'Sometimes the magic is in the journey,' Tara Lapinski said, while choking back tears.
, two-time national champion and 2014 Olympic medalist Gracie Gold made her return to nationals — and while she landed far away from the podium, she ultimately won the night., Gracie's free program was intensely emotional from start to finish. The song's lyrics seemed to perfectly reflect her struggles on and off the ice:"If I'm honest, I know I would give it all back / For a chance to start over and rewrite an ending or two / For the girl that I knew.
In spite of that, Gracie remained focused, landing four difficult triple jumps, two of which were perfectly clean. Though her technical content couldn't quite keep up with the top ladies in the event, it was clear by the end of the performance that no one in the crowd cared about the scoring. Gracie visibly cried while taking her bows before a stadium-wide standing ovation.
The championships marked Gracie's first top-level competition in years. After faltering and landing off the podium at the 2016 World Championships, she hit some rough patches. She later spoke candidly about. Her first attempted comeback in the fall of 2018 was largely unsuccessful, as she withdrew from the second half of the competition at the 2018 Rostelecom Cup and again dealt with setbacks.
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