and us figure skater, nathan shan tacoma, the 1st olympic gold medal. he delivered a rousing performance while skating to rocket man by elton john. he was able to land 5 quadruple jobs, living up to his nickname quad. the king. he went into thursday, thursday, speak with a world record score from the short program and t w's. sports correspondent jonathan crane is covering the games for us in beijing and joint aside jonathan. so you were on hand to see nathan chad dazel, the judges. and when that 1st gold metal and then figure skating, tell us what that was like. yeah, i have to say it was an absolute privilege to watch them in figure skating today, especially someone of a nascent chen's character and caliber, 4 years ago and young shag, he buckled under the pressure, he didn't even come away with a meadow this time around here. and basing, he skated without a care in the world. he was just so effortless on the ice, as you said, he downs, to rocket man by alton john. and he really just blasted off leaving his driver with a trail of smoke. it was really s