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Speaker 1: First time is always really special, and I I have

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Speaker 2: We are like it's days away now and we're we're

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Speaker 2: And on today's episode of Two Guys, Five Rings Us,

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Speaker 2: Two Guys, Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang are going to

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Speaker 2: be discussing those first timers, the people who are hitting

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Speaker 2: those most promising first timers today.

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Speaker 1: It's really interesting. This is sort of the thematic thing

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Speaker 2: I mean, I'm excited. I'm excited for them to make

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Speaker 2: Tina and Milo. They are brother and sister. They're a

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and they what would you call them? Are they like,

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Speaker 1: Vibe. A stoat, also known as the Eurasian ermine of love,

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Speaker 1: Isn't that cute? Oh? I love them.

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Speaker 2: Oh they're exactly what you think. They're very very sweet,

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Speaker 1: Or there might be vicious I don't know, but I

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Speaker 2: The Olympic mascot, and that is short for Cortina and Melo.

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Speaker 1: So Tina and Milo.

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Speaker 2: That pair will be joined by a team of six

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Speaker 2: And I have to say they're cute as hell as well.

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Speaker 2: That that was my debut exactly your Tony's debut. And

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Speaker 2: there are so many Olympic debutants. An Olympic debutant is

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Speaker 2: Because an Olympic debutant is an athlete competing in their

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Speaker 2: Ilia Melanims from the Great United States, a figure skater

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Speaker 2: It's going to be his motivation to land all those

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Speaker 2: That was the direct quote. Now I'm going to show

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Speaker 1: And now you you took a liberty and prefer forming

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Speaker 3: Sort of did it like big Oka laugh big o'saka laugh.

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Speaker 3: Do you think that's how Ilia laughs? I am excited

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Speaker 3: That's why they put them on television. Il Yeah, he's

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Speaker 3: Does he have a big o'saka laugh.

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Speaker 1: we learned, We learned where did big oscaca laugh originate from?

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Speaker 2: Well, we were on vacation in Japan and we were

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Speaker 2: oh my gosh, I love this watch.

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Speaker 2: But can I tell you something? And this is also

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Speaker 2: Catch me on Osaka with my big Osaka laugh and

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Speaker 1: Next step, we have the inspiring, the incredible Maxim Naw.

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Speaker 1: I'moff twenty four years old, competing in men's singles. He

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Speaker 1: Glenn and Isabelle Leavito and women's singles. Amber Glenn's journey

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Speaker 2: We love the Kachuck.

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Speaker 1: We love the Kuchuck's Florida Panthers for on a US

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Speaker 2: I don't think means you can just break a glass

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Speaker 2: So this is Lucas Pinero Browden and he is an

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Speaker 1: You're right? I think you know what we're gonna have

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Speaker 2: That is something you do a lot, you say gold

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Speaker 2: It already is inspiring, But like, I just hope that

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Speaker 1: So we're rooting for you, Maxim. I mean it's already

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Speaker 1: in the village. Well, we'd love to hear your laugh.

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Speaker 1: We'll wave. We're not to bother these people as we

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Speaker 2: We want to remind you be sure to follow two

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Speaker 2: Guys five rings on the iHeartRadio app or your favorite

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Speaker 1: Watch and listen to every moment of the Winter Olympics

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