“This was the same woman who’d earlier spilled her drink on me. I’d assured her it wasn’t a big deal and not to worry about it. In hindsight, I should have been the one worrying.” I was beyond excited to find myself at a 2026 Olympic event in Milan. It’d been a rough few months, so to spend time witnessing the pairs free skate competition that would determine who’d snag medals felt like a gift. During a break between the groups performing their high-stakes routines, I heard the American woman