Amber Glenn delivered a powerful free skate on Thursday, vaulting up the women\u2019s leaderboard after a disappointing short program earlier in the week. Her performance \u2014 emotional and nearly flawless \u2014 has reopened U.S. medal conversations as the event heads into its final phase.<\/p>\n
Glenn scored 147.52 in the free skate, bringing her combined total to 214.91<\/strong>. The result moved her into the provisional lead with several top contenders still to skate, including American teammates Alysa Liu<\/strong> and Isabeau Levito<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On Tuesday, a failed jump in the short program cost Glenn crucial points and dropped her down the standings. She described that result as crushing, but returned to the ice on Thursday with a visibly different mindset.<\/p>\n After completing her technical elements, Glenn beamed for the crowd, let out a celebratory yell with her coach, and punctuated the run with a fist pump \u2014 small, human reactions that underscored how much the skate meant to her.<\/p>\n Speaking to NBC after the program, Glenn said she consciously chose to enjoy the moment, acknowledging she could have skated better while also celebrating that she \u201cstayed on [her] feet at the Olympics\u201d during a spiral sequence. That balance of realism and relief framed her comeback.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n <\/tr>\n \n <\/thead>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n <\/tr>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n <\/tr>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n <\/tr>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n <\/tr>\n \n <\/tbody>\n \n<\/table>\n Those numbers are provisional: the free skate is still underway and a number of top skaters have yet to perform. Glenn\u2019s score sets a high bar, but it is not definitive.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n<\/ul>\n Glenn\u2019s program on Thursday was a reminder of how quickly fortunes can change in figure skating: a single mistake can be costly, but a composed free skate can revive medal hopes. As the competition progresses, the focus will be on whether she can hold the lead and how the rest of the field responds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":43406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"schema_org_data":"{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Amber Glenn\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.themoviedb.org\/person\/5382020\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Alysa Liu\",\"image\":\"https:\/\/image.tmdb.org\/t\/p\/w500\/saEJy46kOQMH4U0O1BYBy3iQY5x.jpg\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.themoviedb.org\/person\/5382026\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Isabeau Levito\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.themoviedb.org\/person\/5382027\"]}]}","_extracted_celebrities":null,"_extracted_movies":"","_extracted_places":"","_extracted_videos":"","_last_enrichment_date":"2026-02-26 09:01:42","footnotes":""},"categories":[188],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"yoast_head":"\nFrom disappointment to a comeback moment<\/h3>\n
What the score means now<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n <\/p>\nSegment<\/th>\n Score<\/th>\n <\/p>\n Free skate<\/td>\n 147.52<\/td>\n <\/p>\n Short program<\/td>\n 67.39<\/td>\n <\/p>\n Total<\/strong><\/td>\n 214.91<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/p>\n Current placement<\/td>\n 1st (provisional)<\/td>\n Immediate implications<\/h3>\n
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