‘I think me and Taylor could have a really good time,’ he tells MTV News. By Hillary Crosley Photo: MTV News There might be a Taylor Swift backlash happening online after her performance and wins at the Grammys, but Winter Olympics skier Will Brandenburg is definitely on Team Taylor. The Spokane, Washington, native, along with fellow skier and gold medalist Ted Ligety, chatted with MTV News on Saturday about competing for the United States and exactly what a “super combine” is. “I do the super combine [event, which is] one run of downhill, the fastest event in skiing, and one run of the slowest event in skiing, so it’s two different ends of the spectrum,” Bradenburg explained. “[We go] 80, 90, 95 miles per hour. We’re pretty comfortable on our skis. We’ve been doing it since we were little, so when you’re going that fast, you don’t know you’re going that fast. Feels like you’re going 35 miles per hour in your pickup truck. It winds up like, ‘I was just clocked at 83!’ ” But then the conversation quickly turned to what the two listened to in preparation for their competitions, and in addition to Kings of Leon, Ligety blurted out that Brandenburg really loved Taylor Swift. “He’s actually a really big Taylor Swift fan,” Ligety revealed. “She’s just got that girl-next-door attitude. I like it, I like it a lot,” Brandenburg said in defense of his crush. “I think me and Taylor could have a really good time. I was just thinking [about] a nice little dinner and a movie and a date, so if you’re out there, Taylor, look me up. Will you be my valentine?” Brandenburg, 23, almost didn’t compete in this year’s Winter Olympics after sustaining a knee injury early last year following a bone bruise. But instead of bowing out, Brandenburg worked out at the gym every day during the summer to repair his body. “It was tough. I couldn’t run or jump until July,” Brandenburg told Spokane’s Spokesman-Review . “I’ve never put more into it in my life, trying to get healthy, because I wasn’t just trying to get to the Olympics. I was trying to continue my career in ski racing.” MTV News is on the ground in Vancouver all week, so stay tuned for more coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Related Videos 2010 Winter Olympics: From The Athletes’ Perspectives Related Artists Taylor Swift
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