Amber Glenn hoped to be in better position heading into the free skate portion of the women's individual competition.

Had Glenn fallen, she would have had an automatic one-point deduction — a better outcome than the zero earned for an invalid element.

It seemed Amber Glenn had everything under control. Competing in the women’s short program, she nailed a triple axel to start, drawing huge cheers from the crowd.

Glenn, 26, missed her triple toe loop partway through her program, invalidating the element ...