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Nathan Chen of the United States set a world record in the short program at the Beijing Olympics.

If there was any doubt, star US figure skater Nathan Chen insisted on ice: "That was then, and now it is." The 22-year-old scored a world record 113.97 in the short program at the Beijing Winter Games on Tuesday, which included a quad flip, a triple axle and a quad-litz-triple tulip combo.

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This was far from his disappointing performance at the 2018 Pyongyang Olympics.

The record breaks the previous record set by two-time defensive gold medalist Yuzoro Haniyo of Japan, who had a difficult start to Tuesday's performance. According to an NBC Olympics report, Honey's first jump was to be a quadruple salvo, but he performed a single salvo instead. On Tuesday, Japan's Yuma Kagiyama was second behind China and fellow Japanese skater Shuma Ono was third. Chen, from Salt Lake City, Utah, had already performed brilliantly on Friday. He scored the second shortest program in the team event with 111.71 points and helped the American team win the silver medal. In Pyongyang, he finished fourth in the team event short program and later 17th in the singles short program. Now, a strong free skate could make Chen the Olympic champion on Thursday. Team USA tweeted "Redemption" in all capital letters after Tuesday's stellar performance. Chen, who said he came "just to have fun", said after Tuesday's program that he was grateful for every opportunity.