Amber Glenn
Out skater Amber Glenn nabs bronze at Nationals
COY COVINGTON | Contributing WriterCoyact@aol.com
Just two short weeks ago, on Jan. 27, Plano’s own Amber Glenn wowed the crowd and wooed the judges at the 2023 U.S. National Figure Skating Championships in San Jose and skated away with the coveted bronze medal. This wasn’t Glenn’s first trip to the podium at Nationals: She won the U.S. Jr. title at 14 years old and captured the silver medal in a glorious performance in 2021.
But she couldn’t help feeling a rush of vindication for medaling this year after having been forced to withdraw from the 2022 championships because she tested positive for Covid 19. It is said that the theater is a cruel mistress, but the ice can be both cooler and crueler.
Amber Glenn reacts
For the last several years, Glenn has been known for attempting — with mixed results — the most difficult triple jump in the Women’s arsenal — the treacherous triple axel.
During the six minute warm-up group before the free skate on the final night of the Women’s competition in San Jose, Glenn had a rough go of it attempting the triple axel again and again and failing. But when she returned to the ice to compete for the judges, there was a fight and a fire in her eyes that hadn’t been there before, leaving many with little doubt that she was going for that axel.
When it came time for the jump there was a would-she-or-wouldn’t-she-go-for-it feeling in the audience. Of course she went for it. Although she fumbled the landing a bit, she had hit all 3.5 revolutions in the air (in about 1 second) which was critical to the score. As long as she hit those revolutions, she got the full score — minus a few style points — and, of course, got the bronze medal.
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