Okay, skates, skating clothes, makeup, hairspray.
-Got everything? -Yes.
Adrián is going to Spanish Nationals
and spending Christmas with his family.
Please don't cry.
I'm not only feeling the sadness
of saying goodbye to him
and knowing that we don't spend Christmas together,
but I'm also feeling, you know,
the anxiety of wanting only the best for him.
You'll be a champion.
Don't come back, if it's not with the gold?
No, that's okay. You're my champion either way.
You have to come back.
-It doesn't matter. -Yeah, I know, I know.
-How are you feeling? -Feeling excited.
Yeah, you're excited huh? Excited to see your family?
Excited to see my family. Excited to go to Spain.
We are heading to Spanish Nationals.
This is the second big competition for us this season
with the other Spanish team, Sara and Kirill,
to decide who goes to the Olympic Games
and the World Championships.
It says "Reason for trip. Please check off one option."
"Tourism, work, family visit.
special mission, cooperation."
Return to Spain, special mission?
Ice dance special missions.
I feel very calm and relaxed,
which I know I shouldn't in my head.
I'm like the same.
Nerves are going to kick in at some point and adrenaline.
And that's fine, but very calm. Too calm.
-So we start? -We start.
Just being back in the country is very exciting for us
because it's been two years since our last Nationals
and we're excited to be back to defend our national title.
Nationals is always something special I think.
It's a very different feeling
when you compete in your country.
You have like this pride
and you want to make your fans proud of you as well.
This is going to be our fifth Spanish Nationals.
Sara and Kirill won the first year,
and then it's been alternating since then.
First year they won, second year we won.
Third year they won, literally like ever since.
So this will be the one where we win
-back-to-back. -Back-to-back.
Doesn't look very strong.
The lift had a lot of speed. It was very good.
Going into Finland, we knew
it was the first competition against Sara and Kirill,
so we knew we had that job to be ahead of them.
We finished ahead, it was 0.25 gap.
But we'll take it. We'll take it.
It's a good start. That's a good start.
Just the relief,
and it's been a long time coming.
There's been that battle there for years.
We're confident and we're hungry for more.
We're already ahead this season,
and we know we can stay ahead.
We know we can make it to the Games this year.
And that's already a step forward
for us mentally and the rest is yet to come.
Good job, guys.
Wow, so cute.
Yeah, I'm so happy we're here.
I know, me too.
Christmas is our favorite holiday.
We love Christmas.
-Thank you. -Thank you very much.
-Thank you. -Merry Christmas.
-You too. -Merry Christmas.
I'd love a hot cocoa.
-What about you? -Yeah, that sounds good.
When have we been home the entire month of December?
-Ever, like in a long time? -Never, not in a long time.
Not since we've been skating
so it's quite nice to just get fully into the holiday spirit.
-Wow. Oh wow. -Oh my goodness.
-Thank you. -Thank you.
-Happy? -Yeah, super happy. Cheers.
This is cozy. Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas.
I think we need to get a really small tree.
How tall are you, how small are you talking, like...
This big?
It's just going to be the two of us for Christmas.
We would love to be at home with our families.
But since U.S. Championships
is just like two weeks after Christmas, we decided,
you know, it was best to stay home and train.
Oh, look at this.
You're gonna make the Olympic rings? Wow.
Eight weeks from now, we hopefully
will be at the Olympics.
It sounds so close, but it feels still quite far away.
I don't want it to go too fast because I enjoy it.
What are you looking forward to most?
I think part of the Olympics is like being a part
of something way bigger than yourself.
Skating in the Olympics
is the most exciting rink that you can skate.
What about you?
What are you looking forward to the most?
Really want to go with everybody.
-Our whole group. -Ooh!
It's gonna be so...
If everybody can qualify and we can go as a big group,
it's just gonna be like unbelievable.
Well, an Olympic wish
-for all of our teammates. -Cup artist!
We're excited to start the competition.
We've been waiting for so long to skate at home
that a lot of emotions, a lot of feelings.
It's always a little extra nerve racking
at Nationals because there's two teams
and a home crowd, and that's what they're here for.
There's a battle there.
We felt pretty good.
We had maybe a few things that between us
we felt it wasn't the best.
But those are not noticeable
and the way we train is to hide those little mistakes.
It's one down, one to go.
The nerves are there. They're very present.
The Olympic spot is always in here.
Yeah.
Sara Hurtado and Kirill Khaliavin.
We're both quite nervous, but you can't let those emotions
overtake what you are going out there to do.
We just want to put out a solid performance.
The rest is out of our hands.
Yes!
Seeing all the crowds standing and clapping,
that was just a unique moment.
A special moment.
Very exciting, I am very proud of them.
I think they did amazing with the pressure
that this is.
Olivia Sophie Smart and Adrián Díaz.
Wow!
Damn, that's good.
-Yeah! -Vamos! Vamos!
As soon as he said 121, I just lost it.
I was, I was over the moon.
The judges liked it, and the crowd loved it,
and we came here with a job and we've done it.
It's all hitting me now.
Enjoy this one.
They enjoyed their moment.
The crowd enjoyed, so that's what matters the most.
And on top of that, they got a good score.
I think if I am right, I think this is their personal best
for the season, so that's amazing.
We're not comfortable. We still have to fight.
We're still going to push.
But it is, it does feel good to have that lead.
-Congratulations. -Thanks.
You've done it!
Don't cry! Don't cry!
Hi beautiful! Congratulations!
-Congratulations! -Thank you.
And now we get to spend some time with our family
and hug them and just enjoy Christmas and everything.
It's just the best Christmas gift we could have asked for.
Proud of you.