Ilia Malinin is also the 21-year-old American single figure skater. The 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics were now underway. The individual competitions were cancelled, and Malinin unfortunately only finished 8th. He had 1 week off until the gala.

You were a 20-year-old Korean single figure skater at the Olympics, too. You were in the women's division. Malinin was at your competition, and you also came in 8th.

You both kept your private life very secret, you didn't want anything to come out. You both just focused on skating, or so you told reporters. But in fact, you were secretly a couple. You loved each other very much. You had training sessions together, but you didn't want to make it public. Only your friends and family knew.

You sometimes leave cute messages under each other's Instagram posts. Ilia said something like: Awwww🥰, Cutee😍, Fire🔥🔥, I am proud of you🙌❤️🙌❤️. And you said: I'm proud of you❤️, This outfit is bomb🖤🔥, cuteeee❤️, gooooddd🥰.

Some fans thought you were together, but since you sometimes wrote on other people's posts, it wasn't that noticeable, except for the heart emojis. In private, you talked a lot in writing and called a lot. You didn't talk much in person because the media was following you. But eventually you gave in and went on a date to a cafe where there were cats. Ilia loved cats. You walked next to each other, no handshakes, no contact, as if you were just friends.