New Olympic records and world records at Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
From figure skater Nathan Chen to speed skater Nils van der Poel, Olympics.com looks at the new Olympic and world records, that have fallen at Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.
Beijing 2022 has been full of incredible feats of speed, daring, trickery and skill, but some athletes have gone where no other human has gone before, setting world records, Olympic records and high scores the likes of which the world has never seen.
From U.S. figure skater Nathan Chen to Swedish speed skater Nils van der Poel, find out which records have fallen at Beijing 2022.
World records
Nils van der Poel, men's speed skating 10,000m
Swedish speed skater Nils van der Poel had already won 5,000m gold in an Olympic record when he lined up in the final of the 10,000m. In a lightning-fast race on 11 February, the 25-year-old set an astonishing time of 12:30.74 to break his own 10,000m world record from February 2021.
“I am very satisfied," he said after the race. "This was the main goal when I started three years ago. It turned out a lot better than I could have ever imagined."
Suzanne Schulting, women's short track 1,000m
The Netherlands' Suzanne Schulting has taken the Olympic Winter Games by storm, setting three Olympic records, with her 1,000m short track time also the best-ever in the world. On 11 February, racing in the 1,000m quarter-final the flying Dutchwoman finished the race in 1:26.514 to record a new world record and wow the crowd inside the Capital Indoor Stadium.
"The quarterfinal first, I skated a world record and I was really excited," she said after winning gold in the final later in the day. "And I said, 'Oh s__t, I still have to do the semis and then we have the finals. I had to do two more races. I became really confident out there after skating a world record. I was really excited.
"I was focusing on what I had to do and on my technique and everything. It's insane."
Olympic records
If you're after Olympic records at Beijing 2022, you need look no further than the ice rink where speed skaters and short track stars have been rewriting the history books. Here is every Olympic record set at Beijing 2022.
Speed skating
Ireen Wust, Netherlands, speed skating women's 1,500m: 1:53.28
Irene Schouten, Netherlands, speed skating women's 3,000m, 3:56.93
Irene Schouten, Netherlands, speed skating women's 5,000m: 6:43.51
Canada, speed skating women's team pursuit: 2:53.44
Gao Tingyu, People's Republic of China, speed skating men's 500m: 34.32
Kjeld Nuis, Netherlands, speed skating men's 1,500m: 1:43.21
Nils van der Poel, Sweden, speed skating men's 10,000m: 12:30.74
Nils van der Poel, Sweden, speed skating men's 5,000m: 6:08.84
ROC, men's speed skating team pursuit: 3:36.62
Takagi Miho, women's speed skating 1000m: 1:13.19
Short track
Suzanne Schulting, Netherlands, women's 500m: 42.379
Suzanne Schulting, Netherlands, women's 1,000m: 1:26.514
Daeheon Hwang, Republic of Korea, men's 1,000m: 1:23.042
Liu Shaolin Sandor, Hungary, men's 1,500m: 2:09.213
Netherlands, mixed team relay, 2:36.437
Netherlands, women's 3,000m relay: 4:03.409
Choi Minjeong, Republic of Korea, women's 1500m: 2:16.831
High scores
Nathan Chen, USA, figure skating, men's individual short program
Although the ISU uses the terms high scores instead of world records, figure skater Nathan Chen's score of 113.97 in the short program of the men's individual event has never been achieved before.
The 22-year-old, who went on to win the gold medal after the free skate program, was delighted with his performance - particularly after he failed to score big in the program at PyeongChang 2018.
Sui Wenjing/Han Cong, People's Republic of China, figure skating, pairs short program
Chinese pair Sui Wenjing/Han Cong, who are double world champions and Olympic runners-up, had a perfect start to their Olympic adventure at home as they broke the record in the team event short program on 4 February, scoring 82.83 points. But they went one better in the pairs short program on 18 February, beating their own record with a score of 84.41 to wow the home crowd inside the Capital Indoor Stadium.
Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron, France, figure skating, ice dance
Four-time world champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France showed why they are among the best in the business by setting the highest score in history with 90.83 points in the rhythm dance program of the ice dance competition.
