Mirai Nagasu landed a triple axel, becoming the first American woman — and third overall — to do it in the Olympics

U.S. Figure Skating's snub of Mirai Nagasu for a spot on the 2014 Sochi Olympic team, despite a third-place finish at that year's national championships that should have clinched it, would have crushed many competitors. There was no formal explanation and little logic, in the view of many of the...