BOSTON - Gracie Gold leads after the short program as she seeks to become the first American woman to win a world championship in a decade.
No U.S. woman has even finished on the podium since Kimmie Meissner took gold and Sasha Cohen bronze in 2006. But at a home world championships, the Americans now have a chance at two medals with Ashley Wagner in fourth after Thursday’s short program.
“We’re only halfway through, but I can kind of see the light at the end of the tunnel that maybe the drought is ending,” Gold said, “and that would be amazing.