NATHAN CHEN zoomed to Olympic redemption to the strains of “Rocket Man” in Beijing today, thrusting clear of his rivals with a dazzling five-quad show in the men’s free skate.

“I never really felt I would be able to make it this far in my career,” said the 22-year-old Chen, who had entered the Pyeongchang Games four years ago as a teenage phenomenon, only to fluff his medal chances with a series of falls in the short programme.

“Of course, I’d always dreamed about making the Olympics and winning the Olympics, but I’d always thought: ‘That’s hard, I don’t know if I can make that happen’.”