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JD Vance’s first Olympic appearance unfolds with more photo-ops than protests
Amid officials’ concern about vocal crowd reactions against the US, the vice-president’s visit to a hockey game felt closer to theater than geopolitics
Several thousand spectators who turned up for a Thursday afternoon hockey game in Milan’s western suburbs may have gotten a sneak preview of the 2028 Republican ticket when US vice-president JD Vance and secretary of state Marco Rubio attended the United States women’s Olympic opener. With one hockey game already postponed because of norovirus, Olympic organizers could have been forgiven for hoping to avoid any other sudden waves of nausea inside the secondary rink across town.
Winter Olympics 2026: JD Vance, Marco Rubio in attendance at U.S. women's hockey game
MILAN — Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio watched the United States’ women’s hockey team take on Czechia on Thursday, the first stop in a trip planned to include a visit to the Olympics’ Opening Ceremony on Friday night.
Rubio sat in the third row off the ice, and Vance the fourth, and both cheered as the United States routed Czechia 5-1 to claim America’s first team victory at the 2026 Olympics.
After the game, American players indicated they had no idea the vice president would be in attendance, and didn’t seem to notice when he was there. “We try to stay pretty focused and stay within the walls of the ring,” defender Cayla Barnes said. “Everything outside the walls of the ring is kind of a distraction.”
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