After Costly Short Program Mistake, Amber Glenn Delivers Redemption on Olympic Ice

Three-time U.S. champion figure skater Amber Glenn entered the women’s short program during the Winter Olympics with legitimate medal hopes. She opened with a triple axel — a jump so difficult that virtually no other woman in the field attempts it — and landed it cleanly. Then, she made a mistake that erased every bit of that feat and then some.

On a relatively routine triple loop, Glenn lost her balance and doubled the jump. In the short program, that mistake earns zero points for the element.