Milan — American hopes were sky high coming into the Olympic women’s figure skating competition. Could there be a U.S. sweep of the medals? Would the 20-year U.S. medal drought finally end? Who would be the breakout star among the trio known on social media as the Blade Angels: Amber Glenn, Alysa Liu and Isabeau Levito?
Then they all skated the short program Tuesday night, and two of the "Angels" fell back to earth, becoming so upset they didn’t stop to speak to waiting journalists — in stark contrast with how Ilia Malinin handled his horrible long program Friday night.
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Liu, 20, the reigning world champion, was the one who did answer reporters’ questions after a terrific short program that landed her in third place, a perfect position for her going into Thursday’s deciding long program.
"It just humbles me so much and I'm just really grateful for it all, the good and the bad,” she said. "I want to keep growing. I just want to keep experiencing new things."
