Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski will take to the podium as official announcers of figure skating for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, NBC announced Wednesday morning during Today.
"I am so excited — I cannot wait for this adventure to start. Sochi was so much fun, and I'm just honored to be part of the team now," said Lipinski of their upcoming roles in Pyeongchang, South Korea, with Weir adding. "We really were just so excited for Sochi and how things went for us. Getting to enjoy our sport every day and bringing people in America back to our sport with us — and now that we have this amazing opportunity, we're just completely honored and so proud."
The two noted that they had no idea their back-and-forth, which drew praise onscreen and on Instagram, would take off the way it has. They're kicking off their duties in Chicago on Sunday during the NBC broadcast of Skate America.
"Tara and Johnny are a very authentic team," Jim Bell, executive producer of NBC Olympics, told The New York Times. "They’re fun and fresh. They’re not afraid to offer strong opinions and come back and take a selfie on Instagram. ... You look for their kind of chemistry. You can’t make it up."
Watch the announcement below.
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