--- title: Adam Rippon Is the Internet's Favorite Olympics 2018 Skater description: Adam Rippon has enthralled the internet with his latest skate at the 2018 Winter Olympics canonical: https://time.com/5162114/adam-rippon-skate-interview-reactions/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-16T05:11:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:42.570Z og:title: Adam Rippon Enchants Fans With Spellbinding Figure Skate og:description: The internet is overflowing with joy for Adam Rippon og:url: https://time.com/5162114/adam-rippon-skate-interview-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5720775c09e6757f/698927e1ab6d7780246b1c84/gettyimages-918828408.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3258 og:image:height: 1833 og:image:alt: Figure Skating - Winter Olympics Day 7 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Adam Rippon Enchants Fans With Spellbinding Figure Skate twitter:description: The internet is overflowing with joy for Adam Rippon twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5720775c09e6757f/698927e1ab6d7780246b1c84/gettyimages-918828408.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Adam Rippon Enchants Fans With Spellbinding Individual Figure Skate > Sponsored content. 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The [28-year-old consummate showman](http://time.com/5144288/adam-rippon-olympics-2018-bronze/) skated himself directly into everyone’s hearts and third place (temporarily) with his 87.95 score in Friday’s [individual figure skating event](http://time.com/5143878/adam-rippon-internet-reactions-olympics-2018/). To the tune of Ida Corr Vs. Fedde Le Grand’s “Let Me Think About It” (the Eddie Thoneick remix), Rippon hit his jumps, pumped his fists with gusto, and when the applause was insufficient he motioned for more. Rippon’s pure and consistent ability to be himself on the ice spread joy across the internet. People could not stop gushing about his performance and his post-skate interview. “I can’t explain witchcraft. I feel like I’m coming into my own. I’m confident in what I’m doing,” Rippon told NBC after his skate. The internet loves this guy. > [](https://twitter.com/lolacoaster/status/964346495309815809) > [](https://twitter.com/Iyeshalovette/status/964355688435654656) > [](https://twitter.com/ladybug%5Fdianes/status/964355788952150016) > [](https://twitter.com/WendyCastaldo1/status/964355664377126912) > [](https://twitter.com/%5FRussTurner%5F/status/964355629614682117) > [](https://twitter.com/ahullum/status/964355649273344000) > [](https://twitter.com/amandaruthprice/status/964355625894342656) > [](https://twitter.com/RachelRoseGold1/status/964355446189449222) > [](https://twitter.com/LexusRC350/status/964355383333548033) > [](https://twitter.com/GillianAstarita/status/964355094178275329) He may not be the strongest medal contender, but the athlete is [winning fans over](http://time.com/5143878/adam-rippon-internet-reactions-olympics-2018/) with his charisma. Case in point: he is [Reese Witherspoon’s internet friend](http://time.com/5156263/adam-rippon-reese-witherspoon-friendship-twitter-olympics-2018/), and estimates that his excitement has reached Meryl Streep levels about that. > [](https://twitter.com/NBCOlympics/status/964357132240936962) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5162114/adam-rippon-skate-interview-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5162114/adam-rippon-skate-interview-reactions/"},"headline":"Adam Rippon Enchants Fans With Spellbinding Individual Figure Skate","datePublished":"2018-02-16T05:11:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:42.570Z","description":"Adam Rippon has enthralled the internet with his latest skate at the 2018 Winter Olympics","url":"https://time.com/5162114/adam-rippon-skate-interview-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Winter Olympics","onetime","2018 Pyeongchang Olympics","overnight"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5720775c09e6757f/698927e1ab6d7780246b1c84/gettyimages-918828408.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5720775c09e6757f/698927e1ab6d7780246b1c84/gettyimages-918828408.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Figure Skating - Winter Olympics Day 7","caption":"Figure Skating - Winter Olympics Day 7","creditText":"Robert Cianflone—Getty Images","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/5162114/adam-rippon-skate-interview-reactions/","name":"Adam Rippon Enchants Fans With Spellbinding Individual Figure Skate"}}]}] ```