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Olympians can’t help but marvel at each other.
“Self Magazine” asked several Olympic and Paralympic athletes who their “Olympic crush” is, and several stars weren’t afraid to give their answers.
Gold medal figure skater Alysa Liu named Summer Olympian.
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Gold medalist Alysa Liu of the United States and Amber Glenn of the United States during the Olympic Figure Skating Exhibition at the Milan Ice Skating Arena at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympic Games on February 21, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Tim Clayton/Getty Images)
“I think my Olympic crush is probably Suni Lee. She’s so beautiful and very stylized. You know what I’m saying? I like that, yeah,” Liu said of the two-time gold medalist.
Another figure skater, Amber Glenn, also went with a gymnast.
“I have a lot of Olympic crushes. Laurie Hernandez,” Glenn said. “I love that she’s openly queer and that she’s completely herself, a bit of a geek, like me.”
Hernandez was part of the 2016 team in Rio that won gold. She got silver on balance.
Laurie Hernandez at the Rio 2016 Olympics. (Reuters)
Speed skater Brittany Bowe was asked the same question, but it wasn’t so difficult for her – she is engaged to women’s hockey captain Hilary Knight.
“There’s no thinking outside the box on that one,” she joked.
The two got engaged the day before Knight’s team won gold over Canada. Knight shared the moment on social media, captioning a video of the two athletes in matching Team USA gear: “The Olympics brought us together. This one made us forever.”
USA’s Kendall Coyne, left, and USA’s Hilary Knight celebrate after the women’s ice hockey victory ceremony at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, on February 19, 2026. (Hassan Ammar/AP Photo)
The United States brought home 12 gold medals from Milan, setting a new personal best for the Winter Olympics. The country’s previous record was 10, which it achieved in Salt Lake City 24 years ago.
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