Olympic figure skater Michelle Kwan makes Iowa appearances for Biden

Two-type Olympic medalist Michelle Kwan met with young figure skaters in Iowa on Saturday as she campaigns for former Vice President Joe Biden in his 2020 Democratic presidential bid. 

“I support Joe Biden, I’m proud to be on team Biden, because I think bottom line he has the best shot at beating our current president, Donald Trump,” Kwan told WHO-TV, a local NBC-affiliate, during an event at the Brenton Skating Plaza in Des Moines. 

Kwan told the couple of dozen people at the rink she thinks about her parents, who emigrated to the U.S. “with nothing” to pursue the American Dream, according to the Des Moines Register. 

“I had the opportunity to figure skate,” she reportedly added. “That was beyond what parents could dream of. But that’s the American Dream. And that’s, to me, what’s at stake. And that is why I proudly support Joe Biden. He always is a fighter for everyone — not just those at the top.”

Kwan, Biden’s director of surrogates, planned to launch a canvass shift in West Des Moines and attend a house party in Johnston after her appearance at the skating rink, the Register noted.

Kwan had campaigned for Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election

She’ll campaign for Biden across the country as the primary continues. 

Ahead of the upcoming Democratic debate in Los Angeles, the Biden campaign has been hosting a contest offering a supporter a chance to meet Kwan and attend the debate for donating as little as $5.

CORRECTION: Michelle Kwan won the silver medal in the 1998 Olympics and the bronze medal in the 2002 Olympics. An earlier version of this story included incorrect information.