After years of frustration and inconsistency in the biggest moments, the veteran skater put it all together in a career season and delivered the skate of her life at US nationals
Mariah Bell entered her seventh season on the senior level of figure skating last year with a reputation for inconsistency in the biggest moments. As she closed in on her 24th birthday, the Colorado native for all her sparkle and fight was a Betamax in a Blu-ray world: technically overmatched by the encroaching generation of youngsters whose programs are packed with point-gobbling quadruple jumps and triple axels.
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