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A world record was set Friday in the figure skating team event — and it came from the host nation.
China dazzled in the third segment of Friday's session: pairs skating. Sui Wenjing and Han Cong, skating to music from the movie "Mission Impossible 2," set a short program world record score of 82.83 points.
After three segments of the total eight, the United States leads with 28 points. The ROC (Russian Olympic Committee) has 26 points, while China is in third with 21 points. The team event is scheduled to conclude Monday.
To start off the team event Friday, American men’s figure skater Nathan Chen put the US in the lead with his performance in the men’s single short skate portion of the program. Chen, a three-time world champion at just 22 years old, notched a personal best of 111.71 to give Team USA 10 points.
Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue extended Team USA’s lead, adding 10 points for their top performance in the ice dance rhythm dance portion of the team competition.
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