Good morning, everyone! Have you been watching the Olympics so far? We still have a few weeks ahead. If you haven’t started watching yet, here are some of the athletes you should tune in for:
Eileen Gu. One of the
highest-paid female athletes in the world, the freestyle skier, who represents China, already
took silver in women’s freeski slopestyle. She still has big air and halfpipe events to go.
Alyssa Liu. Her story is so inspirational. She was the youngest-ever U.S. figure skating national champion at 13 and retired at 16 after experiencing burnout. Now 20, she’s back and
has completely taken control of her experience and narrative, embracing joy above all else. So far, she’s come in second in the team event women’s short program. Team USA won gold in the team event, so she already has a gold medal. Women’s singles start next week—and an American woman hasn’t taken gold in more than 20 years.
Other athletes are practicing healthy mindsets too. Superstar
Chloe Kim has said that what she’s looking for in Milan is to know she “did [her] best.” She
injured her shoulder in January and hasn’t competed on a halfpipe in almost a year—putting more eyes on her comeback. She hasn’t competed yet in Milan, so stay tuned for more.
Amber Glenn. She’s the first openly queer woman to skate for Team USA in Olympic women’s singles. Sometimes, she does a victory lap
with a pride flag. She’s 26, which makes her the oldest U.S. Olympic singles skater in a century. She already won gold in the team event, and like Liu is a contender to
break the 20-year American women’s singles drought.
Canada’s
Madeline Schizas. I’m kind of obsessed; she went viral
for asking her college professor for an extension on a reflection paper and sent Team Canada’s press release to prove she was competing as a figure skater. She
got the extension!
Breezy Johnson already won the women’s downhill gold—the first U.S. gold medal of the 2026 Games. The 30-year-old Alpine skier also has
a comeback story. And of course so many fans are still thinking of
Lindsey Vonn. She pursued an audacious comeback, coming out of retirement to go for one last Olympics at age 41. Then, she suffered a ruptured ACL just before the start of the Games, persevered through it—and then crashed after her arm hooked a gate during the women’s downhill event on Sunday (the same event Johnson won). She suffered a
complex tibia fracture. She said she has “no regrets.” “Knowing I stood there having a chance to win was a victory in and of itself,” she posted on Instagram.
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