Michelle Kwan has been hired by Fox Sports to cover the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, The Huffington Post reported.
Fox will be launching its cable sports channel, Fox Sports 1, this month and will have Kwan covering a variety of sports. She currently works for the State Department as a senior adviser for public diplomacy and public affairs.
"When they asked, they were really encouraging to me to try it out," Kwan said. "They said, 'We are going to be innovative and fun and open to different angles,' which really attracted me. Reporting and story-telling is what they want, so for me it will interesting to kind of let the public know about the stories of athletes, or their perspectives on the Olympics."
Kwan is a two-time Olympic medalist, five-time world champion, and nine-time U.S. champion. She's the most decorated figure skater in U.S. history.
"There is no bigger name in the sport of figure skating than Michelle Kwan, and we are delighted to welcome her to Fox Sports," Rick Jaffe, Fox News senior vice president of news, said.
Fox also hired Olympic skiing champion Picabo Street as an analyst too, although only NBC holds the rights to air Olympic coverage in the U.S. Still, Kwan hopes to collaborate with Street while on assignment.
As for which sports she'd like to cover, Kwan mentioned curling and hockey so far.
"I won't be covering it like NBC would, but more doing insider stories," Kwan said. "I also like the idea they are launching FS1 this month, and I will be able to be a part of it and see it take shape and form. And also, if I have some sort of ideas how I want to report the Olympics, I will have that freedom to do it."
Kwan's last Olympic appearance ended abruptly due to injury at the Turin games in 2006. Since then, she graduated from the University of Denver with a degree in international studies and earned her master's degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
