Amber Glenn needed to give herself some reassurance.
On Friday, the American figure skater hit the ice to complete the jump that knocked her down in the standings during Tuesday’s short program and ultimately cost her a medal at the Milano Cortina Games.
Glenn, 26, shared the moment on TikTok, taking viewers with her as she completed the jump — a triple loop — which she failed to execute Tuesday.
She completed a double loop instead and was given zero points for an invalid element, with her score of 67.39 dropping her to 13th place.
“Come with me to do the jump that cost me an Olympic medal,” Glenn said in the video.
Upon skating backwards, Glenn launched into the jump and landed it cleanly.
“That’s fine. I’m fine. I’m fine,” she said immediately afterwards in relief. “Everything’s fine.”
The Texas native’s short program left her in tears as she skated off the ice.
Glenn rebounded Thursday with a season-best free skate score of 147.52.
In the four-minute program, Glenn landed the triple loop and the triple axel, which she is known for, and pumped her fist after she finished.
Her only mistake came in touching the ice on her final jump.
“I just thought, ‘I’m going to do what I do best, which is enjoy skating,’” Glenn said, “and that’s what I did today.”
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Glenn finished fifth with a total of 214.91, with her teammate, Alysa Liu, taking gold to end the U.S. women’s 24-year figure skating drought with a score of 226.79.
Although her individual run at the Olympics didn’t result in a medal, Glenn is walking away from this year’s games with her head held high.
“I’m ecstatic. I’m happy that I did my job,” she said afterward. “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 is the oldest woman to represent the United States in singles figure skating at the Olympics since 1928.