A Winter Olympic star has insisted she will ‘not be evicted’ from the village after the games in Milan-Cortina with the 18-year-old admitting she’s thoroughly enjoying her experience
A Winter Olympics star has insisted she will not be evicted from the village at the end of the games as she revealed she is having plenty of fun.
Team USA figure skating sensation Isabeau Levito has had to wait a long time before starting her Games when she takes to the ice on Tuesday for the women’s singles competition. There are high hopes Stateside for the 18-year-old, who is coming into the event in high spirits.
Speaking ahead of her moment in the spotlight, Levito revealed that she has been thoroughly enjoying her first Olympic experience in Milan-Cortina. She told NBC: “I spend every night in the village. It’s been everything and more, and you can’t evict me.
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“I don’t think there’s anything not to enjoy. I haven’t even got to compete yet and I feel like my experience is already complete. Not complete, but I’m having a blast. The best time.
“I feel really good. I feel very trained,” she added about her competition. “I’m very excited. I feel like I’m in a really good spot. I’m really excited to soak this all in.”
Levito missed out on the previous games at 14 because she wasn’t old enough to compete, but she took home gold in the women’s singles in the 2023 U.S. Championships and won silver in the 2024 World Championships and 2022/23 Grand Prix Final.
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However, the Olympic debutant is not favourite to land gold, that expectation rests on the shoulders of Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto.
In a brilliant twist, this year’s Games have an extra incentive with Levito’s mother from Milan and her family still resides there.
She said: “Insane how, yes, I have family from Italy, but Milan specifically is where my family is from. I think it’s cool to be going to the Olympics in a place where I don’t feel like much of a foreigner.”
Whether it’s a maternal feeling of home or enjoying the freedom that the village offers athletes, Levito is certainly making the most of her dream opportunity.
If she is to take that feel-good feeling onto the ice and achieve a medal, it would be a historic affair for Team USA. Levito, alongside Alysa Liu and Amber Glenn are hoping to break America’s 20-year medal drought in the event.