Jackie Wong

folks listening know what a triple axle is right like that those will be uh the things that will be done in in those events and an ice dance is uh much more kind of on the ice if you will hillary in the chat says they're flying to italy in a few days and going to some olympics events including ice skating um anything she should be particularly watching for

Everything?

No, it's such a fun event.

Figure skating at the Olympics is a very different beast than figure skating everywhere else because in a normal competition, skating happens within about four days.

Everything is sort of condensed.

All of the events are, you know, like they're usually two or three events happening in one day.

Whereas at the Olympics, all of the four events and really five, because there's a team event that combines all four events, but is done in teams, all of those are separated into different days.

And so instead of it all happening in a week,

It happens in two and a half weeks of time.

And so you actually really get to see it spread out, which is very interesting.

But it's always exciting to go and watch

frankly, everything.

Um, you know, you never know what you're going to see.

That's going to be interesting to you, right?

It could very well be somebody who finishes in the, you know, 20th place who like takes your breath away, right?

Because they, they skate the way that you want to skate and all that kind of, or want to watch.

But, um, it's, uh, it is a sport for many and it's a sport that, um,

surprises you when it really catches your eye.

But, you know, I think if you really look at it, there are a few things that are going to be very eye-catching, right?

Ilya Malinin in the men's event with his quad axle and the technical innovations that he's brought to the sport.