Brian Boitano

Thank you so much for having us.

Where do I start?

Well, Ilya Molyneux, I mean, this guy has set the technical bar so high, higher than ever in the history of our sport.

He is just phenomenal.

But taking that into effect, nothing is for sure.

He has some contenders that if he doesn't have a great night, that they'll be able to come in and steal his thunder.

But nobody's expecting that.

But just having that amount of pressure, imagine going in and wanting to win a gold medal, but at the same time having expectation from everyone that it's a shoo-in.

I mean, that's a hard, hard amount of pressure to skate under.

So he has, you know, his country, he has the quad god title.

He's set the bar higher than ever.

He's literally the, probably the most favorite for an Olympic gold medal that we've ever had.

And that's a lot of pressure.

So, you know, I like to give him a chance to take a little bit of the pressure off.

So, you know, nothing's a given for sure, but he is certainly the most dominant.

And then the women, we have three really strong women, Alyssa Liu,

Amber Glenn and Isabel Levito, we could really have a sweep of the podium.

I don't think it is, you know, the most likely chance, but that's how talented our women's team is, is that if there are mistakes by some of the Japanese team and other people who are competitive with them, we could have a sweep of the podium.

For the first time in years, we have two of the, they're not Russians, they're representing a neutral country in the men's event and the women's event.

And they are touted to give a challenge to our American skaters, not so much Ilya, but in the women's event as well.