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Speaker 1: nice to get dressed up. Hello, I'm Mini driver. Welcome

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Speaker 1: to the Questions Season two. I've always loved Cruce's questionnaire.

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Speaker 1: It was originally a nineteenth century parlor game where players

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Speaker 1: In asking different people the same set of questions, you

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Speaker 1: or created the most fertile ground to connect. My guest

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Speaker 1: today on many questions is the extraordinary Olympian Lindsay Jacobellis.

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Speaker 1: So what relationship, real or fictionalized, defines love for you?

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Speaker 1: This took me a bit, but I was thinking Goldie

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Speaker 1: in the last month or so, I definitely was trying

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Speaker 1: to just consume as many calories as possible. Oh my god,

430
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Speaker 1: have fun? Is that for now? What I'm trying to

431
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Speaker 1: lean out? But it was so cold in Beijing, so

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Speaker 1: you want to make sure you have enough energy that

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Speaker 1: in storage that you can be burning to help keep

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Speaker 1: you warm, but also that you're not depleting your muscles

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Speaker 1: of the needed nutrients. So then your body starts feeding

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Speaker 1: off of your muscles and breaking your muscles down to

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Speaker 1: keep all systems running. Well. Kind of thing would you

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Speaker 1: eat you wake up in the morning freezing cold? Would

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Speaker 1: you eat sort of lunch for breakfast? What did that

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Speaker 1: look like? Well, in Beijing specifically, i would go to

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Speaker 1: the USA house that was right there, and I'd have

442
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Speaker 1: some noodles just to get some great hard base, and

443
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Speaker 1: then I'd go over to the dining hall with my

444
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Speaker 1: little Chilulu packets keep with you, and I'd get a

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Speaker 1: bunch of Frida eggs or scrambled eggs, just so then

446
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Speaker 1: I'm getting back protein and coffee and some either a

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Speaker 1: bagel or a croissant. I'm very much liking that your

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Speaker 1: breakfast involves going to two separate restaurants. That sounds like

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Speaker 1: my kind of breakfast breakfast one check, little travel breakfast

450
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Speaker 1: to check, and then we'd have snacks up on the hill,

451
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Speaker 1: just because it just helps keep your sugars elevated enough

452
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Speaker 1: and you don't get into this lethargic state. And it

453
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Speaker 1: also just helps keep you know, you're just awareness of

454
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Speaker 1: if you're having that just like little hit a sugar,

455
00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:45,520
Speaker 1: whether it's just like a sneaker's bar or a gel pack.

456
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Speaker 1: It's just something to help you hyper focus because you

457
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Speaker 1: don't want to be shutting down when you're trying to

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Speaker 1: execute and go down a course. You only need to

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Speaker 1: be focusing for a couple of minutes, but you want

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Speaker 1: all of those minutes really really focused. And then afterwards,

461
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Speaker 1: you know, after you workout, it's probably the most important

462
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Speaker 1: to within thirty minutes to an hour getting some protein

463
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Speaker 1: in your system, whether it is a protein shake or

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Speaker 1: sitting down and having a meal. But then also then

465
00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:14,920
Speaker 1: sleep is probably the most important, which sleeps the other food. Yeah,

466
00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:20,360
Speaker 1: just it helps everything reboot, recharge. But I'm definitely not

467
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Speaker 1: as strict as certain other sports. Other sports take for instance,

468
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Speaker 1: bob sled, especially the women's bob sled. They have to

469
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Speaker 1: weigh the sled then they have to weigh the two

470
00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:33,080
Speaker 1: individuals and all of those together can't go over certain weight.

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Speaker 1: So together those girls are trying to balance up, which

472
00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:39,000
Speaker 1: I go insane. Yeah, me too. To come to be

473
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Speaker 1: like up three pounds down down ten pounds like that

474
00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:43,960
Speaker 1: seems like a nightmare to me. So I'm very happy

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00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:47,800
Speaker 1: that my sport hasn't had that involved. Yeah, yours has

476
00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:51,399
Speaker 1: two restaurants for breakfast. I mean, I definitely I love you,

477
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Speaker 1: Bob Sled love you, But yeah, teen snowboarding. In your life,

478
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Speaker 1: what person, place, or experience has most altered it? I

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Speaker 1: would say my brother is a big influence in how

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Speaker 1: I became an athlete. My brother Ben is five years

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Speaker 1: older than me. We grew up in Connecticut in a

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Speaker 1: little town, Roxbury. We're basically in the middle of nowhere,

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Speaker 1: so if we're wanting to be playing outside, our mom

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Speaker 1: and dad couldn't exactly always drive us to a friend's

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Speaker 1: house or vice versa. So we had to learn how

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Speaker 1: to interact and tolerate each other as brother and sister,

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Speaker 1: and especially having a five year younger sister. I'm sure

488
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Speaker 1: my brother had to put up with a lot, he

489
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Speaker 1: had to have the patience. But you know, he was

490
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Speaker 1: always pushing me to be fearless and to be aggressive

491
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Speaker 1: and fast. I remember he was the one that taught

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Speaker 1: me to ride my bike without the training wheels when

493
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Speaker 1: my dad was at work and you know, my mom's

494
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Speaker 1: inside cooking preparing food, and you know, he just let

495
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Speaker 1: me off on the driveway and he's like, if you

496
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Speaker 1: start going too fast, you can veer off onto the

497
00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:07,600
Speaker 1: grass and tip over and you'll be fine. But I

498
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Speaker 1: do remember that moment of him tak him off. I'm

499
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Speaker 1: not even sure my parents knew that we were taking

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Speaker 1: off the training wheels or if we were even allowed

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Speaker 1: to do that, but he pushed me to do that.

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Speaker 1: And he was assistant code for you know, my t

503
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Speaker 1: ball and little league games, so he's always hitting ground

504
00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:27,359
Speaker 1: balls and fly balls to help practice. And then that

505
00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:30,720
Speaker 1: also translated into my snowboarding career. He was the first

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Speaker 1: person in our family to try snowboarding, and naturally, when

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Speaker 1: I saw how much fun my brother was having, I

508
00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:38,680
Speaker 1: was like, well, I have to do this. My brother

509
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Speaker 1: is doing this, I have to do this. And you know,

510
00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:43,560
Speaker 1: he taught me how to turn and link my turns,

511
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Speaker 1: and I was constantly always trying to chase him and

512
00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:49,439
Speaker 1: catch him going down the hill because he was always

513
00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:54,280
Speaker 1: the fastest on skis on snowboards, so he definitely instilled

514
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Speaker 1: that you can always go faster if you ride with

515
00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:59,399
Speaker 1: the guys, they're gonna make you the best and you

516
00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:01,639
Speaker 1: push your own levels. Oh my god, he was the

517
00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:05,960
Speaker 1: catalyst for all of that. That's amazing. God, that's amazing.

518
00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:10,160
Speaker 1: That's so extraordinary when you think particularly a five year difference.

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00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:13,119
Speaker 1: So when he is seven, he was twelve, right when

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00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:17,200
Speaker 1: it would be super annoying to have a little seven

521
00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:19,320
Speaker 1: year old running around after you, right when you're just

522
00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:21,679
Speaker 1: starting to need to be cool, and then thirdeen in

523
00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:23,879
Speaker 1: an eight year old, it's really amazing. That's like, it

524
00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:26,679
Speaker 1: really feels like there's It's what makes me believe in

525
00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:30,360
Speaker 1: like some sort of comic agreement that exists that kind

526
00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:33,199
Speaker 1: of predates our lives, because you really can trace the

527
00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:35,199
Speaker 1: catalyst of everything that you've gone on to do. Like

528
00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:38,080
Speaker 1: to say he was the trailblazer. Yes, I can think

529
00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:40,720
Speaker 1: of so many moments. We have the snow in the

530
00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:43,959
Speaker 1: backyard and he's designing the sledding track and we're not

531
00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:47,240
Speaker 1: just going to go casual sledding, and we're shaping and

532
00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:50,360
Speaker 1: icing with you know, water and letting it set overnight,

533
00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:53,000
Speaker 1: so then it's that much faster. Oh my god. He

534
00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:56,240
Speaker 1: always brought it to the extreme, but that just seemed

535
00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:58,800
Speaker 1: normal to me. I'm like, yeah, okay, like I'll help

536
00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:01,400
Speaker 1: haul buckets of water her, we'll sprinkle it on, we'll

537
00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:03,960
Speaker 1: let it set, we'll hit this tomorrow. And our mom's

538
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:07,760
Speaker 1: just like these were helmets. Oh my god. Was he

539
00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:11,720
Speaker 1: there in Beijing when you got the gold medal? No, well,

540
00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:15,280
Speaker 1: family really wasn't able to travel. You were allowed, of course,

541
00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:20,680
Speaker 1: of course, because of course, but my cousin who's younger,

542
00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:24,120
Speaker 1: who has a very similar dynamic with her older brother,

543
00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:28,160
Speaker 1: so we share those like younger sibling vibes and energy

544
00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:31,600
Speaker 1: and were very similar. She actually worked for NBC Connecticut

545
00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:33,600
Speaker 1: and so she was there on a media pass, so

546
00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:35,920
Speaker 1: she actually was at my EVENTU I didn't know she

547
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,040
Speaker 1: was actually going to be there because she was down

548
00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:40,040
Speaker 1: in Beijing and we were up in the village. But

549
00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:42,920
Speaker 1: she applied to go up there to report, but they

550
00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:45,680
Speaker 1: didn't tell her until the morning of so I didn't know.

551
00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:47,880
Speaker 1: And then when I came down and I finished and

552
00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:49,960
Speaker 1: I looked and she was there. I was like, oh

553
00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:52,560
Speaker 1: my gosh, so someone in my family did get to

554
00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:57,240
Speaker 1: experience that firsthand with me. How lovely that you did

555
00:29:57,240 --> 00:29:59,719
Speaker 1: have family there. Oh my god, your brother must have

556
00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:04,840
Speaker 1: spend beside himself. And they have the opportunity for NBC

557
00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:07,760
Speaker 1: to be putting cameras in our family's home to be

558
00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:10,840
Speaker 1: watching them or have like a watch party. And my parents,

559
00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:14,320
Speaker 1: I know, get so stressed watching me. They handle it

560
00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:17,280
Speaker 1: very differently. My mom will be sitting on the phone

561
00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:20,640
Speaker 1: with her sister giving her the play by play of

562
00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:23,000
Speaker 1: my race, but she can't watch the race. And then

563
00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:25,600
Speaker 1: my dad will be in a different room actually watching

564
00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:28,080
Speaker 1: the race. Who's on the phone with my brother who's

565
00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:30,400
Speaker 1: in Boston, who's watching the race, but they have a

566
00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:32,720
Speaker 1: slight delay in time. They're like, what's happening, Like I

567
00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:37,480
Speaker 1: can't tell you, Like, oh my gosh, it was really

568
00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:40,760
Speaker 1: really cool. And then they have now a young niece

569
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Speaker 1: and a nephew, my brother's kids. It's just so fun

570
00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:46,520
Speaker 1: to be able to bring that world and that reality

571
00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:50,160
Speaker 1: to them. And she's watching the replay of me race

572
00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:52,880
Speaker 1: that next day, and there's the moment I turned and

573
00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:55,360
Speaker 1: looked to the camera and just like wave to everyone.

574
00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:58,160
Speaker 1: And she looks at my brother. She's like, wait, can

575
00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:02,680
Speaker 1: she see us? It was the cutest thing ever. Oh

576
00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:05,680
Speaker 1: my gosh, you're amazing. I mean, thank you. You're like

577
00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:10,960
Speaker 1: the most decorated female snowboarder cross. I mean, it's ridiculous,

578
00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:14,160
Speaker 1: it's amazing. It's funny because I'm sitting here. You're charming me.

579
00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:19,880
Speaker 1: But I'm wiggling just looking at you. That so exciting.

580
00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:23,200
Speaker 1: It's such a privilege. It's so amazing. I'm so thrilled

581
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:26,960
Speaker 1: about your life. I don't even know you. It's so cool,

582
00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:29,320
Speaker 1: it's so great. I hope you enjoy every second of

583
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:32,520
Speaker 1: it's so bloody deserved. You've worked so hard. Thank you

584
00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:34,719
Speaker 1: so much. And I do hope we get to go

585
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589
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