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Amber Glenn after her performance on Feb. 19, 2026 at the Winter Olympics.
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- Amber Glenn scored a redemptive 147.52 in her free skate in the women's final on Feb. 19
- Glenn pumped her fist with pride after finishing her performance
- The figure skater bounced back from a disappointing short program performance
Amber Glenn bounced back from a disappointing short program with a confident, redemptive free skate in the women's skating finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Glenn, 26, broke down in tears upon finishing her short program on Feb. 17, as she failed to complete her triple axel, a required element. But two days later, she put her best foot forward, scoring an impressive 147.52 and putting her in first place at the Milano Ice Skating Arena in Italy on Thursday, Feb. 19.
Glenn was pleased with herself upon completing her performance, as she pumped her fist with pride before skating off into the kiss and cry. As she awaited her score, she shared a message to "everyone at home."
"Thank you for staying with me, believing in me," she told the camera. "I love you, and I'm gonna keep saying what I need to say."
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Amber Glenn reacts upon hearing her score at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Feb. 19.
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She also told the audience that she "didn't fall at the Olympics."
Glenn is currently sitting in first place with 12 skaters to go, and will wait to see if she has a shot at a medal.
After Glenn's skate in the short program, the athlete took to social media to tell fans she was "coping well" in the aftermath.
"Landing my highest scoring 3Axel,” she wrote over a video that featured herself celebrating, then quickly switching up her mood to frustration. “Messing up the last jump and getting it invalidated.”
“I'm coping well thanks for asking ” Glenn captioned the TikTok.
She also shared an adorable image of a dog wearing a baseball cap with an inspirational message to her Instagram Stories after her first skate.
“The world has ended for me many times and yet tomorrow still comes. Keep going,” the post read.
Glenn previously won a gold medal earlier in the Games as part of the team skating event alongside teammates like Alysa Liu and Ilia Malinin.
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Amber Glenn leaves her emotions on the ice after her short program at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Feb. 17, 2026.
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Malinin, 21, was in the audience during the short program, and one day later, he told PEOPLE he spoke to Glenn afterward to offer some words of support. "I've told her that, you know, this is something that we all go through," said Malinin, who also came up short of expectations in the single skate on Feb. 13.
"It's, you know, it's not always a pleasant feeling," Malinin continued, "but it's something that we need to embrace and we have to move on from no matter what, because no matter what happens, we always have to get up and go do it again."
Liu, 20, watched Glenn's first skate from the media mixed zone on Feb. 17 and spoke to reporters about her teammate, saying, “She’s gone through so much and she works so friggen’ hard, like genuinely, such a hard worker and she’s overcome a lot. I just want her to be happy. That’s genuinely all I want. And so I’ll be seeing her later, don’t worry guys. We’ll stick together.”
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