{"id":122,"date":"2014-02-07T11:21:26","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T16:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/olympics\/?p=122"},"modified":"2014-02-07T13:11:23","modified_gmt":"2014-02-07T18:11:23","slug":"get-to-know-the-usa-womens-figure-skaters-ashley-wagner-gracie-gold-and-polina-edmunds-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/olympics\/2014\/02\/07\/get-to-know-the-usa-womens-figure-skaters-ashley-wagner-gracie-gold-and-polina-edmunds-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Get to know the USA Women&#8217;s Figure Skaters: Ashley Wagner, Gracie Gold and Polina Edmunds (Photos)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-151\" alt=\"graciegold4\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/olympics\/files\/2014\/02\/graciegold4.png\" width=\"543\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/olympics\/files\/2014\/02\/graciegold4.png 543w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/olympics\/files\/2014\/02\/graciegold4-286x300.png 286w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/olympics\/files\/2014\/02\/graciegold4-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Women&#8217;s Figure Skating has long been one of the Winter Olympics favorite events, it will be no different in 2014. The USA has fielded a three woman squad who will be competing for medals in Sochi &#8211; but really Ashley Wagner, Gracie Gold and Polina Edmunds have already won gold in our hearts.<\/p>\n<p>We take a look at the three women who make up the USA Women&#8217;s Figure skating team.<\/p>\n<h2>Ashley Wagner<\/h2>\n<p>Perhaps no US Olympic athlete enters Sochi with more pressure on them than Ashley Wagner. The 22-year-old Wanger is a two-time national champion. Despite a fourth place finish at the U.S. Championships a month ago she was placed on the Olympic team.<\/p>\n<p>Below we take a visual look at the 5-foot-3 Wagner who was born in\u00a0Heidelberg, Germany but now resides in Aliso Viejo, California.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><!-- medium in story ad --> <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 468px; height: 15px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6139055459619465\" data-ad-slot=\"9984433490\"><\/ins><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><i>[slideshow_deploy id=&#8217;131&#8242;]<\/i><\/p>\n<h2>Gracie Gold<\/h2>\n<p>So Wagner may have all the accolades, but many thing it will be Gracie Gold who will make the heats of America melt. The 18-year-old\u00a0was born in Newton, Massachusetts but grew up in the midwest spending time in Springfield Missouri and Springfield Illinois. She now resides in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>The 5-foot-6 Gold captured the gold at the 2014 US Championships after winning silver the year before.<\/p>\n<p><i>[slideshow_deploy id=&#8217;147&#8242;]<\/i><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><!-- medium in story ad --> <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 468px; height: 15px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6139055459619465\" data-ad-slot=\"9984433490\"><\/ins><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Polina Edmunds<\/h2>\n<p>At just 15 years of age, Polina Edmunds is the youngest US skater. The California born girl is fresh off a second place finish at the US Championships in Boston.<\/p>\n<p>Edmunds is 5-foot-4 and first stepped onto the ice at just twenty months. By four she was taking ballet and now she finds herself in Sochi. Quite a life.<\/p>\n<p><i>[slideshow_deploy id=&#8217;155&#8242;]<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0Will one of these US Ice Princess win a medal in Sochi? Do you have a favorite?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women&#8217;s Figure Skating has long been one of the Winter Olympics favorite events, it will be no different in 2014. The USA has fielded a three woman squad who will be competing for medals in Sochi &#8211; but really Ashley Wagner, Gracie Gold and Polina Edmunds have already won gold in our hearts. 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