Every four years, like millions of others around the world, I thrill to the Winter Olympics. For years, we only saw the Winter Olympics through the prism of various international broadcasters; only saw their necessarily limited perspective on the Games. Malinin comes to the Olympics as the current world champion, Grand Prix final champion, and US national champion. The ice skating – the figure skating, pair skating, free skating, ice dancing – is always so beautiful to watch, and almost meditative. Most of all, I love the fact that the Winter Olympics is shown in real time.

Source: The Irish Times February 05, 2026 18:13 UTC