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.
Gracie Gold is seen here in the final seconds of her victory-clenching free skate at the 2016 U.S. National Figure Skating Championships in St. Paul, Minnesota.