This is his second year in the senior circuit.

He's an immensely talented, 17 year-old

In the GPF in the Québec City, he finished just off the podium in 4th.

He popped his lutz in the short program and that sees him

sitting in 7th place, 8 points back of the podium

He's a bit unpredictable

one of my favorites skaters for obvious reasons,

one of them being 3A-3T across the end of the rink,

also because you never know what he's going to do

Super unpredictable like I said, whenever he does take a fall

it's absolutely spectacular

legs, arms every where

That's not what he's focusing on right now

It's four revolutions and it's called the quad

- That was huge. - It was easy. Wow!

He has been talking himself, dancing around with his Walkman,

doing his program before the competition, psyching himself up

It's a sellout crowd here in Nice

and this audience is just eating it up

Take a second here, after these first few jumping passes

and let the adrenaline go away for a second or two

Get back down to business

That was amazing, he was able to save that jump

deep knee bend

I spoke to him during shows in Japan earlier this year

I asked him, "Are you an athlete or an artist?"

He said, "I am an artistic athlete.

When you say you never know

what to expect

expect the unexpected

watch this 3A

- 3A-3T - What a recovery!

- Kids got talent - Oh my God!

With a scream and a couple of fist pumps

He's channeling all his energy into this footwork,

and the audience is helping him out.

one jump left, the emotion is there but legs seem going down up.

Good boy!

Well, at the beginning of this free skate, he was 7 points off the podium

seemed like a mile away

now he just got a whole lot closer. Look out!

Super star is born.

They're out of their seats here in Nice.

the former world junior champion with his sight

set on the senior world podium

Tracy, you said 8 points a long way back

But

this is figure skating, and anything is possible here.

It's sport

And anything is possible,

that's why we collect together the best in the world

to see what would happen on that special day

This kid made it happen today.

Yuzuru Hanyu had the skate of his life today,

And look the score, a new season's best

by a whopping margin, 13 points

And only one skater has beaten that score this year,

and he's only beaten it once

And that's Patrick Chan

These are incredible numbers,

and the guys behind him getting ready to skate know it!