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Amber Glenn short program dance: USA figure skater left in tears after shaky performance hurts medal chances
Amber Glenn was poised to show out at the 2026 Winter Olympics. But she lost her rhythm during her short program, seeing her score tumble as a result.
The American superstar finished eighth among the competition.
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Figure skating shocker: Ilia Malinin falls multiple times in final men's event, misses podium
Friday was set to be a day Ilia Malinin and figure skating fans would remember for a long time. That may remain true, but not for the reason Team USA wanted. The odds-on favorite for the gold medal in the men’s figure skating competition,
Ilia Malinin struggled to find words for the figure skating upset that shocked the world Friday. "I can't process what just happened," Malinin said just moments after an uncharacteristic skate that resulted in one of the biggest surprises of the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Alysa Liu became the latest Olympic athlete to earn a medal that broke as she detailed having to return the item after it detached from its ribbon following her team event win on Feb. 8.
Malinin is the son of two Russian-born Olympic figure skaters, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skorniakov, who competed for Uzbekistan at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, and the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City. They later moved to Virginia, where Ilia was born in 2004. He started skating at age 6.