Overview
- In a Feb. 14 New York Post interview, Kirkby said she was on a coffee date in Milan and plans to spend Valentine’s Day with a fan who flew in after messaging her.
- She added that four dates are now scheduled, none with fellow Olympians, and that snowboarder Jake Pates did not take her up on her outreach.
- Kirkby and teammate Chevonne Forgan finished fifth in the inaugural women’s doubles luge, becoming the first Americans to compete in the new event.
- She invited fans to meet for coffee, said she would activate dating profiles, and offered pin-for-date trades as her direct messages swelled from hundreds to roughly 2,000.
- Coverage also highlights that she is competing in memory of her father, who died in 2024, noting she wrote his words on her gloves for races.