Torah came through the qualifier in first, which means she rode last in the first round of the final. That’s a huge advantage because you know exactly what you need before you drop in. At that point, Hanah Teter was leading with a 42, which was well within range. But when Torah fell early, she ended up in last place after the first round. Suddenly, she was in the worst position possible, having to be the first one down in the final round. Shaking off a fall quickly isn’t easy, but it helps sometimes to be thrown straight back up there. If she had to sit, wait and sulk over what went wrong (like Gretchen Bleiler did) the result could have been different. Torah stomped her final run to win gold.
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