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U.S. speed skater Jordan Malone has had some tough breaks at this year's Olympic games, but he says his dog Oly never fails to cheer him up_ --- Jul 27, 2023 1:20 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Russian Skater Kamila Valieva Is Allowed to Compete at the Olympics](/video/M51M09xo/) ### Russian Skater Kamila Valieva Is Allowed to Compete at the Olympics [See the Top Olympic Skaters Compete on the Ice as Adorable Kids Before They Were Famous](/video/L7J0iukL/) ### See the Top Olympic Skaters Compete on the Ice as Adorable Kids Before They Were Famous [Meet Olympic Champion Speed Skater Shani Davis](/video/I8k2iVkp/) ### Meet Olympic Champion Speed Skater Shani Davis --- ## Transcript My name is Jordan Malone, I'm a short track speed skater and this is my first Olympics. This is Oly, O- l- y short for Olympics, and I got him about a year and a half ago. Times were hard for me, I just broke up with someone and I needed a companion, someone who wouldn't distract me and every day I'd get home from practice and no matter what I do on the ice he's always super happy to see me. So he's my-- he's my energy off the ice. The 1500 I didn't do very great, I didn't do very good, I got DQ'd in the first round. I felt strong I felt like it, I had-- I had some good rounds in me but, I got short tracked, is the term now so it's part of the sport and it's part of what happened, you know, what I did I actually went and saw Oly afterwards, after the race, and my mom brought him. He was in the car so, you know, he didn't care, he was like whatever dad I love you. It made me feel a lot better and yeah, it was great. So I've been teaching him tricks and he, he knows how to sit, he knows how to lay down, he knows how to roll over, he actually knows how to turn but he's a-- he's a short track dog so he can only turn left. He's great, he actually doesn't ever make a noise. The only noises he ever makes, he barks more in his sleep than he does in, when he's awake and he's super cute when I take him in the airport with me. He's been on a couple of trips. He went to '09 National Trials. He went to 2010 Olympic Trials and he is here at the Olympics. That was the entire basis of where we were gonna stay, we couldn't stay somewhere in the city that had a no dog policy. We had to find a house that could allow dogs. We had to, I had to make sure that our team manager made it acceptable for me to take him on the flight and what not, otherwise I was gonna have to find my own transportation. Dogs are good for people in general but for me as an athlete it's really great for me to just have that unconditional love and support at all times, you know, if I wanna feel better all I have to do is walk out the door and walk back in, and he's like, Gilbert-- I think he's made me a more comfortable athlete. 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