Taylor Swift may not have been on the ice at all during the 2026 Winter Olympics, but gold medalist Alysa Liu thinks the pop star had a hand in securing Team USA’s victory.

At the iHeartRadio Music Awards on Thursday (March 26), the competitive figure skater presented the pop star with the 2026 artist of the year award. While up on stage, Liu called Swift the “GOAT of music.”

“She lent her voice and music by narrating a video introducing me and the other ‘Blade Angels,’” she continued of Swift, who attended the ceremony alongside fiancé Travis Kelce. “I gotta say, I think that’s why we won.”

The 14-time Grammy winner then went up to accept the award, which was one of seven total prizes she took home Thursday night. “First of all, to receive this award from Alysa,” she began her speech. “You brought me so much happiness and everyone else so much happiness with your performances.”

Swift was a big supporter of Team USA this year indeed, wishing the Olympians good luck in a self-filmed video that aired during the opening ceremony in early February. Less than two weeks later, she narrated the commercial for Liu and the other figure-skating team members.

“Ladies and gentlemen, I’d like to introduce you to Amber , Alysa and Isabeau , three American showgirls on ice who will capture your heart with their stories,” Swift said in the promo video, adding of Liu, “She walked away from skating when she was 16, but then came back on her own terms. Joy fuels her now. Every jump, a celebration. Every performance, a testament to the beauty of knowing yourself.”

Months prior, the singer lent her Billboard Hot 100-topping Life of a Showgirl hit “The Fate of Ophelia” to an ad for the Winter Olympics.