Hanyu in recent weeks has raised the possibility of attempting a quad Axel, skating’s most difficult jump and one that has never been successfully landed in competition. Uno, with five quads in his routine, has a potential technical mark of 98.43. By comparison, if Kagiyama skates cleanly in his program which includes four quads his maximum technical score is 94.55. “For any athlete it will be difficult, if not impossible, to beat him,” Uno admitted.Ĭhen’s free skate program to Elton John’s “Rocket Man” loaded with five quad jumps and a degree of difficulty unmatched by his fellow competitors has a potential technical score of 101.24 points. If he performs his best there will indeed be amazing skating but none of his rivals will be able to match it. “So there’s going to be quite a lot of amazing skating on Thursday.”Ĭhen, who is majoring in statistics and data science at Yale, had to know his statement was only partially correct. “None of these competitors are people you should take for granted or people you think, ‘Oh, they’re out of the running.’ Every single person is still very, very much in the running and it’s not easy to be able to make it to the Olympics, especially in Japan where the field is so deep. “So right now my focus is on getting ready to do my best Thursday. “(Other) competitors are not really in my control nor is score nor is a lot of variables,” Chen said. Teenager Yuma Kagiyama, the 2021 World Championships runner-up to Chen, and his Japan teammate Shoma Uno, the 2018 Games silver medalist go into the free skate in second (108.12) and third place (105.90) with Yuzura Hanyu, the two-time defending Olympic champion, eighth (95.15). Nathan Chen’s defining moment is ahead in BeijingĬhen, 22, the three-time World champion, takes a daunting lead into the long program after posting a 113.97 score for a flawless performance of the most difficult short program in history.
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