In the last moments of her free skate at the 2016 U.S. National Figure Skating Championships, Gracie Gold is free from the pressure of performing to expectations. She begins to smile here in her final layback spin as she realizes what she's done.
As Gracie Gold completes her final Y spin, there's no more asking why she popped a lutz, or why she was flummoxed in her short program. It's why no longer as she completes the free skate of her life and becomes champion at the 2016 U.S. National Figure Skating Championships in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Gracie Gold hears the excitement building in the crowd from all angles as she spins rapidly in the final seconds of her flawless free skate at the 2016 U.S. National Figure Skating Championships in St. Paul, Minnesota.
