Between her record-shattering Eras Tour, her historic dominance at the Grammy Awards, and her superstar fiancé ruling the football field, it often feels like everything Taylor Swift touches turns to gold. That trend continued yet again this week.
As the 2026 Winter Olympics approached, the United States had gone 20 years without an Olympic medal in the women’s individual figure skating event. The last American woman to reach the podium was Sasha Cohen, who captured silver at the 2006 Olympic Games. The most recent gold medal came courtesy of Sarah Hughes in 2002.
This year, however, U.S. figure skating standout Alysa Liu finally snapped that drought, claiming the gold medal. And of course, it came directly after Swift provided some encouragement.
In the days before the competition, Swift shared a video on Instagram offering words of support to Liu and her two fellow Americans, who dubbed themselves the “Blade Angels.”
“Ladies and gentlemen, I’d like to introduce you to Amber, Alysa and Isabeau,” the global icon said at the beginning of the clip, later calling them “three American showgirls on ice,” a reference to her latest hit album, The Life of a Showgirl. She added that their journeys will “capture your heart.”
“Amber will be the first to tell you about how many battles she’s fought, and how the ones she’s lost have meant as much as the wins,” Swift said of 26-year-old Glenn. “Her superpower now is embracing the fight and daring the world to test her self-belief.”
“As for Alysa, she walked away from skating when she was 16, then came back on her own terms. Joy fuels her now. Every jump, a celebration. Every performance, a testament to the beauty to know yourself,” Swift explained of Liu, 20, who had previously stepped away from the sport following the 2022 Beijing Games.
“And then Isabeau. I mean, she’s destiny personified,” Swift said of the 18-year-old. “Her mom grew up in Milan, and her nonna, her grandma, lives exactly 13 minutes from the Olympic rink. When you can skate like you’re meant to be out there, history has a fun way of showing up.”
“They’re teammates and friends. They call themselves the Blade Angels, and tomorrow night, they’re taking center stage when the show starts in Milan,” the video concludes.
Obviously, Liu followed up that message with two dominant performances in the short program and the free skate to take the gold, and fans were obviously stunned at how everything Taylor Swift touches seems to turn to gold.
“Petition for Taylor Swift to narrate everything,” one fan wrote in the comments.
“Alysa Liu won gold after this because of course she did,” someone else wrote.
“The way I would never shut up about this if I won a gold medal and had Taylor Swift narrate my introduction,” another fan added.
“Hey, thank you for the lovely bouquet,” another fan added with a gold medal emoji, quoting Taylor Swift lyrics.
“This makes me so happy,” someone else wrote.
Of course, Liu was the one who delivered when it mattered most on the ice. Still, it feels only fitting that the United States’ first gold medal in the event in two decades arrived right after Swift publicly backed the team.