Oh No, Not Again: Another American Superstar’s Heartbreak on the Ice
Amy & T.J.
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4.4 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2026
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Just a short while ago, three time U.S. national champion figure skater Amber Glenn missed a final rotation on her last jump, almost certainly costing her the gold medal many believed she would bring home. Glenn will now go into Thursday’s medal round in 13th place. Her agony on the ice was palpable, as she tearfully told her coaches what we all knew up until that final jump: “I had it.”
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:14.4 | Hey there, folks. |
| 0:15.5 | It is Tuesday, February 17th, and it has happened to Americans on the ice again at the Olympics. What is going on? We just watched another heart-breaking moment from one of the biggest ice skating stars that we have. And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. Robs. First, it was the ice dancers that got screwed out of a goal with controversy overscoring. Then how the hell did that happen to the quad god? And we are seeing, we just witnessed. And you all, as we're recording this, we are minutes away of watching another heartbreaker for the Americans. |
| 0:50.8 | Yes, Amber Glenn, who was and a lot of folks had pinned their hopes on her |
| 0:58.1 | getting gold. Of course, this is the premier medal when you watch the Winter Olympics, and if you |
| 1:04.9 | remember all those years of watching as a kid, you remember who won, especially when they were |
| 1:10.8 | Team USA, the gold medal |
| 1:13.3 | in women's figure skating. This is the moment. And we haven't had a gold medalist in |
| 1:19.9 | decades. So this is a big deal. That's a proper context. And we've been talking about I was asking |
| 1:25.1 | you. There is no bigger event and bigger gold medal in the summer games and the all-around women's title in gymnastics and the gold in women's figure skating. |
| 1:38.1 | This is what we're talking about. This is how big of a deal it is. That context is important because if you're going after that thing and you're our biggest star, she had very high hopes. She did. And so many people were rooting her on. She |
| 1:50.7 | skated to Madonna's, wait, not, I was going to say like a, it's not like a version, it's like a |
| 1:57.7 | prayer. I almost said like a version and no, it was like a prayer. |
| 2:03.4 | But we even saw coverage. It was everywhere. Madonna sent her a video message saying, |
| 2:09.5 | go for gold. How can you not win? I've seen you skate, singing or skating to my song. |
| 2:16.8 | You know, you get it. |
| 2:17.8 | Like, all that pressure. |
| 2:19.4 | And then in the stands, I saw Ilya Malinen. |
| 2:24.2 | You also saw Snoop. |
| 2:25.5 | You also saw... |
| 2:26.6 | Martha Stewart. |
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