MILAN — Eleven-time Olympic medalist and seven-time gold medalist Simone Biles showed up at the Milano Ice Skating Arena on Friday night to watch "Quad God" Ilia Malinin and the rest of the men's singles figure skaters compete for Olympic hardware.
During a break between the third and fourth groups skating, Biles appeared on the big screen for an interview with the venue emcee, who started by asking her about the biggest difference between the Winter and Summer Olympics.
"I think the difference is the weather and the temperature. I’m used to hot and this is very cool," she said. "So, I wish the athletes the absolute best and to stay chill."
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The legendary gymnast who is the only athlete in the world to land the Yurchenko double pike on vault — similarly to Malinin being the only athete to pull off a quad Axel — said there's a familiarity between her sport and figure skating with the flipping and twisting.
