--- title: Figure Skating Sweepers Win Olympics With Friendship VIDEO description: The most heartwarming moment of the team figure skating event at the 2018 Olympics may have been seeing two young sweepers bond ringside. canonical: https://time.com/5144415/olympics-2018-figure-skating-sweepers-friendship/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-12T17:32:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:32.136Z og:title: These Kids Aced the Olympics With Their Adorable Friendship og:description: The two young girls were spotted goofing around rinkside og:url: https://time.com/5144415/olympics-2018-figure-skating-sweepers-friendship/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc59533b435df25f6/6989271386f68ebd196e83c4/figure-skating-sweeper.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US Figure Skating Championships At TD Garden: Day Four og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Kids Aced the Olympics With Their Adorable Friendship twitter:description: The two young girls were spotted goofing around rinkside twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc59533b435df25f6/6989271386f68ebd196e83c4/figure-skating-sweeper.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # These Figure Skating Sweepers Are Stealing the Show at the Olympics With Their Adorable Friendship  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 12, 2018 5:32 PM UTC  A sweeper picks up stuffed animals and roses at the 2014 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Boston, on Jan. 12, 2014. A sweeper picks up stuffed animals and roses at the 2014 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Boston, on Jan. 12, 2014.Yoon S. Byun/The Boston Globe via Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 12, 2018 5:32 PM UTC Although watching [Mirai Nagasu](http://time.com/5143981/mirai-nagasu-olympic-team-figure-skating/) become the first U.S. woman to land a triple axel at the [Olympics](http://time.com/5143796/olympics-2018-medal-count/) was exhilarating and witnessing [Adam Rippon](http://time.com/5143878/adam-rippon-internet-reactions-olympics-2018/) make his Winter Games debut was enchanting, the most heartwarming moment of Sunday’s team figure skating event may have been seeing two young sweepers bond. While waiting to clean up the gifts that fans throw onto the ice following their favorite skaters’ performances, these two little girls were spotted goofing around with each other rinkside. In a video shared by [NBC](https://www.nbcolympics.com/video/figure-skating-sweepers-kill-time-cutest-way-possible), the pair can be seen adorably mimicking each others’ facial expressions and giggling at the results. The sweepers are typically boys and girls from local skating clubs and are beloved by fans and Olympians alike. “We enjoy seeing them,” Alex Shibutani—one half of the famed Shibutani sibling ice dancing duo—told [NBCOlympics.com](http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/who-cleans-stuffed-animals-and-flowers-after-figure-skater-competes). “It must be such a cool experience to be a young skater and be able to be in that competitive environment, especially after a great performance because you’re on the ice experiencing that. We’ve definitely seen some sweepers bite it a little bit. It’s always really cute, because they’re trying their best. 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