1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:03,280 Speaker 1: Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we're rewatching 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 1: that Kat Macario chip goal from Monday's US women's national 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:07,720 Speaker 1: team win over Italy. 4 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:10,479 Speaker 2: Over and over and over, so cheeky. 5 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 1: It's Wednesday, December third, and on Today show, we'll be 6 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 1: skipping the need to know and getting you right to 7 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 1: producer Alex's conversation with speed skater Britney Bow in New 8 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:20,800 Speaker 1: York City back in October as part of the Team 9 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 1: USA summit ahead of the upcoming Milan Courtina Winter Olympics. 10 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 1: They talked about her goals as she aims to qualify 11 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 1: for a fourth Games, the weight of wanting a gold medal, 12 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:32,520 Speaker 1: and what she's learned from girlfriend Hillary Knight about wanting 13 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 1: to leave the next generation better off and stick around 14 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 1: for a special bonus. Because Alex snuck in a chat 15 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:41,559 Speaker 1: with the aforementioned girlfriend, none other than hockey legend and 16 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 1: Team USA captain Hillary Knight to get her take on 17 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 1: how the couple plans to navigate an Olympics scheduling challenge, 18 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 1: and as Britney's prepping for the upcoming Olympics, I want 19 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 1: to remind you of one of the breakout stories of 20 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty two Games, an unselfish gesture from Brittany 21 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: that helped a teammate and childhood friend get to the 22 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 1: Olympics and eventually win goal So in twenty twenty two, 23 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 1: at the US Olympic Trials in Milwaukee, world number one 24 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:08,039 Speaker 1: in the five hundred meters, Aaron Jackson slipped in her race, 25 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 1: finishing third and out of qualifying. Britney, who qualified not 26 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: just in the five hundred meters but also the thousand 27 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 1: meters and fifteen hundred meter races, gave up her spot 28 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:19,680 Speaker 1: in the five hundred to allow Jackson to go to Beijing, 29 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 1: where she ended up winning the race, becoming the first 30 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:24,680 Speaker 1: black woman to win a Winter Olympic gold medal in 31 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 1: an individual sport. It was just such an incredible story. 32 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 1: We'll link to a video in the show notes if 33 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:32,400 Speaker 1: you want to refresh your memory. Will there be another 34 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 1: similar magical story leading up to this year's Games that's 35 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: yet to be seen, But Brittany's been creating plenty of 36 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 1: magic on the ice. Since Alex spoke to her, she 37 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:43,559 Speaker 1: has been very busy, and not just with that guest 38 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:46,040 Speaker 1: bartending Stint on Bravo's Watch What Happens Live that we 39 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 1: mentioned on a previous episode. On November eleventh, she announced 40 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 1: that this will be her sixteenth and final Olympic skating season. 41 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 1: Then she took bronze with her teammates in the team 42 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 1: pursuit at the first event of the World Cup circuit 43 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: on her home ice in Salt Lake City, and they 44 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 1: set a national record along the way. She also placed 45 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: fifth in the thousand meter and sixth in the fifteen 46 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: hundred in Salt Lake. Then in the second World Cup 47 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 1: stop in Calgary, she grabbed the bronze in the fifteen 48 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 1: hundred meter and while they fell just short of the podium, 49 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 1: her team pursuit team rebroke the national record. Next up 50 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 1: World Cup three in the Netherlands this weekend. 51 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:23,520 Speaker 2: All right, let's get to Alex Britney and Hillary skates 52 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 2: and pucks and geyshit. This is going to be good. 53 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:33,240 Speaker 3: Joining us now. Hailing from Ocalla, Florida, she is a 54 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 3: three time Olympian, two time Olympic medalist in the sport 55 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 3: of speed skating, and current world record holder in the 56 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 3: one thousand meter distance. She carried the flag for Team 57 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:43,799 Speaker 3: USA at the opening ceremony of the twenty twenty two 58 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 3: Baitjing Games. She grew up playing basketball in inline skating 59 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 3: as a Division one point guard at Florida Atlantic University. 60 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 3: She even contemplated hooping professionally after graduating from college, but 61 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 3: then she saw speed skating at the Olympics and decided 62 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 3: to take her inline skills to the ice. She tells 63 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 3: it like it is in Hot Lapse, Cold Take, the 64 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 3: social media series she co hosts with teammate Aaron Jackson. 65 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 3: It's Brittany bo. Thanks, thanks so much for joining us today. 66 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 4: Thanks for having me. 67 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 3: We are here celebrating the one hundred days out to 68 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 3: Milan Courtina. This will be hopefully your fourth Games, having 69 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 3: been to three already. Though I'm curious how your process 70 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 3: and approach to each Olympics has changed over time. 71 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 4: It's changed dramatically. 72 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:27,920 Speaker 5: As an Olympic athlete, we kind of live our life 73 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 5: in four year cycles, and each each Olympic. 74 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 4: Games has been really unique. 75 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 5: In this time, knowing it's my last go around, it's 76 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 5: been a unique quad and as we approach the Olympic Games, 77 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 5: I've almost you know, I'm in a place where I'm 78 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 5: able to reflect, but still in the moment, so just 79 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 5: enjoy these last few rounds around the track and just 80 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 5: kind of able to reflect and being grateful that I've 81 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 5: been able to have such a long, successful career and 82 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 5: finishing it out in Milan with my family and friends 83 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 5: and fans in the stands will be really special. 84 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:14,120 Speaker 3: Knowing that it's your last. Was that a decision? Was 85 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:16,600 Speaker 3: it a realization? Did it come to you slowly? Kind 86 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 3: of walk me through that process. 87 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 5: I think it came pretty organically. After the Beijing Olympics. 88 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 5: I thought I had one more quad in me, and 89 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:27,719 Speaker 5: you know, I'm the old lady out there on the 90 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:30,279 Speaker 5: ice now, but it's pretty cool to be able to 91 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:34,479 Speaker 5: remain competitive at thirty seven years old. I'm racing, you know, 92 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 5: against girls that are twenty one years old, so it's 93 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 5: definitely gotten more difficult, but it's so empowering to be 94 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 5: able to continue pushing myself to the limit and beyond 95 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 5: and continuing to find myself on those World Cup podiums. So, 96 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:55,600 Speaker 5: you know, I'd be kidding myself if I didn't say 97 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 5: I was going for an Olympic gold medal in Milan, 98 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:01,479 Speaker 5: but I realized that it it's so much bigger than that, 99 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:06,559 Speaker 5: and really really grateful and enjoying this final part of 100 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 5: my journey in speed skating. 101 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 3: For a lot of athletes who have success kind of 102 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:13,159 Speaker 3: away from the Olympic stage at World Cups, at World 103 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:17,480 Speaker 3: Championships to then make that gold medal happen at the Olympics. 104 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 3: For some it kind of happens, and for others it's 105 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:22,039 Speaker 3: like for Olympics on, we're still searching for it. And 106 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 3: I'm curious how your perspective on chasing that gold has 107 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 3: has changed over time. 108 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 4: I mean it can be debilitating at times. You know, 109 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 4: I've had a successful career and have accomplished almost every 110 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 4: single thing I've set out to, you know, six world titles, 111 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 4: four world records, Olympic medalist, but there's still that Olympic 112 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 4: gold medal that ultimately continuing to be in pursuit of. 113 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 4: But going into the Olympic Games with you know that expectation, 114 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:59,000 Speaker 4: are just so concerned or overwhelmed with the outcome. Like 115 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:02,120 Speaker 4: I said, can be debilitating and you know, can. 116 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:07,040 Speaker 5: Really tighten you up, make the nerves even higher than 117 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:07,640 Speaker 5: they are at. 118 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:09,600 Speaker 4: A neutral field, you know. 119 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 5: Rewinding a little bit, going into Sochi in twenty fourteen, 120 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:17,279 Speaker 5: metal contender and fall far far short of a metal 121 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 5: which was one of the most disappointing moments of my 122 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:21,919 Speaker 5: athletic career. 123 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:24,039 Speaker 3: And a real struggle for the team as a whole too. 124 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 5: Yeah, it was a you know, a very very disappointing 125 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:30,479 Speaker 5: competition for the US speed skating team. Then you fast 126 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:35,960 Speaker 5: forward four years to twenty eighteen, and I'm coming off 127 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 5: of what could have been a career ending concussion. The 128 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:44,040 Speaker 5: whole year before the Games, I think I maybe rased 129 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 5: one or two World Cups because I was trying to 130 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 5: deal with post concussion center on panic attacks, anxiety attacks, vertigo. 131 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 5: So I was really just trying to get my head 132 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 5: on my shoulders and leading into the seventeen eighteen season, 133 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 5: you know, I was really just trying to be a 134 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:06,680 Speaker 5: normal person in society without having you know, these panic attacks. 135 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 5: And as we you know, get into the eighteen Games, 136 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 5: the perspective change because I make the Olympic team, and 137 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 5: instead of having this expectation of winning a medal, I 138 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 5: am just grateful to have the opportunity to have my 139 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 5: skates on and compete at the highest level. And I 140 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 5: win my first Olympic medal within the team pursuit, and 141 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 5: you could say that was my best Olympic Games so 142 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 5: far getting a third place, two fourth and a fifth. 143 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 5: I mean that was really successful games. And then we 144 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 5: fast forward again to Beijing and was able to come 145 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 5: home with the Olympic bronze medal. They're all so so different, 146 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 5: but I've realized the higher the expectation that I put 147 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 5: on myself, the more debilitating it can be when you 148 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 5: get to that start line. 149 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 3: I have quite a few questions for you about your girlfriend, 150 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 3: Hillary Knight, which we're going to get to, but hearing 151 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 3: you discuss kind of the four year cycle and like 152 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 3: going for gold, it makes me think about how until 153 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 3: very recently in women's hockey it was a similar thing, 154 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:10,000 Speaker 3: like there were world championships, but it all came down 155 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 3: to that gold medal game, which everyone knew was always 156 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 3: going to be the US in Canada, and walking away 157 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 3: with silver was like losing it all. And I'm curious 158 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 3: if you've seen any overlap with how your experiences with 159 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 3: Hillary at the Games kind of come down to this moment, 160 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:28,360 Speaker 3: and if you've seen anything change now that she has 161 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 3: the PWHL where it's a big competition that also means something. 162 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:37,560 Speaker 5: The PWHL is obviously like a monumental accomplishment for the 163 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:40,360 Speaker 5: women on the professional side. But I think if you 164 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 5: asked any one of those girls, American or Canadian if 165 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:46,640 Speaker 5: they'd rather win the pw HL Championship or an Olympic 166 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 5: gold medal, I think they'd probably go for the Olympic 167 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:52,439 Speaker 5: gold medal because there's just nothing means more than being 168 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 5: able to represent your country because you're doing it for 169 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:57,920 Speaker 5: so many more people and it's so much bigger than 170 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:02,200 Speaker 5: just yourself. So nothing compares to competing with the red, 171 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 5: white and blue on you. 172 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 3: And beating Canada. And I think they're slightly nicer to 173 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 3: one another, at least off the ice. Now, yeah, it 174 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 3: seems to be that way, But I don't know, as 175 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 3: you kind of contemplate this life after speed skating, I 176 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 3: know there are a lot of athletes that struggle with 177 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 3: the identity component of who am I if not a 178 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 3: speed skater? Who am I if not a hockey player? 179 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:28,560 Speaker 3: And what are you doing to prepare for that moment 180 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:30,960 Speaker 3: in time where you won't be defined just by your sport. 181 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:34,320 Speaker 5: It's something that has been discussed in some of my 182 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:37,719 Speaker 5: sports psych sessions because it's you know, I've kind of 183 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:40,680 Speaker 5: gone through as like, why do I put so much 184 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 5: weight on the Olympic Games? Why the things seem to 185 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 5: not come together in that most important time? And is 186 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:52,840 Speaker 5: it because my identity revolves around am I the Olympic 187 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 5: champion or not? And inside I know that's not true, 188 00:09:57,360 --> 00:10:00,120 Speaker 5: but I would be lying if I said my identity 189 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:05,480 Speaker 5: isn't largely shaped by the accomplishments that I've had, because 190 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 5: that has been my entire life. So it's been an 191 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 5: ongoing process. And being able to kind of like unpack 192 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 5: that has been freeing really over those last few years. 193 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 5: And I don't know what life will look like for 194 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 5: me after sport, but sitting here today, I feel at 195 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 5: peace and confident, knowing that I truly believe that something 196 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:33,840 Speaker 5: will come along that will spark a passion in my life. 197 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 3: Do you have any interest in staying involved in speed skating, 198 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:39,839 Speaker 3: whether on the coaching side or the administrative side. 199 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 5: I would love to be involved in speed skating in 200 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 5: some capacity. I am not interested in coaching. 201 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:47,320 Speaker 4: I get this question a lot. 202 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:51,480 Speaker 5: It's interesting because when I'm done skating, I don't want 203 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 5: to be in the rink even longer than I it 204 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:57,840 Speaker 5: was as an athlete. I mean, our coach puts in 205 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:01,720 Speaker 5: some serious hours. And it's funny because usually, you know, 206 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:05,520 Speaker 5: a coach will talk about their best player, their most 207 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 5: dedicated player, the first one in the gym, the last 208 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:10,760 Speaker 5: one to leave. Well, our coach can't say that because 209 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:13,000 Speaker 5: he is the first one in the ring, the last 210 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:17,680 Speaker 5: one to leave. And I'm just ready to do something 211 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:20,320 Speaker 5: different and have a little bit more time at home. 212 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:24,160 Speaker 5: But my whole life has been revolved around high performance. 213 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 5: So I would love to be, you know, to remain 214 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:31,720 Speaker 5: a part of the sport. Our sport's so small and 215 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:33,959 Speaker 5: with Salt Lake thirty four, I mean it seems a 216 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,360 Speaker 5: little while out, but it'll be here before we know it. 217 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:40,000 Speaker 5: If I can have an impact and grow the development 218 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 5: and also high performance of the sport, that would be awesome. 219 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:46,839 Speaker 3: This characteristic of your coach, is it just him or 220 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:49,320 Speaker 3: speed skating coaches in general? Our first one and last 221 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:49,680 Speaker 3: one out. 222 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 5: I mean all of our coaches are you know, the 223 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 5: first ones in, last ones out. But I don't think 224 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:57,560 Speaker 5: it matters any sport across the board. The great coaches 225 00:11:57,679 --> 00:12:01,199 Speaker 5: spend their entire you know, it's twenty four to seven 226 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:04,040 Speaker 5: thinking about how can they be a better coach and 227 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:07,840 Speaker 5: provide for their team and get the team ready, because 228 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:10,199 Speaker 5: you're not just worried about yourself, you're then worried about 229 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:13,400 Speaker 5: every single person on your team. And that's a huge responsibility. 230 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:17,360 Speaker 5: And hats off to all the coaches out there. It's 231 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:22,280 Speaker 5: just crazy, the time and dedication and yeah, just utmost 232 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 5: respect for sure. 233 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 1: We got to take a quick break when we come 234 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:27,479 Speaker 1: back more with Britney. 235 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:41,880 Speaker 3: Vou So we're here at the Team USA media summit, 236 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:44,560 Speaker 3: and my understanding is you and Hillary had cross paths 237 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:47,680 Speaker 3: at previous media summits. She's also here somewhere in the building, 238 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 3: but it wasn't until the Olympics in twenty twenty two 239 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 3: that you really kind of got to know each other. 240 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 3: Can you tell us the meet cute story? 241 00:12:56,320 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 5: Hillary slid into my DM, she did, and she is 242 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:04,840 Speaker 5: asking me something about like I can't remember something about 243 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 5: like am I bringing like games to Beijing? Or what 244 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:15,760 Speaker 5: are you guys doing in your spare tartsanity? But yeah, 245 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:21,200 Speaker 5: we we got to exchange information and started chatting back 246 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:23,560 Speaker 5: and forth, and you know, I think we would both 247 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:29,079 Speaker 5: consider our first date walking around the Olympic village fully masked, 248 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:33,680 Speaker 5: so it was far from glamorous and then that date 249 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:36,600 Speaker 5: would lead to, hey, you want to grab food together, 250 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 5: So you know, we got to sit by each other, 251 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 5: but we had this plexiglass wall in between us, so 252 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 5: again not glamorous, but it was super unique and almost 253 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:49,440 Speaker 5: a blessing and disguise. You know, we didn't have family 254 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:52,079 Speaker 5: friends and there were no outside distractions, so we're kind 255 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 5: of living in this bubble and we really just got 256 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 5: to know one another, share stories, and that really built 257 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:02,680 Speaker 5: like a really cool foundation for our relationship. 258 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think looking at the photos of those games, 259 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:09,640 Speaker 3: they don't really shout like super romantic. COVID nineteen precautions. 260 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 4: Everywhere are from. 261 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:12,480 Speaker 5: I mean, everybody was scared to death at getting COVID, 262 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:16,400 Speaker 5: had to do COVID tests every single morning, and it's like, please, 263 00:14:16,559 --> 00:14:19,080 Speaker 5: just don't don't let it be me, because you know, 264 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:22,480 Speaker 5: you work your whole life, and you know God forbid 265 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 5: a positive test ruin ruin that experience. So everything other 266 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 5: than glamorous, that's for sure. 267 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 3: Once you get into a sport, the things that are 268 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:35,120 Speaker 3: quirky suddenly don't seem quirky to you. They're just normal. 269 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 3: But in dating a hockey player, are there anything? Is 270 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 3: there anything about this part where it's like, that's that's weird. 271 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 5: H Well, you know, I was low key really nervous 272 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 5: that she would stink because hockey players, at least in 273 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 5: our rink, and granted they are younger boys. We in 274 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 5: our four hundred meter oval. We have two rinks in 275 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 5: the middle of our over one's a short track rink 276 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 5: and one's a hockey rink. And every every time we 277 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:03,400 Speaker 5: would go around the south end corner, you just get 278 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:07,200 Speaker 5: a whiff of hockey players and I'm like, oh, she 279 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 5: smells like that this is not going to work out, 280 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:15,320 Speaker 5: but pleasantly surprised does not stink like the boy hockey players. 281 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:18,080 Speaker 3: When you first started telling that story, I was like, 282 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:20,920 Speaker 3: did you not google her resume? Like I thought you 283 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 3: meant stink, like you know, like. 284 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 5: Oh no, no, no, and it's anybody, Uh, that's anybody 285 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:29,600 Speaker 5: should know who Hillary Night is for. 286 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 3: Sure, for sure. But the foul order I get that 287 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:34,360 Speaker 3: that actually reminds me of I was out in Salt 288 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:38,200 Speaker 3: Lake back in twenty twenty twenty seventeen covering short track 289 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:40,480 Speaker 3: trials and I remember seeing some speed skaters play pick 290 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:42,440 Speaker 3: up hockey. Is that something you've ever done? 291 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 5: Yeah, we would play. It's like our little version of bandy. 292 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 5: It's plastic sticks and a plastic ball. But we would 293 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 5: get out there on hockey skates, and honestly, I think 294 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:53,920 Speaker 5: it really helped a lot of our starts or our 295 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 5: openers in our races. The blades are a lot shorter, 296 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:00,120 Speaker 5: so your your pushes have to be shorter, and it 297 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 5: really keeps everything compact. So that's something that we've used 298 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 5: over the years being on hockey skates to improve our starts. 299 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:12,760 Speaker 3: I love that. I think a lot of people maybe 300 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 3: don't realize just how fast speed skating is, in part 301 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:17,520 Speaker 3: because the rink is so big, Like you kind of 302 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:19,200 Speaker 3: think like, oh, like they're on a hockey rink, but no, 303 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 3: it's much bigger. How do the speeds actually compare to 304 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 3: like Hillary at our fastest on hockey skates versus you 305 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:26,480 Speaker 3: on your speed skates. 306 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 5: Well, me on hockey skates and Hillary on hockey skates, 307 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:33,360 Speaker 5: I'm still faster. I don't know if she will admit that, 308 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:39,240 Speaker 5: but we have had a race before. But in all seriousness, 309 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 5: like in speed skating, in part, it's a lot faster 310 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:44,920 Speaker 5: because our blades are a lot longer, they're a lot flatter. 311 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:46,560 Speaker 4: We have a longer surface to. 312 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 5: Build speed, so yeah, the speeds are definitely higher. We're 313 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 5: the ladies were load amid thirty miles per hour. I'm 314 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:59,320 Speaker 5: not sure what the hockey girls clock. They're they're really 315 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 5: really fast though, but i'd i'd like to see Kendall 316 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:06,200 Speaker 5: coin Schofield out there some speed skates for at least 317 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:08,720 Speaker 5: one hundred meter opener to see how fast she could go. 318 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:12,359 Speaker 3: That's good to know. I did see a video of 319 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:14,919 Speaker 3: Hillary on speed skates, so I absolutely know that you 320 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:16,920 Speaker 3: are still very much the fastest one there. 321 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:18,800 Speaker 2: But she was not bad. 322 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:22,199 Speaker 5: She was only out there for ten or fifteen minutes, 323 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:25,880 Speaker 5: and she actually killed it. She did really well. Obviously 324 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:27,960 Speaker 5: she was nervous because the blades are really long. I 325 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:29,480 Speaker 5: think she was afraid that she was going to cut 326 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:30,840 Speaker 5: her ankles every time. 327 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:31,920 Speaker 4: She would cross over. 328 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 5: But you know, putting clap skates on for the first 329 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:39,480 Speaker 5: time could be pretty daunting. But she like went forward, 330 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:43,159 Speaker 5: and I will say I was impressed. I couldn't get 331 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:45,159 Speaker 5: her into a skin suit. She was out there in 332 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:47,880 Speaker 5: like pants and an oversized pitty of course, but. 333 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:49,640 Speaker 3: Not very aerodynamic. 334 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:52,800 Speaker 5: Not aerodynamics, so maybe it was the attire that was 335 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 5: keeping her. 336 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:55,440 Speaker 4: Yeah. 337 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:58,360 Speaker 3: So Hillary actually was on our podcast back in May, 338 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:02,640 Speaker 3: just days before the expand raft. Our host Sarah even joked, quote, 339 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:05,200 Speaker 3: what if they just don't protect you and Hillary Knight 340 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 3: lead Seattle to their first water cup? End of quote, 341 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:11,000 Speaker 3: We'll watch out world because our host may be for Hudican. 342 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 3: Maybe this is what's gonna happen. So you're now Seattle 343 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:18,439 Speaker 3: girly at least for your p WHL affiliation. What happened 344 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:20,639 Speaker 3: to your your p WHL Boston jersey? 345 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:20,880 Speaker 2: Though? 346 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:24,520 Speaker 5: It is in the closet, Okay, and I'm still you know, 347 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 5: what do I do with this stuff? Like on one hand, 348 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:29,320 Speaker 5: it's like this is really cool because like this was 349 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 5: the first, you know, the inaugural year and had some 350 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:37,520 Speaker 5: great success and you know, but that's that's professional sports. 351 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:39,439 Speaker 4: What do I do? Do I burn it? Do I 352 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:40,119 Speaker 4: throw it away? 353 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 5: But for now it's it's still folded in the closet, 354 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:45,720 Speaker 5: waiting for that Seattle merch to drop. 355 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:47,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure you're going to get one of those 356 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:50,760 Speaker 3: og jerseys with like the letters just straight diagonally down the. 357 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:53,360 Speaker 4: Definitely it should already be in the mail pre ordered that. 358 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 3: Seattle slightly closer to Utah, So good thing in your 359 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:01,040 Speaker 3: books or what was it like seeing that process unfold? 360 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:02,360 Speaker 2: So officially a great. 361 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 4: Thing in my book. 362 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 5: So we've now made the drive to and from Boston 363 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:09,760 Speaker 5: a handful of times, and twelve hours to Seattle is 364 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:13,879 Speaker 5: a lot better than thirty five hours to Boston. And 365 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:17,920 Speaker 5: we just made the trip to Seattle to drop her 366 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:21,399 Speaker 5: and bane her dog off, and that trip was a 367 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:24,760 Speaker 5: lot more pleasant than across the country, that's for sure. 368 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 2: I can imagine. 369 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:29,280 Speaker 3: I can imagine as you've gotten to know Hillary and 370 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 3: learned more about her labor fights, in particular, whether it's 371 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:36,119 Speaker 3: boycotting USA Hockey in twenty seventeen, fighting to create the PWHL. 372 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:38,480 Speaker 3: It strikes me that speed skating is a very different 373 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:42,080 Speaker 3: sport right governed at the international level. You're kind of 374 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:45,399 Speaker 3: at the mercy of what your national governing body is doing. 375 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 3: But I'm curious if you've learned anything from her about 376 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 3: like labor and sport in general that could maybe be 377 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:52,480 Speaker 3: applied more broadly. 378 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 5: I mean, just her passion to leave the game better 379 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:58,760 Speaker 5: than she found it, to fight for equality, to just 380 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:02,600 Speaker 5: continued fighting for more, to leave these girls with, you know, 381 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:06,879 Speaker 5: something that can continue to be built on for years 382 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:12,159 Speaker 5: and years to come has been so inspiring. Kind of 383 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:15,280 Speaker 5: having a front seat to what her and Kendall coin 384 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:17,520 Speaker 5: Schofield have done for the PWHL. 385 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:19,920 Speaker 4: I mean, they have put in some. 386 00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:23,639 Speaker 5: Serious, serious hours trying to help build this league and 387 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:27,439 Speaker 5: it really really opened my eyes to someone that really 388 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:32,399 Speaker 5: cares about the sport and the betterment of women in 389 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:35,440 Speaker 5: the future. I mean, you know, her and Kendall aren't 390 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:38,440 Speaker 5: going to be able to enjoy it for much much longer, 391 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,359 Speaker 5: but the fact that they continue to fight for what 392 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:44,680 Speaker 5: is right for the younger generations is inspiring. 393 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:48,199 Speaker 3: Do you think there's anything from that that speed skidding 394 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 3: could learn in terms of how that sport is run 395 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:54,040 Speaker 3: or what resources athletes have things like that. 396 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:56,840 Speaker 5: Well, yeah, just like her involvement and trying to leave 397 00:20:57,080 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 5: her sport better than she found it has kind of 398 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:02,679 Speaker 5: held me into how can I be more of a 399 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:05,240 Speaker 5: part of us speed skating? And I'm now actually on 400 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:09,040 Speaker 5: the Board of Representatives as an elite athlete, so that's. 401 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:10,879 Speaker 4: Kind of my step like, Okay, I need to I 402 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 4: need to do more. 403 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 5: And you know, now being on the board and being 404 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:17,560 Speaker 5: surrounded by great people and learning how the organization is 405 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:19,800 Speaker 5: run and slowly like, Okay, what can we do better? 406 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:20,800 Speaker 4: What can we do better? 407 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:25,159 Speaker 5: So her movement in that has definitely propelled me to 408 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,240 Speaker 5: try to leave my sport better than I found it. 409 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:32,919 Speaker 3: Love that looking ahead to Milan speed skating in hockey, 410 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:37,080 Speaker 3: same cluster schedules are not quite as straightforward, though. Have 411 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 3: you thought at all about what that might look like? 412 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 4: I'm not mistaken. I think I saw that if. 413 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:47,800 Speaker 5: The women make the gold medal game, that's the night 414 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:52,720 Speaker 5: before my fifteen hundred meter So I'm not super pumped 415 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:56,160 Speaker 5: about that. My that's you know, tugging on my heart 416 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:58,240 Speaker 5: strings because I know what the right. 417 00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:00,439 Speaker 4: Thing to do is for myself. 418 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 5: At the competitive level, but oh man, I really want 419 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:06,199 Speaker 5: to be there in the stands to you know, be 420 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:10,399 Speaker 5: a fan and cheer. So that's something I'm going to continue. 421 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:10,800 Speaker 4: To grapple with. 422 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:14,080 Speaker 5: I think it'll probably end up be me watching on 423 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:17,199 Speaker 5: TV as I have to prepare for my race. But 424 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 5: I'm really looking forward to watching everything that I can, 425 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:24,040 Speaker 5: but need to talk to them about that scheduling issue. 426 00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:26,679 Speaker 3: I know sometimes athletes get the Olympic schedule moved if 427 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:28,680 Speaker 3: they're competing in multiple events and they really need to 428 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:33,199 Speaker 3: factor couples into it as well. You know, well, it's 429 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:34,879 Speaker 3: been so lovely chatting with you, Brittany. Thank you so 430 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 3: much for taking the time. 431 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:36,720 Speaker 4: Thanks for having me. 432 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:41,520 Speaker 1: After sitting down with Brittany, Alex wanted Hillary's take on 433 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:44,399 Speaker 1: the Olympic scheduling challenge. Does Hillary want her girlfriend in 434 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:46,320 Speaker 1: the stands for the gold medal game or does she 435 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:47,960 Speaker 1: want Brittany to get a good night's sleep ahead of 436 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:50,639 Speaker 1: her own race. So Alex tracked down Hillary on the 437 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:53,439 Speaker 1: busy content capture stage at the tm USA summit to 438 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:53,960 Speaker 1: find out. 439 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:54,920 Speaker 2: Take a listen. 440 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:57,720 Speaker 3: The women's fifteen hundred meter is the day after the 441 00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:00,480 Speaker 3: gold medal A really said the team, if you're thinking 442 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:03,720 Speaker 3: that far ahead yet, but you want her stands assuming 443 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 3: everything goes as planned and you're caging, and are you 444 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:08,879 Speaker 3: kidding me? You think it's good for her that if 445 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:10,560 Speaker 3: you in the stands instead of sleeping for the race. 446 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:11,479 Speaker 2: I think she would love it. 447 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 4: Thank you Hill. 448 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:17,160 Speaker 3: She said that she knows she probably should be in bed, 449 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:18,320 Speaker 3: but she'd want. 450 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:18,600 Speaker 2: To be there. 451 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:21,480 Speaker 4: He'll be there, Yeah, She'll definitely be there. Thank you. 452 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:27,040 Speaker 1: Sleep sleep, you gotta be there. Great stuff from Alex. 453 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:29,320 Speaker 1: So fun getting to hear from this handful of Olympic 454 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:31,840 Speaker 1: hopefuls ahead of the upcoming games in Italy. 455 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:34,119 Speaker 2: And don't forget Good Game will be there. 456 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:37,080 Speaker 1: We're so excited to bring you lots of pre Olympic 457 00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:39,880 Speaker 1: coverage as the game's near, and then of course take 458 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:42,679 Speaker 1: you on the ground up the mountain and at rings 459 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:45,440 Speaker 1: Edge in Italy in February. All right, we got to 460 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:48,840 Speaker 1: take another break when we come back. 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