Ashley Wagner, the pre-eminent U.S. female figure skater of the last decade, changed her mind on one of the most significant decisions a skater can make going into the Olympic season.
Wagner, the 2016 World silver medalist and three-time U.S. champion, tossed out the new free skate she had been working on last month.
It was set to music from “La La Land,” which earned a record-tying 14 Academy Award nominations earlier this year and won six Oscars (and, briefly, infamously, a seventh for Best Picture).
Now, she’s back to music from “Moulin Rouge,” which accompanied her free skate in the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons.