Nathan Chen weighs in on Amber Glenn’s short program qualifying performance
Nathan Chen breaks down Amber Glenn's short program skate.
Video Transcript
Last up for the US was Amber Glenn, and the program started off so great, so great with that triple axel.
It was beautiful, really one of the best triple axels I've seen from her.
And then the flip toe was also, also there, a little bit, a little tight on that, on that second toe, and it looked like she got, a Q on that as well.
And then heading into that last triple loop, it unfortunately did not go the way that she wanted it to, and doubled the triple loop.
It's always tough at the end of the program.
You're tired, your legs are a little bit heavier, and you also feel the expectations of knowing, "Okay, this is my last element.
Let's make the- make it the best."
And then sometimes that can get in your head, and you can rush a little bit, and in my eyes, it looked like she just was a little bit faster into that, into that loop.
and unfortunately, she bailed out of it and, and ended up with a double.
