shared a video on Instagram<\/a> offering words of support to Liu and her two fellow Americans, who dubbed themselves the \u201cBlade Angels.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cLadies and gentlemen, I\u2019d like to introduce you to Amber, Alysa and Isabeau,\u201d the global icon said at the beginning of the clip, later calling them \u201cthree American showgirls on ice,\u201d a reference to her latest hit album, The Life of a Showgirl. She added that their journeys will \u201ccapture your heart.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAmber will be the first to tell you about how many battles she\u2019s fought, and how the ones she\u2019s lost have meant as much as the wins,\u201d Swift said of 26-year-old Glenn. \u201cHer superpower now is embracing the fight and daring the world to test her self-belief.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAs 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,\u201d Swift explained of Liu, 20, who had previously stepped away from the sport following the 2022 Beijing Games.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd then Isabeau. I mean, she\u2019s destiny personified,\u201d Swift said of the 18-year-old. \u201cHer mom grew up in Milan, and her nonna, her grandma, lives exactly 13 minutes from the Olympic rink. When you can skate like you\u2019re meant to be out there, history has a fun way of showing up.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re teammates and friends. They call themselves the Blade Angels, and tomorrow night, they\u2019re taking center stage when the show starts in Milan,\u201d the video concludes.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
\u201cPetition for Taylor Swift to narrate everything,\u201d one fan wrote in the comments.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlysa Liu won gold after this because of course she did,\u201d someone else wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe way I would never shut up about this if I won a gold medal and had Taylor Swift narrate my introduction,\u201d another fan added.<\/p>\n
\u201cHey, thank you for the lovely bouquet,\u201d another fan added with a gold medal emoji, quoting Taylor Swift lyrics.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis makes me so happy,\u201d someone else wrote.<\/p>\n
Of course, Liu was the one who delivered when it mattered most on the ice. Still, it feels only fitting that the United States\u2019 first gold medal in the event in two decades arrived right after Swift publicly backed the team.<\/p>\n
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