Long wait

It's been four hours since Kimmie Meissner took the ice as the second skater in the women's short program.

Here's what she had to say while she waited to see how well her score of 59.40 would hold up:

“I was really excited out there and it felt awesome. When I went out there the crowd went wild, so that was good. I was kind of a little stumbly in my footwork, but I think I was just kind of excited. I think I was definitely more excited than nervous, so it felt really, really good.”

On program component scores:
“I think the judges know what they’re doing, so what I put out there is what they scored me on. I might have some things to work on, but I think the judges did a good job. I definitely wanted to do a clean short, and so I feel like I get an ‘A’ for that, and now for the long I’m just going to try to do a clean long.”

On medaling:
“I’m going to have to wait and see how things end up at the end tonight, but right now I feel pretty good about going for a medal.“

On experience:
“I think you have to have a certain amount of experience, but at the same time, sometimes it’s nice coming in fresh, and this being my first time I think it’s good just to start out.“