so proud of him.

I watched his SP in 2018 & didnt watch the LP in 2018. I think I jinxed his SP in 2018, so I didnt watch his SP in 2022. I only saw his programs "after" he skated. I'm so glad he skated for his Olympic enjoyment & not stress or weight of the U S. (I still had fingers crossed🤣)🤞👍

@@yolandawhite9327 Jinx? What nonsense!!

We all thought we jinxed him. He needed to grow his mental strength. Still watched his short program after. I watched his long live with no commentators it was awesome.

Yes, and it's why I get annoyed at people who say he's all jumps and no artistry.

@@sandyshanks111 Most of those who say that are fanyus who sadly became well known for such derogatory and non-argumentative remarks towards Nathan :,(

He's amazing. I agree his musicality and grace are impeccable. He skates with natural, unassuming masculinity which has refreshed my interest in the sport.

​@@claudiaalvarez6315 I'm a big fanyu and I'm sorry on the behalf of others who say stuff like that :( Yuzu's and Nathan's fans are having unnecessary fights all the time even though Yuzu and Nathan respect each other and are both incredible athletes.

@@sandyshanks111they only say that bc hes american lol anytime an american excels at any sport the trolls discount everything AMAZING they do like it should be taken for granted and catastrophize any perceived shortcomings - even when the person theyre criticizing is CLEARLY the best in the world (like with Simone Biles and so many others) lol

I would say putting a quad lutz-triple toe combination in the second half of the program is crazy risky if it didn’t look so easy for him 😂

Aside from Jason Brown, who had no quads in his programs, Nathan is the only men's skater at the Olympics to skate two clean programs back-to-back with all positive GOE on all elements and no deductions. Actually, he skated three clean programs counting the team SP, which means he landed 9 quads at the Olympics. Amazing.

@@L1623VP his FS was not perfect (that 1F must haunt him) but still a fantastic achievement

@@al.m765 You missed my point. The 1F in the LP is not considered a mistake by the judges, and therefore, there is no deduction for that. In fact, Nathan received a +1.63 GOE on that combination. He only lost points in base value because it ended up being an easier jump at the end instead of the triple, and probably would have gotten a higher GOE, but that's not considered a "mistake" with regard to the judging. Had he completed the 3F, he would have earned 5-8 more points in higher base value and GOE, and nearly matched or slightly surpassed his own LP world record. Yes, he said in an interview that his first thought after finishing his LP was that darned 1F. Oh well, Nathan at 99% perfection is still head and shoulders above everyone else.

@@sterfonstuff I have watched this program maybe two dozen times. I know how the story ends. And yet every time I watch it, I am blown away AGAIN by the sheer ballsiness of that second-half 4Lz-3T. Like, respectfully, sir, what the f***?? That is an objectively insane plan! And yet! He not only pulls it off but nails literally everything in the program! It never gets any less impressive to me.

Berapa kalipun melihatnya aku tanpa sadar menangis sangat indah antara nathan musik koreo semua perasaan dan emosinya melebur jadi satu menyentuh hati menyentuh jiwa nathan the best love you

watch Yuzuru Hanyu choppin ballad no.1

Shae-lynn Bourne and Nathan Chen are both geniuses indeed!

@@MinMin-sv5nz Ballade No1 is for sure one of the best choreographed - in fact my favourite SP of all time - but it's certainly not the most difficult. If it included 4f, 4lo, or 4lz I would argue it's even more difficult than La Boheme.

Yuzuru is the only athlete in human history to design the music, dance moves, and pull off all the stunts. I am very blessed to be able to witness such a genius but also humble gentleman. If Byron were here to see this, I bet there would be heart-wrung poems created.

@@FeiChenCheng … Still hurting? 😅

Lots of real ballet training in his arms body and posture. No one does that

As brilliant as the jumps are, it's the upper body movements that are stunning.

ITA. He never stops interpreting the melody and the 3-beat with his skates and body movements. I don't understand the persistent "all jumps, nothing in-between" criticism some people still throw at him. Are they blind or what?! (Well, maybe they're blinded by his blindingly superb jumps, but still)

@@LittleB2007 As a dance instructor, I mainly watch the ice dancers when I can and this video popped up. I loved this enough to comment. He has beautiful lines and he skates with his whole body with spatial awareness of head, arms and hands. My aunt is an ice dancer and still practices 3 times a week while in her 70s, bless her. When I told her how impressed I was with Chen's short program, she told me that she saw him skate by the boards and what the cameras fail to capture is his strong feet and the agility of his footwork.

@@roemavel9643 Your aunt made shrewd observations. Jackie Wang said that his skating was similar to an ambidextrous person who can write with either hands, his has great balance on both forward and backward skating and has the agility to switch between them frequently.

Nathan was a ballet dancer as a child, and is a trained classical pianist. The artistry and musicality just come naturally to him. What a breathtaking performance.

А мне не нравится, шома Уно лучше, я уже не говорю про Ханю, вот он действительно единственный смелый фигурист который положил все свои заслуги под киолесо истории, а Чен слишком аккуратный неинтересный

ITA!

Same here

共感します、ネイサンほどの完璧なスケーターはいません✨✨✨

I agree! We need him so much! His insight on skating is worlds apart from the past. He skates with his heart on his sleeve you can see it in each performance. I hope he comes back in 2026. If not we will be missing the best. He us our Cheneration! ❤️🙏🙏😇😇❤️😁

@@user-vu8le5wz6j 同感，真正直率的男人，低调的他，希望他的将来一切顺利

well said. Love his skate forever.

👍👍👍

Don’t say that. Fanyu’s will tell that it’s all jumps, no choreography, and no transitions.

@@Gemini530 Fanyus live on their own planet, where Nathan apparently hates skating, doesn't care about artistry, has worse jumping technique than Yuma Kagiyama (legit sth a fanyu argued on twitter) and deserves 6s and 7s in PCS. The reality is that Yuzuru hasn't been able to keep up with Nathan for years and now even his teammates have overtaken him. He's gradually fallen from 1st in the world to 2nd, then 3rd, then 4th, but fanyus still think it's because he gets robbed by the judges and not because he literally can't land his jumps the way he used to.

@SimplyLex ... Actually Yuzuru is in his best form ever. He's been doing quads in his free skate more than before 2018. I think it's just that Nathan is better.

@@Gemini530 Hanyu in best form ever? He only managed to land one type of quad here.

No

Nò one better than him🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Yes💪❤️💪

I was reading a list of entrants yesterday and didn't see his name. Hope I just overlooked it somehow. I'm not ready for him to stop competing.

@@erinm9568 He recently withdrew due to an injury, I hope I can see him perform soon

На миллион процентов с вами согласна!!!!!

@@user-jh5kl4ki6c спасибо.

Уже нет малинин превзошёл его

No lo ha superado, Ilia salto espectacular, aún le falta desafiar la música, salta con una canción de cuna 😂😂😂😂😂

As if that has never been done before. And no most of his quads are visibly shaky on the landing (not during this Performance but for example GPF2019, US nationals 2020 etc.) and they Lack flow, transitions and mostly don't fit the music. Nothing special there.

@@bendyStraws3Lz No skater has ever done what Nathan has done. His record score will stand for many years to come. Period.

@@bendyStraws3Lzwhat? Are we even watching the same thing? His jumps here are 100% clean. Perhaps you were talking about his free skate? And no, no one before him did what he did in terms of the difficulty in quads. Only now Ilia Manilin is beating his record. And if you want to talk about shaky jumps, I’ve always felt that about Yuzuru Hanyu for example. Jumps always looked dangerous while Nathan’s almost always nice and clean.

BS​@@bendyStraws3Lz

Not true the judges aren’t stupid.

I know!! I love watching his hands. Few skaters extend their body lines to the finger tips. His hands alone are expressive. Some other skater (🤭) to me, has just noodle arms and tends to use his arms to just punctuate the music notes. That’s not emotion or interpretation to me. What Nathan does, is.

ITA. Nathan's sublime performance fully expresses the nostalgic and emotional melody and lyrics of this chanson. ( I looked up the French words in mon dictionnaire. ) I think it natural his program component score be high.

Mostly fanyus and some of Jason's fans, they'd expect a hydroblading, a Biellmann spin... or something like that. They're so ingrained with those 2 elements, without them transitions seem empty. Those elements are not mandatory because there are others in transition; athletes can choose to do some or others depending on their individual styles.

as Nathan's coach, Rafael had said 6:3:1 " don't you think it's a beautiful number " Nathan's may most likely ain't come back competitively.😢 as Davis & White had said on missing 2018 Pyeongchang "we have our GOLD" July2022

@@jeri7bPLG I hope he doesn't come back because I want him to go out on top the way Yagudin did. That's very hard to say because I miss him so much already, but I want Nathan to leave us with the last image of his competitive career as the greatest skater in the history of the sport, holding all the big titles simultaneously and in his prime. Some skaters like Hanyu stay in too long, and we watch them degrade because of age and injury. I don't want that for Nathan. Even he can't escape biology and aging. Nathan pushed men's skating so far, so fast, that in a 5-quad LP world, the men are aging out sooner because the physical demands are so much higher. The only skater that has the ability to continue skating to Nathan's level might be Ilia Malinin, but we'll have to see how he develops. I remember quite a few new young hot skaters who burst onto the scene and then didn't deliver; they didn't become the "next big thing".

😂

Yes ! No one was able to make single quad Lutz, not to mention about combination quad lutz with triple toeloop ....

Not Yuzuru Hanyu anymore!

I admit, I don't like these feathers and flowers, always the same.

I have to disagree. If we're talking about the program as a whole, this is probably the most unbalanced program among the top skaters at Beijing. It's completely focused on the jumps, the rest of the program is basic (and there's a lot of two-feet skating, like A LOT, his feet are glued to the ice) and there aren't any difficult entrances or exits on the jumps, cause that makes the jumps unstable and if you're betting everything on them, you want to be (close to) perfect. If we're talking about jumps layout, then yes, probably is one of the most difficult. Nathan is a really great jumper, his programs are fun... he could aim higher, but I don't think we will see him anymore.

本当にそうですね！　「ラ・ボエーム」は知らなかったのですが、この演技のおかげで興味を持つようになって、曲の歌詞を見つけて、訳を読みました。そうしたら、パリで芸術家を目指した若いときを思い出しているという内容でした。そういうわけで、普通の勤め人みたいな衣装なのか～、と納得。