--- title: Winter Olympics Athletes Have Game of Thrones Predictions description: These U.S. Olympic athletes have plenty of opinions about who is truly worthy to rule the 'Game of Thrones' realm. canonical: https://time.com/5134300/winter-olympics-game-of-thrones-predictions-video/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-06T19:09:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:21.656Z og:title: Winter Olympics Athletes Have Strong Game of Thrones Opinions og:description: The Iron Throne is not for the weak og:url: https://time.com/5134300/winter-olympics-game-of-thrones-predictions-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte42b7eb2da66a03e/6988fac14ee2627a4e310c0e/olympics-game-of-thrones-usa.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: olympics-game-of-thrones-usa og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Winter Olympics Athletes Have Strong Game of Thrones Opinions twitter:description: The Iron Throne is not for the weak twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte42b7eb2da66a03e/6988fac14ee2627a4e310c0e/olympics-game-of-thrones-usa.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Fire, Meet Ice: Your Favorite Winter Olympics Athletes Have Very Strong _Game of Thrones_ Opinions  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 6, 2018 7:09 PM UTC  HBO (2)  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 6, 2018 7:09 PM UTC _Game of Thrones_ may not be airing next [until summer 2018](http://time.com/5124705/maisie-williams-false-game-of-thrones-story/), but these U.S. Olympians are still ready to share their predictions for the final contenders to claim their rightful spot atop the [Iron Throne](http://time.com/4851434/game-of-thrones-sophia-turner-sansa-stark-iron-throne/). TIME sat down with Nina Roth of the curling team, biathlete Susan Dunklee, ice dancer Zach Donohue and many more to get their critical takes on the fantasy TV series’ inevitable conclusion, because it turns out these athletes are just as big of fans of the blockbuster show as the rest of us. Spoiler alert: many Olympians think King of the North [Jon Snow](http://time.com/4986364/rose-leslie-kit-harington-jon-snow-costume/) and Mother of Dragons [Daenerys Targaryen](http://time.com/5093870/golden-globes-kit-harington-emilia-clarke/) are the rightful heirs to rule — but there’s also a favored outlier or two in the mix that might come as a surprise. Check out their suggestions, and the rationale behind their choices, in the video above. While we’ll have to wait to see whose Westeros-related prediction is correct, these Olympians will take their own shots at ascending to fame at the Winter Games in South Korea this month; the Olympics [kick off](http://time.com/5125436/winter-olympics-2018-dates/) Feb. 9 at 6:00 a.m. EST on NBC. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5134300/winter-olympics-game-of-thrones-predictions-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5134300/winter-olympics-game-of-thrones-predictions-video/"},"headline":"Fire, Meet Ice: Your Favorite Winter Olympics Athletes Have Very Strong Game of Thrones Opinions","datePublished":"2018-02-06T19:09:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:21.656Z","description":"These U.S. Olympic athletes have plenty of opinions about who is truly worthy to rule the 'Game of Thrones' realm.","url":"https://time.com/5134300/winter-olympics-game-of-thrones-predictions-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Winter Olympics","2018 Pyeongchang Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte42b7eb2da66a03e/6988fac14ee2627a4e310c0e/olympics-game-of-thrones-usa.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte42b7eb2da66a03e/6988fac14ee2627a4e310c0e/olympics-game-of-thrones-usa.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"olympics-game-of-thrones-usa","caption":"","creditText":"HBO (2)","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5134300/winter-olympics-game-of-thrones-predictions-video/","name":"Fire, Meet Ice: Your Favorite Winter Olympics Athletes Have Very Strong Game of Thrones Opinions"}}]}] ```