Sochi 2014: American Jeremy Abbott Crashes, Gets Up and Dominates

This is America.

Ice skater Jeremy Abbott fell hard on his first jump. He was next to the boards and grabbed his side. Instead of quitting, he got up and continued. Despite the pain, Abbott executed the rest of his program flawlessly.

It paid off. He received a 72.58 score, which puts him at first in the qualifying round for the men’s ice skating short program.

Jeremy Abbott looked down and out, but he skated on (@USATsportsImage ) #SochiSMG pic.twitter.com/nK4wyUPDPe

— Joe Fleming (@ByJoeFleming) February 13, 2014

Olympic Spirit award for Jeremy Abbott. Wow, that took guts and he nailed the rest. He put his all into that choreo. #Sochi2014

— Amanda Shank (@team_swan) February 13, 2014

Really impressed with @jeremyabbottpcf he showed real toughness after a hard fall to complete his program and nail 2 more jumps. #Sochi2014

— TSN Skate (@SkateTSN) February 13, 2014

DEFINITION of Olympic spirit and GUTS. @jeremyabbottpcf #TeamUSA #Sochi2014

— Casie (@kcavery) February 13, 2014

After a nasty fall http://t.co/6GK4U37XWS my pal @jeremyabbottpcf got up and finished beautifully. MUCH RESPECT. (AP) pic.twitter.com/CuRkCU6MQQ

— Slade Sohmer (@SladeHV) February 13, 2014