2016 Worlds Gold, Gracie FS USA NBC

[@LubGlubs2009]

It’s heartbreaking reading these disgusting comments especially now when you realized that this is the skate that destroyed her and broke her heart.

[@GawkyBallerina]

When I watch Gracie, I can't help but think she always looks so "trained" in a sense. When Medvedeva, Wagner, Radionova (and many more, of course!) skate, you can tell they just love skating in addition to obviously, wanting to win.

[@judyi8671]

+Emily Love That' true, I could never put my finger on it before but that is it. She never looks as if she is enjoying herself. She is not free. Very robotic and expressionless. Her mind is so focused that she can't enjoy it and her skating suffers from it.

[@tinkerbell5168]

+Emily Love This is so true. I hope she will change her perspective and just enjoy performing instead of focusing too much on winning. The pressure is killing her. She looks so stiff here.

[@avitallockhart1162]

You don’t know what you’re talking about. Gracie is skating with grace. she have respect for it like an artist, it’s not only about one show, she wants to be perfect and that’s why skaters like Ashley could never bear her. Ashley maybe giving a cool show but doesn’t have a beautiful smooth technic like Gracie. Gracie enjoys skating and when she DANCED and won in 2016 looking like a gypsy it was emotional and beautiful. This performance was lack of confidence and mentally issues. But she nailed the phoenix in the nationals and it was truly a piece of art #GracieGold

[@muscleboi4use]

GET this young woman to a sport's psychologist now! The pressure that she is under at such a young age is immense. I know they are all under pressure but she is not dealing with it well. There really are 'flashes' of the performance she could give if she just relaxed.

[@kirstenneville1934]

+D D Joe she's with a sports psychologist. i understand she sees them quite a bit, so either she does desperately need it - or i think more likely it is actually perpetuating her own perception of herself as someone who has mental obstacles in competition and has the reverse effect of fueling her doubt.

[@Bnizzofashizzo]

What on earth would make you think she wasn't with one ? Like, she's a top level Athlete. Don't you think her team has thought about that already? Lol.

[@muscleboi4use]

+Bnizzofashizzo what would make me think she wasn't with one? I could be mean, and say, her performances when it matters makes me think she's not with one, or one that just cannot get through to her.

[@nicolassanabria4386]

The air intensity to have two American ladies the final skaters at the Worlds in Boston in the arena musta been heavy and overwhelming for her...you could see it all over her face as she skated to center ice

[@cedericocosantorini8013]

A few misses, but she's a delight to watch nonetheless. I like her.

[@tactac7004]

I'm gonna try really hard to cheer and root for gracie this season. hope she brings her performance level up. I think she'll do well, actually. I don't wanna go thru the whole season being bitter about overscoring and the IJS and whatever else; so I'll try to cheer for everybody.

[@MrReed314]

Thanks for the vids, Mr. Marqus !!!

[@gallantrycrossx1915]

Does two hands down count as a fall? I thought your rear end had to touch the ice.

[@angelicam7179]

Me too.. Idrk i think bc she was so close to the ice it was a fall

[@gallantrycrossx1915]

Ally Reilly Apparently the major amount of the skater's body weight has to be taken off the skate blades and transferred to other body parts to be called a fall.

[@judyi8671]

+gallantrycross x Plus it took time for her to get out of that awkward position. Remember every second counts when you are skating a program. Mostly, skaters fall on their thighs and bounce right back up, but this took a little more time. You see her rushing to get back into the program after she stands back up. The music still goes even if you fall, so any disruption like an awkward fall is not good.

[@cedericocosantorini8013]

Also, I think she's stressed out by - not to say afraid of - Franck Carroll.

[@laurenbrown7403]

I feel so bad for Gracie she trained really hard and wasn't hoping for this to happen I wish I could just had been there to give her a hug just like Jordyn Weber's mom felt when Jordyn didn't qualify for the 2012 Olympic AA.

[@queenmaoasada8447]

And that was the last time Gracie Gold smiled.

[@JC-vz9hz]

Tonight.

[@Missy-j4i]

Gracie on being a coach and preventing her students from a paralyzing fear of failure: “I’m a pretty good teacher. But you know who’s the best teacher? Failure…If we’re so afraid of failure that we don’t try, how will we ever improve as skaters and grow as people? I’ve fallen a hundred thousand times in my skating career…so when a student describes themselves as ‘garbage’ after falling twice, [I respond] ‘What does that make me? The city dump?’ I don’t know when, where, or why, but falling has gotten a bad rap…I tell my students that the real failure occurs when they’re so afraid to mess up that they don’t make an effort.” (from her memoir)

[@sergeygorsht1676]

1:26 Good old Frankie, throw ski poles for her to it would be easier for her to overtake the mythical 76.43 points in her short program. :D

[@sunnygold411]

wow. she is so pretty.♥♥♥

[@melliedu7818]

off her music, understand the nerves. People said Yuna Kim lost her love for skating after the gold medal -> for real? she's lose it already before any medal. She needs to find her joy back.

[@simpletruth5927]

Ugh. She could have done it. It's the pressure that got her :(

[@pauletah101]

this is a nightmare for her after finishing first in SP. please come back well next season then to Olympics

[@Missy-j4i]

Gracie Gold’s Outofshapeworthlessloser (’24) is excellent: “By sharing the story of my mental health struggles…I put an ugly face on a beautiful sport. No longer could the public live in denial about the cost of excellence…I had betrayed the convenant of skating: Thou shalt not expose the pain behind the performance.”

[@Missy-j4i]

Reflecting on the ’16 Figure Skating World Championships: “I was an addict craving that adrenaline rush…a perfectly accessorized package of anxiety in fight-or-flight mode. My drug of choice, skating, is viewed as a healthy addiction.” (from her memoir)

[@Letissiaskatetapes24]

Man did she look pale, scared and so nervous before this routine. I knew it wasn't going to end well. On top of that I never like her outfit for this routine and her hair was a mess. I wish she had vamped it up a bit more. I've always felt it you look good out there, you'll feel good too and have a more confidence to PERFORM. All that was missing sadly. I know she's not a natural bleached blond as well, but that is the look USFSA wants for her I bet. I want her to be herself and maybe go with her natural hair color and let go of the USFSA's expectations of her. I saw the maneuver they did with Evan working with Frank after the 06 Olympics and all the backing they gave him. Evan thrived in that position. Gracie is not. Yes she won Nationals, but it's a debatable win and I don't think she should have won that. She had no emotion and barely performed. I know she can be more than robotic. I just think she needs to be herself more and not this Ice Princess persona that's been created for her.

[@kirstenneville1934]

+Letissia Scott i agree! and ashley is just the opposite - confident, self assured, and unafraid of performance. gracie has all the talent as an athlete, but is really a "third rate" performer (at best) as dick button might say.

[@Letissiaskatetapes24]

Kirsten Neville ^This. Man I miss Dick and Peggy. I would love to see them stop by once in awhile with Johnny and Tara. Those two are good, but I think they could use some pointers from them.

[@kirstenneville1934]

+Letissia Scott ah, in a perfect world! i actually love both johnny and tara as skaters. i prefer tara's commentary over johnny's - johnny quite frankly seems bored most of the time and im pretty sure he's actually mentioned that he's rarely excited by skating these days. (i think it was after ashley wagner's 2015 nationals performance). but they're alright i guess. i like the eurosport guys a lot. but no one can compare to dick button.

[@Letissiaskatetapes24]

Kirsten Neville Yes I love both too. Tara is the reason I started to watch in 98 when she won. After falling in love with this sport in 98 I started watching and recording everything. I still have it all too. My KZbin channel is filled with Tara's pro career. She has been my idol since I was 13. It was on ABC's coverage of skating where Dick and Peggy taught me the elements of skating and what to look out for. I learned the differences in the jumps, the spins footwork and more. 98-03 for me is a time I miss and cherish. Learning about this sport and falling in love with it was one of the best things that has happened in my life. It got me through so tough times. Gymnastics is the same for me too.

[@ggfigureskater5616]

5 years late to say this but...Letissia Scott, I thought she did phenomenal!! 😁 Also, her hair and outfit are perfect! I think she deserved first place 🥇 in Nationals!!! She has phenomenal stage presence! 😁 Also, Gracie doesn’t like being called an ice princess.

[@Missy-j4i]

In her memoir, Gracie reflects explains what it feels like to end a disappointing performance: “Imagine: You’ve just fucked up royally. Your worst nightmare has come to pass. But instead of disappearing behind a thunderhead of shame, you now have to stand at center ice and curtsy to the judges who are marking you down…to the crowd who has just witnessed your biggest failure…to the folks at home who gasped and then grabbed a handful of mixed nuts while you, after starving yourself for two years, hit the ice so hard that you’ll have a bruise in the morning. There you are, mouthing the words ‘Thank you’ ”

[@ggfigureskater5616]

Hi Gracie!!!!! 😁 Some of these comments are just plain MEAN! 😢 Don’t feel bad about that performance; I thought you did amazing!!! 😁 In fact, some of my friends were saying that you are a great skater, and they are right!!! 😁😁😁 Every time you skate, have the time of your life out there! 🥳

[@helloben5]

boy.. oh boy... Very interesting to see whats gonna happened next season..

[@troyaturner1979]

Gracie reminds me of Sasha. Both are incredible skaters, but really lack the mental toughness that it takes to become a multiple National & World Champion.

[@joannix]

+Troy Turner what????? Look if you are comparing the mental side I kind of agree but Come on!!! Gracie never ever will be like Sasha in terms of artistry...even her falls looked gracious lol however this young lady Gold thought a pretty girl she just doesn´t do anything to my eyes...sorry to her fans...it´s not all about jumps..artistry..but also the mental part which is something I always regret to Sasha Cohen but still I ever watch her skating.

[@troyaturner1979]

joannix​ I'm comparing her to Sasha in terms of mental toughness. They both have their strengths (Gracie is a wonderful technician and Sasha is an incredible artist). The one thing that they both have in common is the inability to deliver under pressure and skate consistently. The judges are wanting to give Gracie the major titles in the same way that they were willing to give the very same titles to Sasha in her prime. But both skaters couldn't or can't deliver and it's frustrating. It's not a matter of Gracie having faulty jumping technique or not being well trained. It's all a mental game, the same as is was with Sasha. Both cant get out of their own way or out of their own heads to deliver clean consistent programs every time. 

[@joannix]

True about consistency but in the artistry part Sasha is way way more than Gracie....she just has strong elements..cool!! but that´s all but if she faces to someone who has great technique, amazing artistry and a though mental side..sorry to all the tittles Miss Gold can ever pretend at least the others fail...just my honest opinion!

[@troyaturner1979]

joannix I agree. Even Michelle Kwan knew that in order to beat Maria or Irina, she had to skate a clean, lights out performance. That's how she won her 3rd and 4th world titles. Maybe Gracie needs to sit down and speak with Michelle or with a sports psychologist in order to figure what she's not doing to mentally prepare herself for competition.

[@joannix]

Ohh God!! trying to compare also to the great Michelle Kwan!!! anyways!!

[@QuadLoop]

This event marked the end of Gracie Gold’s skating career

[@MrReed314]

She choked again. Champions don't do that. Didn't she mess up last year at Worlds as well.? Also, I have never liked the way she is so expressionless when she skates. Like a mannequin. Just ignores the audience. It is almost as if she is somewhere else. Maybe if she'd relax and 'performed' more, she wouldn't worry about choking.

[@dinh5532]

+MrReed314 Her eyes are always so empty when she skates.

[@MrReed314]

Agreed. It is time for her to retire and join the Ice Capades or some such where the stress is less and she has more freedom, and can earn more money. This might have been a telling moment for her career.

[@DegrassiTop40]

+MrReed314 She got 4th in the world and ur telling her to retire? She's only 20. I think you need to calm down here.

[@MrReed314]

+DegrassiTop40 just my opinion. I think she would be happier. less stress, more artistic freedom and money.

[@Hachechulo]

+DegrassiTop40 At 20, Michelle Kwan had won four World Championships.

[@BBskatertwins]

She seems very nervous here, and she seemed very nervous during practice that morning as well. She really needs to stop putting so much emphasis on the jumps and start focusing on performing. What I noticed in practices was that Gracie seemed nervous and jumped for most of the session. Ashley, however, seemed calm the whole week and didn't overdo the jumping.

[@innakomarova3416]

Gracie is one of the best skaters to watch.

[@jcbroadw]

She needs a change. New coach, new choreographer (seriously, WHY FIREBIRD), something! She has good jumping technique, but so do Miyahara, Medvedeva, Asada, etc., and it seems to fail her at crucial moments and she just doesn't have a strong components backbone to help prop her up like Ashley Wagner (who is not a strong technical skater, and I think she'd agree with that) does. I think part of that issue stems from these programs that just do NOT suit her at all and have zero life in them, especially when she makes a mistake and gets discouraged (see: 2:49).

[@JimmyZoole]

+jcbroadw I don't think the problem is with the program. Not that I'm a fan of this program (like, how many times can we see someone skate to Firebird before we're ready to puke) but if Ashley Wagner was given this exact same program, she would skate it with a lot more fire and passion. She's a very talented jumper and spinner but a very flat performer in competition with an obvious Sasha Cohen-esque mental block that causes her to choke. (My opinion at least.)

[@jcbroadw]

+Dennis G I think that's totally valid, for sure. I definitely don't find her a compelling performer, but I wonder if she might get better in that aspect of her skating if she had better material to work with- or at least, material that she could connect to more. And I definitely agree she has got some kind of mental performance issues. At this point in her career she's got to change something in her coaching NOW- next year is already a pre-Olympic year and if she's going to make a coaching change it should be sooner rather than later.

[@MsJubjubbird]

+jcbroadw Thing is she can do it. Her performance at Skate America was great. And Nationals, even though she fell, had so much passion. For her it's all in the mind. When she relaxes she's great. When she lets the pressure creep in, she tightens up and there's no expression and the errors creep in more. Some people have the mind of a champion and some do not.

[@jcbroadw]

+MsJubjubbird Eh, I might disagree with that in part. I think this program is a real dud, and I would argue that her programs in general feel incredibly generic and don't push her on the artistic side at all. I don't even think she knows what kind of skater she wants to be which is why I think she desperately needs to explore other options for coaching and choreography as well as address her mental performance issues.

[@MsJubjubbird]

jcbroadw Yeah I think she needs a new coach. Or maybe Frank shouldn't be coaching? I mean I know he has produced some great skaters in the past but he's now got a generation of teenagers that have been brought up in the "you are special" era where they are pampered a lot and protected to the point where they're risk averse. A different approach is needed with that. It may even be better for her to go to Brian in Canada or something and train out of the country where there's less pressure. I think Frank would be better off coaching someone like Satoko, with her classic style and never say die attitude.

[@kittysha5003]

The NBC camera doesn't help her at all. She looks more stiff and for those who say it was because she was nervous... Nope, just look at her back.

[@msmo2060]

Evgenia was so overscored. Even if Gracie was perfect she wouldn’t have matched those scores

[@oscaroscar5634]

why does this have has so many dislikes

[@qwertyuiop-oe4gs]

音樂不應該選節奏快很容易使選手緊張，造成有好幾個選手跌倒損失分數慘重，手腳亂七八糟趕鴨子上架得不償失

[@BlackbookN1]

Что там Погорилая цветок этот мучает

[@vainillamanon4920]

So. Slow. Firebird is a very energetic piece of music and a more energetic even ballet that requires your speed and expression to be on point and she messed it all with this performance

[@user-eq6fx5tx7s]

She missed her best chance that never comes again.

[@asyaprone7236]

It was bad. Just bad. No offence.

[@SonOfAGun1814]

+Asya Prone What was bad? Your crappy spelling? It's offenSe. #blessyourheart

[@asyaprone7236]

+snofagun1814 Not in UK and Canda, it's not. Either way, just expressing my personal opinion. No offenCe! ;)

[@jowenlebaquin8827]

+snofagun1814 LOL OFFENCE IS A WORD

[@britjessica]

+snofagun1814 Bless your heart. No offence intended.

[@angelicam7179]

Bc she had 2 mistakes it was bad. Geez, this is the reason she chokes, people put way too much pressure on her to be perfect :/

[@khalisi2028]

She is just not as talented as everybody believes her to be, that's all. She was the weakest in the last group of skaters.

[@SonOfAGun1814]

+khalisi202 she had the worst performance, but she is more talented than anyone in the field. her only issue is mental, not her actual talent or capability, as you know.

[@khalisi2028]

snofagun1814 Sorry, I just don't see how she is more talented than everybody else in top 6. The girl has serious problems with her interpretation and artistry. I can't even recollect any program of hers that would have left any impression on me or created any memorable image. She has power and speed but so many other skaters do, like Pogorilaya, for example. Gracie is stunningly beautiful but Pogorilaya is beautiful too. Does it mean that Gracie has more talent? I don't think so. She has great technique but most of the time it lets her down, that's all.

[@MrReed314]

+snofagun1814I disagree. I have always wondered what it was that people saw in her that was so special. Technique of jumps and footwork are important, of course, but the competitions are littered with young skaters with good or great technique. Maybe not as good, but certainly comparable. But presentation scores are there for a reason, to display the best truly 'all around' skater. They are an intregal aspect of competition scoring. And unfortunately for Gracie, she has always been a 'one-dimension' skater. Not when compared to Ashley, Kerrigan, Kwan, Kristi, etc. great techs as well as great perfomers. Jump, spins, footwork and looks can only carry you so far, you have to also evolve. It's like she fell into a 'rut', and can't find a way out of it. And she has never been as good as Medvedeva at jumps or skating under pressure. It might be time for her to quit competition and join the Ice Capades where she will have more freedom and less stress, plus more money.

[@MsJubjubbird]

+khalisi202 She's really talented (apart from her arms) but talent counts for nothing if you hardly ever show it

[@dariamoran9454]

No the talent is definitely there, and that's what's soo frustrating to me about her skating. she has the ability, but she just doesn't have the mental toughness and composure to deliver it in competition

[@солнечнаядевушка-т7п]

Позор США за несправедливость!!!ПОЗОР СУДЬЯМ! ПОЗОР!ПОЗОР!

[@солнечнаядевушка-т7п]

Уважаемый!!!Представители США дали взятку судьям,поэтому позор и США,и судьям!!!

[@julieduan770]

I'm guessing you are saying that the judges cheated and gave her a higher score than was deserved? If so, TOTALLY AGREE!

[@rostburov1118]

And tha's the tech niques - and training skills

[@rostburov1118]

I Like Pogorilaya's last years FireBird much So Much better!!!

[@kimberlyarlene4094]

How much slower she was compared to three years before. She was never consistent but she looks unhappy here.

[@rostburov1118]

Not completely rotated jumps - is a plea for all American lady skaters not fully rotated jumps!

[@rostburov1118]

They all - the judges tried in short to squeeeze the champ out of her - - No way here! a dismal flop!

[@rostburov1118]

She Does not understand that Russian music - at all!

[@rostburov1118]

pogorilaya - and Medvedeva - full rib landing! - No squeed in underotations! like Wagner! or Gold

[@aracelichely2954]

Rost Burov Medvedeva flutzes and has done prerrotations, why people say she has good technique is beyond me o.O

[@rostburov1118]

too much hamburgers over all! )))

[@javierleonides9074]

She ain’t have shit in her hands 😂

[@rostburov1118]

What a FLOP!!!