The best figure skating moments from the PyeongChang Olympics

PyeongChang 2018: Top 10 moments from Olympic figure skating

USA's Nathan Chen competes in the men's single skating free skating of the figure skating event during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung on February 17, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Roberto SCHMIDT (Photo credit should read ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images) /

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GANGNEUNG, SOUTH KOREA – FEBRUARY 23: Kaetlyn Osmond of Canada competes during the Ladies Single Skating Free Program on day fourteen of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 23, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images) /

6. Kaetlyn Osmond captured Bronze in ladies

The top tier in the ladies free skate was a triumvirate of incredible technical ability and artistic excellence, and Canada’s Kaetlyn Osmond was no exception. Much of the talk coming into the games was the intense rivalry and talent from the top two figure skaters from Russia, Alina Zagitova and Evgenia Mevedeva, but Osmond certainly staked her claim with her gorgeous free skate set to the “Black Swan” piece from Swan Lake.

Her jumps electrified with their height, Osmond smoldered in her black swan costume, and glided across the ice with smooth precision. If Medvedeva had made any mistakes, Osmond could have easily staked a claim for an Olympic silver, but of course Medvedeva was as incredible as was expected. However, Osmond’s daring and illustrious free skate set a fine line between the top three of the ladies field and everyone else.

“When I hit my ending position I didn’t want it to end,” Osmond said about her free skate afterwards.

She also looked for her mom once she stood on the podium with Zagitova and Medvedeva, the other medalists in the final.

“That’s often my goal at competitions – to see how to make my mom cry,” she said. “It’s not that hard,” Osmond joked, per the Globe and Mail.

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