Here's why the showdown between Nathan Chen and Yuzuru Hanyu was one of Winter Games' most exciting rivalries
, 22, comes to these Winter Games a three-time and reigning world champion, the 27-year-old Hanyu, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, is out to tie a nearly 100-year-old record—and best Chen for the first time since PyeongChang 2018.
Here, a breakdown of what’s at stake for both athletes, and what you can expect when the program begins tonight at 8:15pm E.T.Four years ago, in his first Olympics, Nathan Chen succumbed to nerves in his short program and finished 17th, but fought back to win the free skate with five clean quads and place fifth overall. Yuzuru Hanyu, who won the first Olympic gold medal for Japan in Sochi in 2014, won another in 2018, tying Dick Button’s record, set in 1952, of two consecutive Olympic titles.
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