Some of the best moments out of every Olympic Games, summer or winter, is when an athlete breaks an Olympic record. Medaling is difficult enough, earning gold is rare, but to then have a world record on top of it is always a highlight. Just like in past Olympics, this year's athletes have etched their names in history with record performances.

1. Nathan Chen, figure skating short program

United States figure skater Nathan Chen earned a score of 113.97 in his short program, a world record. The previous record holder was figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan.

2. Claudia Pechstein, oldest woman to compete in the Winter Olympics

German speedskater Claudia Pechstein is the oldest woman to ever compete at the Winter Olympics at 49 years and 348 days old.

3. Johan Clarey, oldest Olympic alpine skiing medalist

France's Johan Clarey of France took home the silver medal in the men's downhill alpine skiing, and at 41 years and 30 days old, he is the oldest Olympic medalist in alpine skiing.

4. Ireen Wüst, first athlete to win gold at five different Olympics

Qualifying for one Olympics is a big feat, but to attend and take home gold in five well, it had never been done, until now. Speedskater Ireen Wüst of the Netherlands has won an individual gold medal at five different Olympics, the first athlete in history to do so.

The 35-year-old attended her first Olympics in 2006. Since then, she has 12 medals, six being gold.

5. Irene Schouten, women's 3,000m speed skating

With a time of 3:56.93, Dutch speed skater Irene Schouten broke Germany's Claudia Pechstein previous record time of 3:57.7 set in 2002 .

Once again, Dutch speed skater Irene Schouten broke an Olympic record at the 2022 Games. She finished the 5000m event in 6:43.51, beating the previous record of 6:46.91 from 2002 set by Claudia Pechstein of Germany.

According to cbssports.com. Source of photo: internet