2014 Sochi Winter Olympics: Meet The Figure Skating & Ice Dance Hopefuls!

Gracie Gold

Gracie, 18, just celebrated her birthday with twin sister Carly.

“Spotlights are hard,” she recently shared about performing in ice shows. “I actually really hate jumping in them. I have a lot of anxiety about ice shows. It’s sort of like a strobe light effect. Because you rotate so quickly, it’s kind of blinding light and then darkness, and I can’t see the ice. When I look at the audience, I don’t see anything. All I see is light and dark, light and dark.”

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