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133.9(-0.3)

3.Japan

129.7(-4.5)

4.United States of America

128.7(-5.5)

“Emma,” I start, but she looks right through me, like I’m not even there. “Em?”

“Audrey!” Janet calls out.

“Emma,” I try again, but her head drops to stare at the ground.

I give up, moving over to Janet, who slides an arm around my shoulders. “Audrey, can you do a floor routine?” she whispers.

Glancing back at Emma and then over to Dani and Chelsea’s desperate faces, I swallow down the panic and nod. I can. For my team, right now, to somehow salvage this day—this day, which was supposed to be a coronation but is rapidly spiraling into disaster.

“I … I don’t know if it’ll be enough.”

Enough for bronze. Enough for any medal. We were supposed to win gold, and now …

“I’ll take whatever you can give us.”

“I’ll do my best.”

“I know you will. You’ll go up last, give you enough time to get your mind right.”