KANSAS CITY — Tara Lipinski could see it in Gracie Gold during her warm-up before Thursday’s short program.
“It looks like she’s fearful,” Lipinski said on the NBCSN broadcast. “Gracie has to get mad.”
Gold at first appeared confused. It looked like she lined up to start her performance as if it was her long program before spinning around and resetting before her short program music started.
She would place fifth with a key error, doubling a planned triple flip.
“This is what always happens with Gracie,” Lipinski said on the broadcast of the flip.