‘It Was Soul Crushing.’ Amber Glenn Opens Up About Her Disappointing Olympic Short Program

Amber Glenn, who is making her Olympic debut at the Milano Cortina Games, is fighting to preserve the joy of her experience.

A fierce advocate of mental health and LGBTQ rights, Glenn was only one of two skaters to land a triple axel in the women’s short program on Feb. 17. Normally that would be enough to put her within shouting distance of a medal. (The other skater to land one, Japan’s Ami Nakai, leads the women going into the final.) Skating to Madonna’s “Like a Prayer,” Glenn then...