Ashley Wagner is likely to miss the Grand Prix Final after several under-rotated jumps in her Cup of China free skate led to the worst Grand Prix finish in her 10-year career.
Wagner, who last season ended a 10-year U.S. women’s podium drought with silver at the world championships, placed sixth at Cup of China on Saturday (full results here). It’s the first time in her 25 Grand Prix starts that she finished outside the top five.
Wagner went into the Beijing event riding that world silver and a Skate America win in October.