The trio of U.S. women targeting Olympic figure skating gold Tuesday night are not the dainty ice princesses of yesteryear. There's Amber Glenn, a 26-year-old powerhouse and LGBTQ+ rights activist whose career took off just when most figure skaters are contemplating retirement.

The individual women’s Olympic figure skating competition begins on Tuesday, February 17, with the “Blade Angels” representing Team USA at the Milan-Cortina Games. Alysa Liu, Amber Glenn, and Isabeau Levito are representing the United States in the individual event.

The trio of U.S. women targeting Olympic figure skating gold Tuesday night are not the dainty ice princesses of yesteryear.

No American woman has won an individual figure skating medal since 2006. That's expected to change in Milan, where the U.S. has a stacked team of Amber Glenn, Alysa Liu and Isabeau Levito. Their competition begins Tuesday with the short program, the will conclude on Thursday with the free skate.

The Olympics ice dance scoring controversy has gripped figure skating since Team USA's Madison Chock and Evan bates lost gold to France duo.

Two victims were killed and three others were critically injured from an apparently targeted shooting at an ice skating rink in Rhode Island on Monday, authorities said. The gunshots rang out around 2:30 p.m. at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena in Pawtucket, about 5 miles outside of Providence, according to Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves.

The Olympic figure skating ice turns over to the ladies Tuesday in Italy as the short program kicks off at 12:45 p.m. ET. The trio of American women have high expectations, hoping to make it to the medal podium after the competition concludes with Thursday's free skate.