Quad king: Twitter reacts to Chen's record-setting free skate
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So that's what all the hype was about.
Nathan Chen's brilliant free skate, in which he successfully performed an Olympic-record six quadruple jumps, shot him to first place with a total score of 297.35 after the 18-year-old struggled in his previous appearances at PyeongChang 2018.
Entering the games, Chen was widely considered a medal favorite, and after that last performance, it's not hard to see why. His groundbreaking skate led to some great reactions on Twitter.
All aboard the Chen hype train.