What Adam Rippon Was Thinking During His Olympic Skating Debut

Left off the team in 2014, despite a second place finish at the Olympic trials, Adam Rippon is excited to finally be an Olympian.

So excited, in fact, that he keeps reminding his Olympic Village roommate Mirai Nagasu — about every 10 minutes, by his estimation — that they are finally Olympians. “He says, Can you believe what’s happening?” says Nagasu. “We’re here at the Olympics together. And I go, okay, let’s get ready to compete now.