After a disappointing showing at the US National Championships, figure skater Ashley Wagner got a bit of redemption during the team short program on Feb. 8. But not even her great performance could outdo her 15-year-old Russian opponent — and all you have to do is see the look on Ashley’s face to know how she felt about it!
The Winter Olympics are great for many things, but nothing quite matches the drama of figure skating. There were two standouts during Day 1 of the team events in Sochi on Feb. 8 — the comeback story of U.S. skater Ashley Wagner and the coming out party for the Russian 15-year-old phenom, Yulia Lipnitskaya.