Japans Yuzuru Hanyu became the first male figure skater to ever score above 100 points for a short program.

Zhang Hong was the first Chinese speed skater to win long-track gold.

But were going to give the honor to figure skater Jeremy Abbott.

This was his absolute worst nightmare coming true.

But then… he got up.

The crowd cheered, then clapped along to his music for the rest of the program.

He landed his triple lutz-triple toe combination and stood up on the triple axel.

When the music stopped, he was smiling.

It gave me chills.

Heres hoping for a nerves-free Feb. 14 free skate, which he enters in 15th place.

It was the greatest 12 of all time.

My, God, Roy, it was…Well, itsimmortal!

Im not able to skate, we heard him tell the judge.

But waiting till the last second like this, Russia has no man in the competition.

Hamilton believed it was unplanned as well.

Regardless, Plushenkos body is done.

His message to fans: I am normal people like you.

I am not robot.

I love anyone who 1.)

does a Tano lutz and 2.)

If youre not going tousethe music, dont use music.

Then theres no false hope.

But back to Brown.

He scored a personal best and finished the night in sixth without attempting a quad.

and an ability to entertain.

And in fifth, youve got Germanys Peter Liebers,whose Clocks short programNBC didnt have time to show.

Czech Republics Tomas Veneer landed in 13th skating a program to Dueling Banjos from theDeliverancesoundtrack.

You read that right.

Canadas Kevin Reynolds and his hair are in 17th after his program to AC/DCs Back in Black.

THE SLOPESTYLE BOYS:Get out the ceremonial broom!

The guys seem more inventive in the rails section and more creative in their jumps.

(Yes, I was up 1:15 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. you might guess how that went…

Still, Im glad the commentators seconded the idea Ive been pitching all week.

(The four American guys should get an endorsement deal for boxer briefs.)

The best moment, of course, was this shot below.

But he also loves his mother.

Gus excitedly kicking off his skis and tossing his poles.

The crowd got a nice chuckle.

Also, the boys kept smelling their bouquets, which was adorable.

So calm down, Dutch press, who are trying to make it into a thing.

Stop talking about the thing we no longer walk to talk about!

Nothing to see here!

The U.S.s Heather Richardson and Brittany Bowe finished 7th and 8th, respectively.

She had a second child, and then in 2012, had a miscarriage at 18 weeks.

It was then she returned to skeleton to give herself a focus other than Why?

Now, however, she does skeleton with her family by her side.

And theyre crying, and Im like, Okay, focus.

Ill see them in 60 seconds.'

Pikus-Pace is in second, and her son seems to be having fun with one of those annoying noise-makers.

Russias Yelena Nikitina is a surprise third.