Team USA luge star flooded with DMs after Valentine's date wanted post goes viral

Team USA luge star Sophia Kirkby is being flooded with DM's after posting a Valentine's Day call for a date on social media. 

Apparently, the Olympics can be a pretty lonely place for singles, as the American luge star made the post while competing at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics in Milan, Italy this week. 

Days before she took the ice, Kirkby, 24, shared her love wanted message on February 1 via Instagram, while rocking head-to-toe Team USA gear. 

"The Olympics officially kick off this Friday and I'll be in Cortina," Kirkby wrote. "Also... yes, I'm single. Athlete Village's Most Eligible Bachelorette season has officially begun," she wrote. "I finish racing on the 12th and I'm looking for a Valentine's Date. I'm not just looking for the other Olympians to grab a cappuccino. I'll have my dating profiles activated and I'm open to grabbing a coffee with you the fans. See you in Cortina."

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It didn't take long for the Team USA's athlete's DM's to be flooded with notes from potential Valentine's Day suitors. 

The Olympic luge star - who's making history by competing for Team USA in its first ever women's double team on Wednesday, Feb. 11, alongside her partner, Chavonne Forgan - read off some of the responses on Monday, Feb. 9 in a video shared to Instagram.

"DM review: boys edition," she captioned the post. 

"Sophia you are a amazing, wonderful and lovely dreamwoman," one direct message said. 

"Hi Sophia! Heard you are looking for a Valentine's date," a second man wrote in a separate message. 

"You could give one (a pin) as a gift to the DJ at the sliding center," a third suitor added, referring to the pins Olympic athletes are given to hand out while attending the Winter Games. 

Kirkby has shared multiple posts about her search for love during her time in Milan. 

Before the games kicked off the luge hopeful dubbed herself "Athlete Village’s Most Eligible Bachelorette" in a separate Instagram post that promised to share her experience "navigating the dating world of competing athletes—wild schedules, early bedtimes, constant travel… and somehow still trying to be romantic."

She even went as far as sharing a video from the Opening Ceremonies on Friday, where she acknowledged a large group of athletes behind her.

"My Valentine might be in this line somewhere," she declared. 

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