U.S. Figure Skater Amber Glenn Addresses Missing Out on Winter Olympics Medal

Disappointed with the result, Glenn later returned to the ice to complete the triple loop that had troubled her.

“Come with me to do the jump that cost me an Olympic medal,” she said in a TikTok video.

During the short program, Glenn had landed a double loop instead of the triple and was given zero points for an invalid attempt. In the follow-up video, however, she executed it cleanly.

“That’s fine. I’m fine. I’m fine,” she said afterwards in relief. “Everything’s fine.”

Glenn had left the ice in tears following her short program but responded with resilience, landing both her signature triple loop and triple axel cleanly in the free skate to climb to fifth place. While she narrowly missed out on an individual medal, the Texas native remained proud of her effort.

“I’m ecstatic. I’m happy that I did my job,” she said afterward, via FOX Sports. “Of course, there’s so much that I wish I could have done better, and there’s going to be so many ‘What ifs?’ after this. But to tell myself that I did what I could, that’s enough.”

Glenn, the oldest U.S. woman to compete in Olympic singles figure skating since 1928, leaves her first Winter Games with her head held high after helping secure team gold. The achievement adds to her six other major gold medals, including three U.S. national championships.