Winter Olympics Promo

A pre-taped mock promotional segment styled as an NBC Winter Olympics promo, featuring a series of comedic athlete and coach interviews ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics. Each athlete speaks earnestly about their sport, but the sketch is dominated by Jane Wickline's standout performance as "Girtie," a luge competitor who openly hates her sport, screams the entire time she competes, and desperately does not want to go — yet keeps winning gold medals anyway. Alexander Skarsgård appears as her coach, who tricks her onto the sled by yelling "A spider! Where!?" The sketch builds to absurdist heights as Girtie is shown crying while wearing her gold medal, embodying the spirit of someone who is inexplicably world-class at something they absolutely despise.

This sketch aired as part of SNL's historic 1,000th episode (S51 E12), hosted by Alexander Skarsgård with musical guest Cardi B. Jane Wickline's performance as Girtie was widely praised. The sketch uses a mix of real Olympic footage and realistic costume/prop details. Doppler effect applied to Girtie's scream was noted as a particularly funny detail. Alexander Skarsgård can be seen breaking/laughing when he pushes Girtie onto the sled.