Higuchi had the top free skate but could not make up an 11.16-point deficit from the short program.GRAND PRIX FRANCE: Broadcast Schedule "This is proof, though, for myself," Glenn, who worked on the mental side of the sport in the offseason,

Amber Glenn overcame a fall and her own doubts to win her first Grand Prix figure skating title Saturday at the Grand Prix de France. American skater Glenn had the lead from Friday's short program. That and the support of the crowd got her through a tough free skate in which she fell on a triple flip and put a hand onto the ice to steady herself on two other jumps.

U.S. skater Amber Glenn is on course for her first figure skating Grand Prix win after taking a big lead in the short program at the French round of the series in Angers.