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Amber Glenn left everything out there on the ice Thursday in the women's free skate at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
And wow, what a performance it was for the U.S. figure skater, who experienced a painful short program just two days ago inside the Milano Ice Skating Arena that had her placed 13th on the leaderboard heading into Thursday's event.
Glenn's free skate performance included a spectacular triple axel, the hardest jump on the women's side, and put her in first place in Thursday's portion of the women's singles event with a score of 147.52 to finish with a total of 214.91.
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Glenn opened with a triple axel that reached an incredible height and earned her 10.40 points, 0.34 higher than her short program triple axel.
In the Kiss-and-Cry section inside the arena while awaiting her scores, NBC's broadcast caught Glenn saying, "I’m at the Olympics. I didn’t fall. I didn’t fall at the Olympics."
Glenn's performance and response had her receiving extra flowers and applause from those on social media who were watching.
Here's a snippet of reactions on social media to Glenn's program on Thursday at the Winter Olympics:
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And wow, what a performance it was for the U.S. figure skater, who experienced a painful short program just two days ago inside the Milano Ice Skating Arena that had her placed 13th on the leaderboard heading into Thursday's event.
Glenn's free skate performance included a spectacular triple axel, the hardest jump on the women's side, and put her in first place in Thursday's portion of the women's singles event with a score of 147.52 to finish with a total of 214.91.
REQUIRED READING: Olympics figure skating live updates: Alysa Liu headlines free skate for USA
Glenn opened with a triple axel that reached an incredible height and earned her 10.40 points, 0.34 higher than her short program triple axel.
In the Kiss-and-Cry section inside the arena while awaiting her scores, NBC's broadcast caught Glenn saying, "I’m at the Olympics. I didn’t fall. I didn’t fall at the Olympics."
Glenn's performance and response had her receiving extra flowers and applause from those on social media who were watching.
Social media reactions to Amber Glenn's bounce-back free skate program at Winter Olympics
Here's a snippet of reactions on social media to Glenn's program on Thursday at the Winter Olympics:
Redemption time for Amber Glenn!#FigureSkating#Olympics#MilanoCortina2026#ISUShowtimepic.twitter.com/NO98Z1ZnsA
— ISU Figure Skating (@ISU_Figure) February 19, 2026
Redemption skate for Amber Glennpic.twitter.com/qsTuOEQpGg
— The Sporting News (@sportingnews) February 19, 2026
Amber Glenn bounces back in style
Her reaction is everything
— espnW (@espnW) February 19, 2026
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