For some time, it seemed like American champion Glenn might need produced an Olympic comeback for the ages.
She was down in thirteenth following a disastrous brief program which left her in tears after she missed her triple loop, that means it was scored zero as an invalid component.
Glenn – who’s open about her bisexuality and criticism of USA president Donald Trump – has been a magnet for on-line backlash, and got here out on Thursday in Milan with some extent to show.
Regardless of struggling a heavy fall within the warm-up she attacked her free skate, together with a triple axel to begin then a fancy triple loop and double axel sequence.
She punched the air on the conclusion, and whilst she missed out on a medal she had the physique language of somebody happy to have introduced her greatest to the Olympic stage.
The identical couldn’t be stated for Petrosian, who was aiming to be the second Particular person Impartial Athlete (AIN) of the day to win a medal at Milan-Cortina 2026.
{The teenager} is underneath the tutelage of controversial Eteri Tutberidze – the coach of Kamila Valieva on the final Olympics – who was rinkside throughout Petrosian’s pre-skate.
However the 18-year-old’s medal hopes have been all however dashed on her first routine as she tried a quad toe loop however fell.
If she had nailed her complicated routine, gold was possible. However as an alternative Petrosian was left stony confronted, and she or he exited the stage rapidly when it was confirmed she had missed the rostrum.
