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WATCH: Nathan Chen's record-setting short program

The U.S. figure skater landed multiple quads to score a record 113.97 points at the Winter Olympics in Beijing. Watch his short program here.

BEIJING, China — Nathan Chen took to the ice Tuesday with an eye on avenging his poor performance in the men's short program four years ago in Pyeongchang and gave a performance for the ages.

The U.S. figure skater scored an astounding 113.97 points, shattering the world record for the most points ever scored in a short program. He opened with a perfect quad flip, breezed through a triple axel, and then drilled his quad flip-triple toe loop combination to leave the crowd in awe.

"I was just elated," Chen said. "At the last Olympics, both of the short programs didn't go the way I wanted. To finally get an opportunity to skate the programs I wanted feels really good."

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Chen's total was nearly 6 points ahead of Yuma Kagiyama of Japan, who ended the night in second place. He was nearly 20 points ahead of his longtime rival Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan, the two-time Olympic champion who bailed on his opening quad attempt in his short program.

Now all that's left is for Chen to put in a strong free skate Thursday to become Olympic champion.

Chen's teammate Jason Brown, who trains in Colorado Springs, scored a person best of 97.24 points in his short program to finish the night in sixth place.

> Click here to watch Jason Brown's short program.

American Vincent Zhou, who also trains in Colorado Springs, withdrew from the competition due to a positive COVID-19 test.

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Watch Nathan Chen's Olympics short program

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