{"id":8695,"date":"2026-02-19T19:12:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T19:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=8695"},"modified":"2026-02-19T19:12:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T19:12:41","slug":"medal-favorite-amber-glenn-left-in-tears-after-invalid-element-shock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=8695","title":{"rendered":"Medal Favorite Amber Glenn Left in Tears After \u201cInvalid Element\u201d Shock"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"relative z-10\">\n<div class=\"mb-0 md:mb-9 relative mx-0\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"overflow-hidden bg-lightGrey\" data-lead-image=\"true\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full\" title=\"Amber Glenn struggled in her short program routine to finish in 13th place.\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_10,w_5587,h_3142\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/voltaxMediaLibrary\/mmsport\/si\/01khptj5xcbkeds2sm4w.jpg\" alt=\"Amber Glenn struggled in her short program routine to finish in 13th place.\" width=\"5587\" height=\"3142\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex items-center gap-4 ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-grey font-group-tiny\" data-lead-image=\"true\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center gap-4 ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-grey font-group-tiny\" data-lead-image=\"true\">The three-time U.S. champion women\u2019s figure skater Amber Glenn was seen as a favorite to medal in the singles competition at the Milan Cortina Olympics.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"eyeo\" data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1703381\" data-uid=\"15b81\" data-src-id=\"${PUBLISHER_ID}\">\n<div id=\"mgw1703381_15b81\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><main class=\"min-w-0 flex-1\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"viewablity-block\">\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\">She came in to Tuesday\u2019s women\u2019s short program, the first of two events for the medal, alongside two other American skaters\u2014Alysa Liu and Isabeau Levito. Glenn went second to last in the competition and started off strong with a triple axel in her routine\u00a0to Madonna\u2019s \u201cLike a Prayer.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\">However, Glenn failed to do one of her jumps, giving her a zero in the technical skill category\u2014marked down as an \u201cinvalid element\u201d\u2014and there was a clear shift in her confidence from there on out. As soon as Glenn\u2019s performance ended, she remained on the ice with the saddest look on her face. As she bowed to the audience, she held back tears.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\">Glenn skated off the ice and immediately started crying into the arms of her coach Damon Allen. She could be heard saying \u201cI had it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2023881115962867857&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.si.com%2Fwinter-olympics%2Famber-glenn-had-saddest-reaction-brutal-mistake-womens-short-program&amp;sessionId=f80f0f1439e00f5c25c3944761b765ef234a7778&amp;siteScreenName=SInow&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"2023881115962867857\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-origwidth=\"\" data-origheight=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div id=\"mm-ad-placeholder-tout_d_5_7\" class=\"mm-slot-content\">\n<div id=\"tout_d_5_7_slot0_slot1\" data-gpid=\"\/23162276296\/sports_illustrated_core\/all\/si.com\/tout_d_2\" data-google-query-id=\"COGu55G745IDFendFgUdyDQJjQ\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/23162276296\/sports_illustrated_core\/all\/si.com\/tout_d_3__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-r2rzfb\"><span class=\"css-1lejymi\">FREE\u00a0:\u00a0<\/span>Get SI\u2019s Winter Olympics Newsletter in Your Inbox<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1guv6zu\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\">With a score of 67.39 in the short program, Glenn finished in 13th place in Tuesday\u2019s competition. Her mistake cost her seven technical points from her score. It\u2019ll be extremely difficult for her to medal on Thursday following the free skate.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\">Glenn\u2019s Team USA teammate Liu could win a medal on Thursday, which would end a 20-year drought of American female skaters not medaling in singles events at the Olympics. Liu finished third with a score of 76.59, which is her personal best, after a pretty flawless routine on Tuesday. Levito finished eighth with a score of 70.84.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\">Japan\u2019s Ami Nakai (78.71) and Kaori Sakamoto (77.23) sit in first and second place, respectfully.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mm-ad-placeholder-tout_d_5_8\" class=\"mm-slot-content\">\n<div id=\"\/23162276296\/sports_illustrated_core\/all\/si(dot)com\/tout_d____3____tout_d_5_8_slot0_slot1____2____58_2_teads\" data-gpid=\"\/23162276296\/sports_illustrated_core\/all\/si.com\/tout_d_3\" data-google-query-id=\"COWd25G745IDFSzrTAIdapsfIQ\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/23162276296\/sports_illustrated_core\/all\/si.com\/tout_d_2__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\">Team USA\u2019s devastating figure skating results at Milan Cortina Olympics<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\">Glenn isn\u2019t the first American figure skater to have a devastating moment at the Milan Cortina Olympics this year. Although Team USA started by winning the gold medal in the team event, the Americans have struggled in all of the figure skating events since.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\">To start, Madison Chock and Evan Bates were involved in a scoring controversy after\u00a0placing second in ice dancing. France\u2019s Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron took home the gold even though there were noticeable mistakes in their routine. It was later discovered that a French judge scored Beaudry and Cizeron much higher than the American duo in both the rhythm and free dance routines. On Wednesday, the French judge scored the former 7.71 points higher than the latter, while the other judges didn\u2019t give either team more than a 4.1-point advantage in any category.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mm-ad-placeholder-tout_d_5_9\" class=\"mm-slot-content\">\n<div id=\"tout_d_5_9_slot0_slot1\" data-gpid=\"\/23162276296\/sports_illustrated_core\/all\/si.com\/tout_d_4\" data-google-query-id=\"CJKI35C745IDFfXHFgUdKfkD6w\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/23162276296\/sports_illustrated_core\/all\/si.com\/tout_d_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-r2rzfb\"><span class=\"css-1lejymi\">WATCH SI TV:\u00a0<\/span>Sports Illustrated\u2019s 24\/7 Fast Channel<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1guv6zu\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\">Chock and Bates stated that there could be some improvement made\u00a0about the Olympic judge vetting process, but the International Skating Union\u00a0responded by defending the judging process\u00a0and emphasizing how there will always be a range of scores. U.S. Figure Skating elected to\u00a0not appeal the results.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\">Then, gold medal favorite Ilia Malinin\u00a0failed to medal in the men\u2019s individual program\u00a0as he made mistakes in his free skate routine. Malinin, like Glenn, was\u00a0visibly upset after his performance. He has since\u00a0posted online about his mental health struggles. But, he shared on Tuesday that he\u2019s had a strong support system around him,\u00a0and has heard from legendary athletes\u00a0like Tom Brady, Steph Curry and Simone Biles. Glenn already had support\u00a0from music legends Madonna\u00a0and Taylor Swift before the short program on Tuesday, and she\u2019ll likely experience a similar reaction to Malinin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/main>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\">\n<div class=\"eyeo\" data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1602770\" data-src-id=\"${PUBLISHER_ID}\" data-uid=\"154b6\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The three-time U.S. champion women\u2019s figure skater Amber Glenn was seen as a favorite to medal in the singles competition at the Milan Cortina Olympics. &nbsp; &nbsp;&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8696,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8695"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8697,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8695\/revisions\/8697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}