Yu-Hsiang LI (TPE) | Men Short Program | ISU World Championships | Boston 2025 | #FigureSkating

So off on his way, the 18-year-old debuting here at the World Championships. The newly crowned champion of Chinese Taipei, this is Yuxiang Li. A superstar. Triple flip. Double axel. Yeah, super combination. Triple hooks, arms aloft. Triple toe on the end. Well, he couldn't have done much more, could he? Yes, the base value of that program not as high as some that we've seen or many that we're going to see. But what he did, he did the best to his ability. I think the spins in the program were super. Level fours on all three I had. And an enjoyable program which is skated with speed. Absolutely. He did everything that he could today. He really did. He had an excellent run of the blade through his step sequence. I thought it was really enjoyable. You're right, the technical content is not where we'll see it later in this event. But I believe that he can get there. And for where he's at in his skating career right now, he did such a superb job for himself today. Yeah, it's important to go out there and skate with confidence. Even if you're not feeling it, isn't it? You've got to try in some way, get your head around it and do the best you can. He really did that. In the practice, sorry. I was going to say, it was really enjoyable to watch. In the practice this morning, he fell on the triple lutz, first jump of his combination. I'm sure that rattled his nerves a little bit. Fabulous support here for all of the athletes. We've talked about the crowd. They really are playing a part here at these World Championships here in Boston. The crowd can do so much to elevate the experience for the athlete. They really can. Here we go, triple flip. Nice job. Here's his flying spin. Using the sit forward feature there. He was awarded a level 4, as you mentioned, Chris, on all of his spins. Nice combination. And earning a little bit in the grade of execution on that element too. He earned 11.87 points for that element in the second half of his program. It's great, isn't it, when you see a skater come out of an element with that sort of facial expression. I love it. Come on, bring it on. Fabulous stuff. So 66.17 is his season's best score. What's he got? 69.63 is his season's best score. Fantastic stuff. If you're going to do it, this is the place to do it.