1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:03,720 Speaker 1: Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where everybody wishes 2 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:07,480 Speaker 1: their cat was here to see this. It's Thursday, February twelfth, 3 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:10,160 Speaker 1: and on today's show, we're talking to freeskier Rel Harwood 4 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:12,920 Speaker 1: ahead of her Olympic debut in Big Air this Saturday. 5 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 1: The twenty four year old revealed earlier this week that 6 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: she's competing at these games on a completely torn acl. 7 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: I sat down with her on Wednesday in Lavigno to 8 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 1: discuss battling through injury to make it to the Games, 9 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 1: preparing for post Olympic surgery, knucklehocks, and her emotions watching 10 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:32,920 Speaker 1: Lindsay Vaughn compete with the same injury she's got. Also 11 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:35,239 Speaker 1: on Wednesday, Alex and I were there to watch in 12 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 1: person as Team USA went one to two in moguls. 13 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: You'll hear from medalist Liz Lemley, Jalen Koff and Francis 14 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,320 Speaker 1: Perine Lafal plus Chloe Kim is headed to the finals, 15 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:48,279 Speaker 1: Angel Reese is headed to the Rose And what did 16 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:51,599 Speaker 1: they use to attach these medals and ribbons together? Scotch tape. 17 00:00:52,159 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 1: It's all coming up right after this chow slices. Here's 18 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:06,480 Speaker 1: what you need to note. Today, Let's start with the 19 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:10,039 Speaker 1: Olympics and the moguls competition on Wednesday, which Alex and 20 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:13,319 Speaker 1: I attended in person. Entering these Milan Courtina Games, this 21 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 1: was probably the deepest event for Team USA, boasting four 22 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 1: athletes in the top seven of the world rankings, and 23 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: on Wednesday, Team USA showed up with first time Olympian 24 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:27,199 Speaker 1: Liz Lemley claiming gold and Beijing silver medalist Jalen Koff 25 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 1: earning her second straight silver in the event, Francis Perine 26 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:34,119 Speaker 1: Lafont playing bronze, while the other two Americans, Olivia Giaccio 27 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 1: and Tess Johnson, just missed the eight person final, finishing 28 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: ninth and tenth. We have plenty more to say on 29 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 1: this thrilling event, and some sound from the winners as well. 30 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 1: We'll get to that in a moment, but first to 31 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 1: snowboarding and half pipe qualifying, where Chloe Kim said what 32 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 1: shoulder injury four weeks after tearing her labram. Kim easily 33 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 1: advanced to halfpipe finals when she put down a clean 34 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 1: qualifying run on Wednesday, scoring ninety point twenty five way 35 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 1: ahead of the competition. American Matti Mastro third in qualifying 36 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: and b Kim twelfth also earned spots in the final. 37 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: The finals Thursday at one thirty pm Eastern, and Kim 38 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 1: will be going for an unprecedented third straight Olympic gold. 39 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 1: No snowboarder has ever won three straight Olympic gold medals. 40 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 1: Worth noting that both parallel giant slalom's Ester Ledetska of 41 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 1: Chechia and Big Airs and a Gasser of Austria also 42 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 1: had the chance to win their third straight gold medal 43 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: earlier at these Olympics, but both bell short in their 44 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 1: respective events. Alex and I were at the halfpipe qualifying 45 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 1: in person, and though we did see Sean White hard pass, 46 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:38,359 Speaker 1: we didn't manage to spot Miles Garrett Chloe, Kim's NFL 47 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 1: star boyfriend. He's six four two seventy five. Hard to miss, 48 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 1: but somehow we did. We had to leave a little 49 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 1: early actually to make our interview and missed a terrible 50 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:50,799 Speaker 1: crash from China's Liu Jayu. She had to be put 51 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 1: into an emergency sled. We're wishing her the best in 52 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 1: her recovery to hockey, where Team USA has got to 53 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:00,239 Speaker 1: be feeling pretty good after Tuesday's massive five no and 54 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: win over rivals Canada. The Canadian team looked largely off 55 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:06,079 Speaker 1: their game, as the scorer suggests, and it didn't help 56 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 1: that captain Marie feliep Pulan was out injured. The US women, 57 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 1: on the other hand, commanded the ice and handed Canada 58 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 1: its first ever shutout loss in forty one Olympic contests. 59 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 1: Hannah Bilko scored twice in the win, Hillary Knight netted 60 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 1: an assist to tie the all time US Olympic points record, 61 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: and Laila Edwards scored her first goal for Team USA, 62 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:27,519 Speaker 1: becoming the first black woman to score for the US 63 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 1: women's Olympic hockey team. The win closed out a strong 64 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 1: US showing in the group stage. The Americans have now 65 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: outscored their opponents by nineteen goals in just four games, 66 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 1: scoring five goals in each of their games and allowing 67 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 1: just one goal from opponents the entire tournament so far. 68 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 1: Team USA will take the ice again on Friday in 69 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 1: a quarterfinal game against Italy. The Italians have had a 70 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 1: good run in Milan two, but it's worth noting they've 71 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 1: been competing in the less competitive Group B, which includes 72 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 1: the five lower ranked teams. Italy beat France for to 73 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 1: one in their opener, marketing the team's first ever victory 74 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 1: at the Olympics. They then lost six won to Sweden, 75 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 1: but rallied to beat Japan three to two to punch 76 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: their ticket to the quarterfinals. The puck drops for USA 77 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 1: Italy at three ten pm Eastern on Friday. To figure skating, 78 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 1: It's game on for the Canadian skating pair of Deanna 79 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: Stilado du Deck and Maxim des Champ. Stillado du Deck 80 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 1: has been medically cleared to compete after sustaining an injury 81 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:22,159 Speaker 1: during training before the pair ever left Quebec for Italy. 82 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:24,599 Speaker 1: They had to withdraw from the team event, but the 83 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:27,400 Speaker 1: Canadian Olympic Committe announced Tuesday that the pair will compete 84 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:30,280 Speaker 1: on Sunday in the pairs event. Stillado, Dudec and Deschamp 85 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 1: have been a force in the pairs competition for the 86 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 1: last few years. They claimed the twenty twenty four world 87 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:38,160 Speaker 1: title in Montreal and are three time Canadian champions. You 88 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 1: might remember us talking about former estheticians Stalado du Deck 89 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 1: on a previous show. She's one of the most inspiring 90 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: stories at the Games. After retiring for sixteen years, she 91 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 1: came back to the ice to partner with deshamp and 92 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:50,920 Speaker 1: qualified for her first Olympics at the age of forty two. 93 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:54,280 Speaker 1: Let's move on to hoops for some non Olympic news. 94 00:04:54,680 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 1: She's back. Angel Reese is coming back to Unrivaled the League. 95 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: It's Wednesday that Reese has agreed to a new deal 96 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:04,239 Speaker 1: with roseb C for the remainder of the twenty twenty 97 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 1: sixth season. The Chicago skuy forward played for ROSEBC in 98 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:11,559 Speaker 1: Unrival's inaugural season last year and claimed Unrivaled Defensive Player 99 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 1: of the Year honors. The move to sign Reese happened 100 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: after breezebc's Aery MacDonald was ruled out for the season 101 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:20,559 Speaker 1: on Monday. That prompted a number of trades, including Vinyl 102 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 1: BC's Courtney Williams going to Breeze Hive p CS Sanaia 103 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 1: Rivers going to Vinyl, and Azaree Stevens going from Rose 104 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:29,839 Speaker 1: to Hive. All of that left ROSEBC down a player. 105 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 1: Enter Angel Reese, who will make her official return to 106 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 1: the club on February twentieth for a game against the Hive. 107 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 1: All right, slices. Before we get to my interview with 108 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 1: Ral Harwood, let's talk about an incredible golden moment for 109 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:46,360 Speaker 1: Team USA in the Moguls. It was another gorgeous day 110 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 1: in Lavigno. The sun was shining as Liz Lemley and 111 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 1: Jalen Koff took gold and silver and Francis peren Lafont 112 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 1: earned bronze. Alex and I are now sitting in the 113 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:57,479 Speaker 1: bowels of the media center to recap our day watching 114 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: Hi Alex, Hello. She just had such a good time 115 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:04,480 Speaker 1: and it was really beautiful to watch this incredible team 116 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 1: of athletes compete together, celebrate together. We were watching the 117 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: women soak up all the love from their friends and family. 118 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 1: Jalen's crew, as usual, were carrying their giant jas and 119 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 1: after they came back to the mix zone, we chatted 120 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 1: with them about their metal winds. First, Liz Lemley and 121 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:21,479 Speaker 1: we mentioned, I think on the last show that she 122 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 1: goes by the Mighty Lizard skis on Instagram. She acquired 123 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 1: the lizard nickname as a kid, and she said it's 124 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 1: just you know, because of her name Elizabeth. But after 125 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 1: hearing her talk after her win, I told her she 126 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 1: should tell people it's because she's cold blooded and that's 127 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:35,279 Speaker 1: how you can do the kind of shit that she 128 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 1: just did. 129 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:39,599 Speaker 2: Take a lesson, I guess my code would definitely describe 130 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 2: me as pretty stoic. I don't really showcase my emotions 131 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:45,920 Speaker 2: that much. I'd just like to stay. 132 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 1: Calm and like just feel the moment around me and Alex. 133 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:52,200 Speaker 1: She's even chill about event preparation because she was asked 134 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:54,680 Speaker 1: how she spent the night before this big finals day 135 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 1: and said this. 136 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:59,279 Speaker 2: Me and my roommate lived. We were just hanging out 137 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 2: and chill. It was just like any other night, I. 138 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 1: Believe, truly the coolest of cucumbers. In fact, we learned 139 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 1: that her dad's a pilot and she has her pilot's 140 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 1: license as well to fly four seaters and prop planes, 141 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 1: and I would one thousand percent trust her with my life. Yeah. 142 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:18,240 Speaker 3: It makes me think of when you see those emergency 143 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:20,679 Speaker 3: landing videos and you have the audio of the pilot 144 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:22,760 Speaker 3: talking to the person in the tower and they just 145 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 3: sound so calm and cool and collected, and they're like, 146 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 3: there's a fire an engine one. Except instead it's like 147 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 3: there's a fire and engine one. 148 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 1: We're going to try to go ahead and land this 149 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 1: with no wheels. That's Liz Lumley, and I would be 150 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 1: perfectly fine with her landing the plane like I've never 151 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 1: seen someone seem so chill after winning a golden medal. 152 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:43,239 Speaker 1: I did think I noticed a hint of emotion, though 153 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 1: not on the podium, not hearing the anthem, but when 154 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 1: she embraced her friends, including one that had a giant 155 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 1: cut out of her face and her cat's face. So 156 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:54,560 Speaker 1: I asked her about it. It seemed like you were 157 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:57,560 Speaker 1: against stoic on the podium, but maybe a little more 158 00:07:57,560 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 1: emotional with your friends. Do they bring that out of you? 159 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 2: Yes, It's an incredible honor to have my friends and 160 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 2: family here, and I couldn't ask for anything other. 161 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 1: Maybe your cat. Maybe I wish my cat was in 162 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 1: case you couldn't quite hear it, she said, yeah, I 163 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 1: wish my cat was here, don't we all? I wish 164 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 1: my dogs were here. They would love it. Frankly, but truly, 165 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 1: winners come in all shapes and sizes. And you know, 166 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 1: she made the point of saying that some people have 167 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 1: great success with the highs and lows who are very 168 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 1: like loud and emotional about things, and some people are 169 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 1: more chill like her. But it really does seem like 170 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:35,440 Speaker 1: her chill attitude helps her in big moments like this, 171 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:37,959 Speaker 1: Like that is just the kind of person that you 172 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 1: watch and think, oh, nothing faces them. 173 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:43,760 Speaker 3: I think there's also a really interesting juxtaposition of Liz 174 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:47,080 Speaker 3: h twenty winning her first Olympic medal, a gold in 175 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:50,640 Speaker 3: her debut, and Jalen in her third Olympics winning her 176 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 3: second silver medal, And sometimes I think when you're that 177 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 3: young new athlete, I think that her attitude goes along 178 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 3: with the fact that there's not a lot of pressure 179 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:03,200 Speaker 3: on her in the same way that there is when 180 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:05,320 Speaker 3: you've been around for a while and people have really 181 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 3: big expectations of you. 182 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 1: Yeah it's the old legally blonde. What like it's hard. Yeah, 183 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:11,360 Speaker 1: I'm at my first or Olympics. I'm a twenty year 184 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:15,319 Speaker 1: old pilot slash Olympic gold medalist. What like it's hard. 185 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:18,440 Speaker 1: It's like Eileen Goo, Oh, not everyone is a model, 186 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 1: multi millionaire Olympia. I think it's a great point. I 187 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 1: think it's interesting sometimes to hear about the athletes who 188 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:29,360 Speaker 1: feel relief with the first one and joy later belief 189 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:32,720 Speaker 1: that I did the thing I always put out, there's 190 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:34,440 Speaker 1: the thing I need to do, and after that it's 191 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:36,560 Speaker 1: more gravy. But then I think there are those to 192 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:39,400 Speaker 1: your point that it's like the first one cool, awesome, 193 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:40,839 Speaker 1: and then after that it's like, now I got to 194 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 1: keep doing that for it to mean anything, because anything 195 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:44,800 Speaker 1: after that is not enough. 196 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 3: Yeah. Absolutely, I think I want to see Liz Lemley 197 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:50,440 Speaker 3: fly one of those Olympic drones that seems like a 198 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:51,559 Speaker 3: good pilot challenge. 199 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:56,160 Speaker 1: You know, she's an interesting character because she's pretty soft spoken, quiet. 200 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:59,199 Speaker 1: She gave pretty short, quick answers. When she was asked like, 201 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:00,680 Speaker 1: how did you pull this up? She was like, you know, 202 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:03,560 Speaker 1: just like down a good run. I like skiing, I 203 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:04,240 Speaker 1: like competing. 204 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:06,440 Speaker 3: She would be a great hockey player for the interviews 205 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 3: that she gives. 206 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 1: No doubt, but she also has some quirky little things 207 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 1: like being a pilot and her helmet that you mentioned. 208 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:13,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, so, if folks haven't seen it, there is a 209 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 3: really good little mini doc on Peacock called Qualified, and 210 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:21,040 Speaker 3: it follows the eight US women that were attempting to 211 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:22,720 Speaker 3: qualify for these four spots. 212 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:23,719 Speaker 1: And there are a. 213 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 3: Bunch of shots of the back of Liz's helmet and 214 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 3: it said it's Liz bitch. And when she came through 215 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:32,600 Speaker 3: the mix and after qualifying on Tuesday, I was like, 216 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:34,559 Speaker 3: I need to know if the sticker is still on 217 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:36,840 Speaker 3: in a helmet, and it was funny because she was like, 218 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 3: oh no, I covered it up with a piece of 219 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 3: black tape, and so you can actually see the black 220 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:42,960 Speaker 3: tape that's covering it. And it sounds like she she 221 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:43,960 Speaker 3: didn't want to get fined. 222 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 1: She didn't want to get fined, but she does need 223 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:48,800 Speaker 1: to have everyone know that deep down under that tape, 224 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 1: it still says it's Liz Bitch, which I love. Onto 225 00:10:52,559 --> 00:10:55,199 Speaker 1: Jalen Cough, you know, you might remember that we mentioned 226 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:57,960 Speaker 1: in yesterday show that three of the four Americans in 227 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 1: the event qualified for the finals out of the first 228 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:02,960 Speaker 1: qualifying on Tuesday, and Cough would need to use her 229 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:07,079 Speaker 1: second shot in qualifying two on Wednesday morning. So she did. 230 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:09,839 Speaker 1: She ends up getting silver. And I asked her if 231 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:12,079 Speaker 1: the less than ideal start to this competition had her 232 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:14,040 Speaker 1: worried at all about whether she could bring her best 233 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 1: stuff on Wednesday had any impact on her confidence. Here's 234 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:17,560 Speaker 1: what she said. 235 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:25,280 Speaker 4: Yeah, I definitely was pretty bummed after yesterday, just didn't 236 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 4: get all high one into ski and you know, I 237 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 4: know that I'm a really strong competitor, and so not 238 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:35,960 Speaker 4: being able to put down a run yesterday was kind 239 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:39,880 Speaker 4: of making me question that a bit. But then just 240 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 4: kind of you know, talking with my boyfriend and family 241 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:44,960 Speaker 4: of just kind of refocusing of getting back to the love, 242 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:47,760 Speaker 4: you know, just having fun out here, just trying to 243 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:50,600 Speaker 4: put down runs I'm soaked with and proud of. 244 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 1: And yeah, and you know, Alex Jalen said putting down 245 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:55,840 Speaker 1: a good run was her main goal, Like truly, the 246 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:57,440 Speaker 1: metal was a bonus. Take a listen. 247 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 4: I mean today I was really try trying to just 248 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:03,040 Speaker 4: ski for myself out there, just have fun, and this 249 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 4: is like this is the cherry on top. You know, 250 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:09,960 Speaker 4: if I finished fourth after skiing that run, like I 251 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 4: would still be just as stoked as I am. 252 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 5: Now. 253 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, I love what she says about being able to 254 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 3: define happiness around what she does. And it's something that 255 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:22,280 Speaker 3: I think about with a lot of Olympic sports, especially 256 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 3: in the winter, because think of something like track and 257 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 3: field or swimming. You have a clock that is timing you, 258 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:32,360 Speaker 3: and those times are pretty reliable and so maybe you 259 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:35,720 Speaker 3: finish fifth, maybe you finish twenty fifth, but you know 260 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:38,600 Speaker 3: what your time is and how that compares to all 261 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 3: of your previous bests. But look at something like alpine skiing, 262 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 3: cross country skiing. Even the only metric that you have 263 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:49,480 Speaker 3: is how you compare to your competitors in terms of 264 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:51,440 Speaker 3: like a solid number to take with you. 265 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 1: Now. 266 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:53,720 Speaker 3: Of course you have a feeling about how you did. 267 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:56,559 Speaker 3: You can identify problems or identify things that you think 268 00:12:56,559 --> 00:12:59,600 Speaker 3: you did well. But I love that confidence that she 269 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:02,760 Speaker 3: has in knowing what she's capable of and feeling happy 270 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:04,680 Speaker 3: with it, regardless of what the result is. 271 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:08,640 Speaker 1: Absolutely there was a lot of joy from France's Peren 272 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:11,560 Speaker 1: Lafonte as well. This is her second career Olympic medal. 273 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: She won gold eight years ago in Peongchang. You'd think 274 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:16,000 Speaker 1: she might be maybe a little bit sad about the bronze, 275 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:18,360 Speaker 1: but you could tell that this was a different moment 276 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 1: for her, a different achievement for her, And she was 277 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:22,920 Speaker 1: already crying by the time she got to us in 278 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 1: the mag zone, in part because right before we asked 279 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 1: her a question, she spotted her coach and felt the emotions. 280 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:32,400 Speaker 1: But you asked her about how twenty twenty six is different. 281 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:35,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, she's an athlete that I remember interviewing a whole 282 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 3: bunch in the lead up to the twenty eighteen Pyeongchang Olympics. 283 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:40,400 Speaker 3: I hadn't really kept a lot of taps on her 284 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:43,600 Speaker 3: since then, and so to see her still competing was great. 285 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:46,440 Speaker 3: But you know, her career has I think hit a 286 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:48,439 Speaker 3: lot of rough patches in the last couple of years, 287 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:50,680 Speaker 3: and so it gets back to that idea of joy 288 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:53,439 Speaker 3: and relief in reaching the podium. And if I had 289 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 3: to guess, I would say she maybe didn't realize back 290 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:57,800 Speaker 3: in twenty eighteen just how hard it would be to 291 00:13:57,840 --> 00:13:59,959 Speaker 3: return to the Olympic podium. So here's a quick sime 292 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 3: bite from her on how the emotions are different. 293 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 6: It's still super emotional in auspicialty now because my whole 294 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:10,640 Speaker 6: five niece here, I have to share this woman with 295 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:14,720 Speaker 6: my niece and if he they grabbed a metal, we 296 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 6: they and so cute and I'm just super happy to 297 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 6: share this woman with him. 298 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 1: And I actually got a little bit of video of 299 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 1: that moment with her sharing her medal with her niece 300 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:31,920 Speaker 1: and nephew. I got a lot of great videos and 301 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 1: photos of the three winners celebrating. Lafont later being hoisted 302 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 1: on top of someone's shoulders, spinning her medal around her 303 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 1: head for all of her adoring French bands. 304 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 3: I was holding my breath while watching that it stayed 305 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 3: on the ribbon. 306 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:46,200 Speaker 1: It stayed on the ribbit. We were all holding our 307 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 1: breath because Liz Lemley, just a few moments earlier, had 308 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:50,360 Speaker 1: met the fate of so many others here at these Olympics. 309 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 1: Her medal almost immediately detaching during her celebration, so she 310 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:56,160 Speaker 1: was carrying it around in her hand before she reattached 311 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:59,080 Speaker 1: it and then Jalen, like almost ever, let hers go, 312 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 1: and she says secifically that was her strategy to keep 313 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 1: things in one piece. 314 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 4: Yeah, just hold on to the metal, keep a good 315 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 4: grip on it, and to be good. 316 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 1: Now, if you want to see more of these talented 317 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:13,320 Speaker 1: ladies of tam Usa Moguls, you're in luck because for 318 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:17,360 Speaker 1: the first time there's a dual moguls event. And Tess Johnson, 319 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 1: one of the Americans who just missed the finals cut 320 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 1: for this event, said she was thrilled to get another 321 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 1: chance to compete and said Tmusa even as a saying 322 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:28,240 Speaker 1: for their World Cup events that feature both individual and duels, 323 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 1: the quote is if singles doesn't go our way, there's 324 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 1: always duels day, So we'll get a chance to see 325 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:37,600 Speaker 1: them compete again, and you could check out those pictures 326 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:39,400 Speaker 1: and videos that I took from the Mogals event and 327 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:42,440 Speaker 1: the celebrations afterward on my blue sky at Sara span 328 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:45,640 Speaker 1: dot com. All right, we gotta take a break when 329 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:48,960 Speaker 1: we come back. Murder Mysteries, ACL tears and apparol spritzes 330 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:58,920 Speaker 1: with free skier Rel Harwood joining us now. She's a 331 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 1: freestyle skier from Park City, Utah, competing in the Big 332 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 1: Air competition here at the Milan Cortina Games. A three 333 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 1: time X Games medalist who has made two World Cup podiums. 334 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 1: She's an avid thrifter, lover of cooking, devour of Murder Mysteries, 335 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:14,360 Speaker 1: and cat mom to Hazard, It's Rel Harwood. Hi, Rel, Hi, 336 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:15,520 Speaker 1: how are you. 337 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:19,560 Speaker 5: I'm doing great? Yeah, just loving the Olympic experience so 338 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 5: far and trying to, you know, do everything that I can. 339 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 5: But yeah, it's been super fun so far. 340 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:26,280 Speaker 1: I imagine that must be tough when you're waiting to compete, 341 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaker 1: but you're also like, I want to walk around Levine, 342 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 1: I want to see this, this, I want to meet people. 343 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 1: Are you kind of planning on having some time after 344 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 1: competing to get to do some of the stuff you 345 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:35,200 Speaker 1: might not do before. 346 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 5: Yeah, definitely. Actually, like right after we're done competing, like 347 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 5: after finals, a group of my teammates are going to 348 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:43,960 Speaker 5: go stay in Milan and you know, see like some 349 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:46,240 Speaker 5: hockey games and stuff like that, and then go to 350 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:47,720 Speaker 5: the closing ceremonies. 351 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:50,320 Speaker 1: Love it. That's great. You're making your Olympic debut. This 352 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 1: is the pinnacle of your sport. This is the dream 353 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 1: for so many. What would this rel tell the three 354 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:58,320 Speaker 1: or four year old Rell who hated going to the 355 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 1: park city ski and snowboard clubs learn to race program. 356 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 5: Just hold on a little bit longer, You'll find the 357 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:07,040 Speaker 5: thing you love and then everything is gonna, you know, 358 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 5: kind of take off from there. 359 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:12,160 Speaker 1: You've probably been told about not liking it more from 360 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:14,399 Speaker 1: your parents than actually remembering it. But do you have 361 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:16,800 Speaker 1: any memories of like what it was about it at 362 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:17,760 Speaker 1: the beginning you didn't like? 363 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 5: Yeah, actually I do. I think I just remember like 364 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:24,440 Speaker 5: hating to get up early and like putting on all 365 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 5: the layers and everything to go ski and stuff, and 366 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 5: just like what we were doing, you know, it was 367 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:32,760 Speaker 5: very like we're gonna do these turns and we're gonna 368 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:36,440 Speaker 5: like learn you know, just the basics of like how 369 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 5: to do a like race skiing and stuff. So and 370 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:42,080 Speaker 5: they wouldn't let us Like I would see the park 371 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 5: and they wouldn't let us go hit the park, and 372 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:44,919 Speaker 5: I was like, I want to go do that, like 373 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:47,560 Speaker 5: that looks so fun. And so I think just all 374 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 5: of that mixed together. I didn't really love it. 375 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:52,119 Speaker 1: I love that at a young age you were like, no, 376 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:54,400 Speaker 1: this stuff is too easy and it's boring. I want 377 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 1: to do that, as opposed to a lot of other 378 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:57,480 Speaker 1: kids that are just like I'd rather sit on the couch. 379 00:17:57,520 --> 00:17:59,000 Speaker 1: You're like, no, we need to up this a level. 380 00:17:59,000 --> 00:17:59,760 Speaker 1: For me to be interesting. 381 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:02,280 Speaker 5: Was always an adrenaline junkie from a young. 382 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 1: Agge young age. So at age nine, you end up 383 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:07,640 Speaker 1: at Park City Freestyle and everything changes. Tell us about that. 384 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:11,400 Speaker 5: Yeah, So my parents, I don't think they really knew 385 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 5: what Park City Freestyle was like, or freestyle skiing in general. 386 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:17,639 Speaker 5: They just kind of put me in a different program 387 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:19,840 Speaker 5: because I didn't really like the learn to raase stuff, 388 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 5: and they put my brother in it too. They're like, oh, 389 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 5: have fun on the weekends, like don't bug us, you know, 390 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:28,280 Speaker 5: And so it was amazing, like from the beginning. I remember, 391 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 5: like first day, they took us in the park and 392 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 5: I like went switch or like landed backwards off of 393 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 5: a box and they're like, wait, that's amazing. You did 394 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:37,760 Speaker 5: that like your first day. And I remember them like 395 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:40,439 Speaker 5: bragging to my parents about it too, And so I 396 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:42,560 Speaker 5: think everyone just was kind of like, oh, she's a 397 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:44,760 Speaker 5: little bit of a natural. I guess, not to brag 398 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:47,080 Speaker 5: or anything, but and then I just like met so 399 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:51,199 Speaker 5: many friends and like amazing girls through that program. It 400 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:52,640 Speaker 5: was just really awesome. 401 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:55,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, and your parents also skied, but just for fun. 402 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:57,600 Speaker 1: So part of it was that they wanted to just 403 00:18:57,760 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 1: get you away from them so that they can enjoy 404 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:01,879 Speaker 1: the slopes that having to teach you or have you 405 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:02,480 Speaker 1: hanging behind. 406 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:05,040 Speaker 5: Yes, for sure, I love I think for like Park 407 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:08,000 Speaker 5: City especially, it's almost like daycare to go put your 408 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:09,880 Speaker 5: kids in a program like that. 409 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:11,439 Speaker 1: Well and hope that they fall in love with it 410 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 1: so when they get old enough, you all do it together. 411 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 5: Yes, exactly. 412 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:16,720 Speaker 1: You've gotten to become friends with a lot of your teammates, 413 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:18,919 Speaker 1: some of whom you used to idolize. How has that 414 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 1: helped you sort of find join a sport that has 415 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 1: really big ups and downs. 416 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:25,879 Speaker 5: I mean, it's so like incredible honestly to be like 417 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 5: looking at a magazine when you're younger about like Maggie 418 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:31,720 Speaker 5: Voice and be like, this girl is awesome. She's everything 419 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:34,880 Speaker 5: who I aspire to be. And then to like meet 420 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:38,080 Speaker 5: her and ski with her and like you know, go 421 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:39,639 Speaker 5: on trips with her and stay with her, it's like 422 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,639 Speaker 5: so so cool. And just because she has all that 423 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:45,359 Speaker 5: experience of going through it before me, she's been like 424 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 5: the biggest help. Like I can go to her about anything, 425 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:50,400 Speaker 5: especially like the knee injuries because she's had so many 426 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 5: as well, and so it's just nice to have like 427 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:55,200 Speaker 5: her for advice and everything like that. 428 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 1: Was there an age at which you were aware that 429 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:01,720 Speaker 1: the Olympics was a real, realistic possibility for you? 430 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:02,359 Speaker 2: Yeah. 431 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:05,240 Speaker 5: I think when I first made the US ski team, 432 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:07,880 Speaker 5: I was fifteen years old, and you know, at that point, 433 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:09,640 Speaker 5: I was just doing it for fun. I didn't really 434 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:12,720 Speaker 5: have any like goals or didn't nowhere it could really 435 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:15,600 Speaker 5: take me. And so I realized that when I made 436 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:17,439 Speaker 5: the US ski team and I was like, oh, this 437 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:20,959 Speaker 5: could actually go somewhere big like I could. When did 438 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 5: they they put the Olympics in twenty fourteen. So yeah, 439 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:27,200 Speaker 5: it was right around that time when the first slop 440 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:30,040 Speaker 5: style event was in the Olympics, and so I was like, wow, 441 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:32,040 Speaker 5: I could actually like, yeah, go somewhere with this. 442 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:33,960 Speaker 1: And for those who don't know, and by that I 443 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:36,840 Speaker 1: mean me, how many people are on Team USA to 444 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 1: the point where you can be making the team, but 445 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 1: you're not going to be the upper echelon that qualifies 446 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:42,440 Speaker 1: for the Olympics. 447 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:46,760 Speaker 5: We have two like tiers of the slop cell bigger team, 448 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:48,480 Speaker 5: so we have the pro team and the rookie team. 449 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:52,120 Speaker 5: On the pro team, I believe there's about twelve of us, 450 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:54,800 Speaker 5: and so out of that twelve, there's six women. And 451 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:57,320 Speaker 5: that was kind of six women fighting for the four 452 00:20:57,359 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 5: Olympic spots this year, and we honestly didn't even know 453 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:01,399 Speaker 5: we're gonna four. We thought it was going to be 454 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:03,439 Speaker 5: three at first. So it was definitely a battle. 455 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 1: You've dealt with a lot of injuries in this sport. 456 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:09,159 Speaker 1: Write acl taar in twenty twenty one, broken collarbone in 457 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:11,919 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three, and then a left acl taar at 458 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 1: a World Cup event in March of last year. You 459 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:16,200 Speaker 1: had surgery three days later, you got back on your skis. 460 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:19,280 Speaker 1: Within seven months, you were on track to be able 461 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:22,960 Speaker 1: to be here, hopefully mostly rehabbed, and then you tore 462 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 1: your right ACL again at your first competition back in December. 463 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:28,639 Speaker 1: Did you think the latest knee injury was going to 464 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:30,240 Speaker 1: end this Olympic dream? Yeah? 465 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:33,639 Speaker 5: Absolutely, I think with so many people out there, it 466 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:36,840 Speaker 5: does end it, because yeah, it's a nine month to 467 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:40,840 Speaker 5: year long rehab, so I thought it was over for sure. 468 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:42,399 Speaker 1: What were the emotions at first? 469 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:45,959 Speaker 5: Just heartbreak honestly, because yeah, I wasn't able to go 470 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 5: to the twenty twenty two Olympics because of a knee injury, 471 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 5: and then the same thing is happening now. Heartbreak, frustration, anger, Honestly, 472 00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:58,119 Speaker 5: I'm like, why is my body not allowing me to 473 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:00,240 Speaker 5: be able to do what I want to do? Know 474 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 5: I'm capable of this, Like why does this keep happening? 475 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:06,720 Speaker 1: Acls are a huge thing in women's sports. Do you 476 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:12,479 Speaker 1: have specific workouts, stretches, you know, plios like whatever it 477 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:15,520 Speaker 1: is that have been added after that first ACL tear 478 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:18,240 Speaker 1: that in theory, would be strengthening your knees for future 479 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:18,960 Speaker 1: for sure? 480 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:23,760 Speaker 5: Yeah, Like I mean after my second ACL surgery, I 481 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:25,680 Speaker 5: did you know I had just gone through the nine 482 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:29,639 Speaker 5: month long rehab and it's all just strengthening your quad, 483 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:32,120 Speaker 5: strengthening every part of your legs, you know, so you're 484 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:35,240 Speaker 5: your strongest and like won't tear it again. And so 485 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:37,920 Speaker 5: to yeah, go through all of that and think I'm 486 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:41,080 Speaker 5: at my strongest, I'm at my healthiest, I'm at my best, 487 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:44,120 Speaker 5: you know, stretching, nutrition, all of it. I was doing 488 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:47,040 Speaker 5: everything I can and to still tear it. It was it 489 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:47,880 Speaker 5: was hard for sure. 490 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:51,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, so you decide that you're just going to compete 491 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 1: without getting surgery, go in commando, no ACL who needs them? 492 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 5: Right? Yeah? 493 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 1: Anyway, what made you confident that that was the right movie? 494 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:04,280 Speaker 5: Yeah, so I've heard of stories of people doing it 495 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:08,880 Speaker 5: in the past, you know, like it's definitely not recommended maybe, 496 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:11,679 Speaker 5: but like it's possible, and I think it's very like 497 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 5: person to person base like if you were able to 498 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:17,640 Speaker 5: do it, you know, I don't even think it's based 499 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:19,520 Speaker 5: on strength. I think it's just based on how your 500 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:23,560 Speaker 5: body works and stuff. And so I knew that, and 501 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:25,760 Speaker 5: then I went and talked to my surgeon and he 502 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:28,919 Speaker 5: was like, yeah, you have the option to go do that. 503 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:31,240 Speaker 5: It wasn't like off the table immediately, and that's what 504 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:34,640 Speaker 5: really like gave me hope for it. And so yeah, 505 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 5: I just went and like got in the gym a bunch, 506 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:38,760 Speaker 5: tried to get the swelling out, tried to get as 507 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:42,879 Speaker 5: strong as I could again, and then yeah, just you know, 508 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:46,040 Speaker 5: step by step, tried things like tried skiing on groomers 509 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 5: and then slowly building from there, and then I was like, oh, 510 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:50,640 Speaker 5: I can do this. Actually it's working. 511 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:54,240 Speaker 1: You're the lesser profile person here at the Games trying 512 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:57,800 Speaker 1: to do a major see event without an ACL. How 513 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:00,240 Speaker 1: did it feel watching I presume you were whe watching 514 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:03,120 Speaker 1: Lindsay And did it feel any different once you learned 515 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:04,720 Speaker 1: or once you were able to see that that was 516 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:07,200 Speaker 1: a bad line and not the results of her knee. 517 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:09,000 Speaker 5: Yeah. I think from the beginning, because I was watching 518 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:12,240 Speaker 5: with you know, some US Ski team people that maybe 519 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:14,560 Speaker 5: have more knowledge on alpine than me, and they were 520 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:16,639 Speaker 5: like from the beginning, like, oh, that was because of 521 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 5: her arm or like clipping the gate, It wasn't her knee, 522 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 5: and so that felt good. But obviously seeing her crash 523 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:27,520 Speaker 5: and like probably tearing more in her knee were like, 524 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:30,840 Speaker 5: I think she broke her life. Sure, Okay, this could be. 525 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:32,639 Speaker 5: It was honestly really scary to watch, and I was like, 526 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:34,480 Speaker 5: I kind of wouldn't just like leave and not watch 527 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:37,439 Speaker 5: this or know about it, but you know, yeah, everyone 528 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 5: is different, and she still went for it, and I 529 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:43,199 Speaker 5: think that's inspiring as it is. That's awesome, and so 530 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:44,200 Speaker 5: that's all I can do too. 531 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:46,640 Speaker 1: How has your prep for the games been different from 532 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:49,679 Speaker 1: what you would have done if you had two functioning acls. 533 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:54,440 Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean it's been hard because I, yeah, spent 534 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:57,119 Speaker 5: the whole summer in the gym instead of on our 535 00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:01,320 Speaker 5: air bag like training and like going to camps on snow, 536 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:03,800 Speaker 5: like doing new tricks and stuff. Because there's so many 537 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:06,040 Speaker 5: more things I wanted to do here than like what 538 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:08,440 Speaker 5: I am going to be capable of. But it kind 539 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:10,280 Speaker 5: of was just more a lot in the gym and 540 00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:13,120 Speaker 5: a lot of like mental like strengthening I think more 541 00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:15,760 Speaker 5: than like physical as well, just to like prepare myself 542 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:18,960 Speaker 5: that this is what's happening and this is my reality. 543 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 5: But it was all I could do, and I am 544 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:22,160 Speaker 5: just happy to be here. 545 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, tell us about the air bag. What does that 546 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:25,040 Speaker 1: practice look like? 547 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:27,919 Speaker 5: Yeah, so the air bag is like what it sounds like, 548 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:31,520 Speaker 5: a big blown up air bag that you land on. 549 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:35,160 Speaker 5: So you go off of a jump and like practice 550 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:36,720 Speaker 5: all your tricks and then land on the air bag. 551 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:40,119 Speaker 5: And it's way less consequence than snow obviously, so you 552 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:43,440 Speaker 5: can try some new things before doing it on snow. 553 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:46,920 Speaker 5: So that's how I think our progression and especially women's 554 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:50,639 Speaker 5: skiing progression has like gone so far as because of that, 555 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:54,400 Speaker 5: and like double quarks have become a thing, like people 556 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:55,760 Speaker 5: are doing some insane stuff from. 557 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 1: It, and it's a slick surface, but you're still on 558 00:25:57,880 --> 00:25:58,399 Speaker 1: your skis. 559 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:01,240 Speaker 5: Yes, yeah, you stay on your ski. They water it 560 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 5: down so you can like slip off of it and 561 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:05,399 Speaker 5: you can't really like land on it. You kind of 562 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:06,920 Speaker 5: like land and then fall over. 563 00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:08,680 Speaker 1: I was gonna say, I could see like a kneed 564 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:10,399 Speaker 1: of the face or something as you land on. 565 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:13,600 Speaker 5: Yeah, you can definitely still get hurt on it, for sure, 566 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:16,919 Speaker 5: but like way less consequence, And honestly I've fallen like 567 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:20,359 Speaker 5: basically on my head and been fine, So it's it's nice. 568 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:22,359 Speaker 1: I mean, the average person gets hurt trying to get 569 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 1: on the like lift just to go try to go 570 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:26,119 Speaker 1: down the mountain. So the fact that you guys are 571 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:27,760 Speaker 1: doing all this stuff I wouldn't be surprised if any 572 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:31,120 Speaker 1: part of it has the potential for injuries. You made 573 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:33,520 Speaker 1: the Olympic team in both free ski slope style and 574 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:35,679 Speaker 1: big air, but you opted out of the former to 575 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:37,840 Speaker 1: focus on the ladder. How tough was it to just 576 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:39,439 Speaker 1: put slopestyle to the side. 577 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:41,440 Speaker 5: I mean it was hard for sure, because I think 578 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:44,200 Speaker 5: if I had to choose a favorite, slope style, probably 579 00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:47,040 Speaker 5: is my favorite, just because I don't know, it's cool, 580 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:49,560 Speaker 5: like every single person is going to have a different run. 581 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:52,840 Speaker 5: There's so much like uniqueness to it and like, yeah, 582 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:54,679 Speaker 5: ways to make it your own, and that's what I 583 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:57,800 Speaker 5: love about skiing, And so to just have to sit 584 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:00,960 Speaker 5: on the sidelines and watch was hard. But also it 585 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:02,600 Speaker 5: was kind of nice, you know. I didn't have that 586 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:04,600 Speaker 5: stress going on and I could just watch my teammates 587 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:06,840 Speaker 5: and all my close friends go like kill it, which 588 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,440 Speaker 5: they did. But yeah, hard for sure. 589 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:11,720 Speaker 1: Midway through last year I read an article you were 590 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:14,000 Speaker 1: working on a double sixteen twenty, which is a trick 591 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 1: with two flips and four and a half rotations. Is 592 00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:19,680 Speaker 1: that something we might see here? Did you finish your prep? 593 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:21,960 Speaker 5: No? Unfortunately, I don't think I'm going to be able 594 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:24,159 Speaker 5: to do that here just because yeah, I didn't have 595 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 5: the chance to wrap it a bunch on the air 596 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 5: bag this summer, and I think it'll be just too 597 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:30,640 Speaker 5: dangerous for me to go and try and do that. 598 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:33,879 Speaker 5: But definitely trying to still do my double twelve. 599 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:35,679 Speaker 1: Sixty, So can you explain that to us? 600 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:39,440 Speaker 5: Yeah, that is three and a half rotations, two flips. 601 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:44,399 Speaker 1: Insane, you know. I was watching the skiing version of 602 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 1: Big Air, and what stood out to me was the 603 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:50,840 Speaker 1: difficulty of just landing it, just getting a score and 604 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:55,000 Speaker 1: like being able to put something up to advance. How 605 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:57,360 Speaker 1: often or how common is that in your sport where 606 00:27:57,400 --> 00:28:00,440 Speaker 1: you have to send it so much that it's all 607 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:00,879 Speaker 1: or nothing. 608 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:05,520 Speaker 5: I mean, it's definitely like with the progression of women's skiing, 609 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:07,040 Speaker 5: it's getting to that point of you need to be 610 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:10,720 Speaker 5: doing your biggest tricks to and like landing them basically 611 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:13,560 Speaker 5: perfect to progress onto you know, finals or get that 612 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:18,040 Speaker 5: podium position spot. But I think everyone's just doing their 613 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,160 Speaker 5: tricks that they know as well, you know, and those 614 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:22,320 Speaker 5: are some big tricks. So it's not like exactly as 615 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:24,800 Speaker 5: like sending it to the max, but like doing what 616 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:27,639 Speaker 5: you know and doing the highest technicality trick that you 617 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:28,520 Speaker 5: know for sure. 618 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:30,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, and if, like you said, if you want to 619 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:32,719 Speaker 1: try to win or advance, like for some people, that 620 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:34,800 Speaker 1: means I have to do my toughest thing. Yeah, And 621 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:38,280 Speaker 1: otherwise it's just like, don't come here just to do 622 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:42,200 Speaker 1: a rust, try to actually. Yeah. The big air set 623 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:45,920 Speaker 1: up here is this giant scaffolding structure. It's frankly terrifying. 624 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:48,840 Speaker 1: It looks to me like an old school carnival where 625 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:50,480 Speaker 1: they like move into town and side it up and 626 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:53,040 Speaker 1: you're supposed to trust them. And there are these rudimentary 627 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:55,480 Speaker 1: elevators that are basically just a wooden box that goes 628 00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:57,520 Speaker 1: up the back. Have you been up the elevator yet? 629 00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:00,280 Speaker 5: I have not, but I feel like maybe I'm more 630 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:02,160 Speaker 5: scared for the elevator than the actual jump. 631 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:04,280 Speaker 1: It's so funny you said that. Because we were waiting 632 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:06,280 Speaker 1: for a bus last night. Shout out to the Transportation 633 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:08,440 Speaker 1: services for just not having a bus at ten pm 634 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:10,320 Speaker 1: and having a stand there for a full hour until 635 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:12,360 Speaker 1: the eleven pm came. But it did give me a 636 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:15,040 Speaker 1: chance to talk to this great New Zealand reporter named Ash. 637 00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:17,040 Speaker 1: Shout out to Ash, and she was telling me she 638 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:18,960 Speaker 1: was talking to some Big Air participants who said the 639 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:22,520 Speaker 1: elevator is scarier than my run. Yeah, so good luck 640 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:22,720 Speaker 1: to you. 641 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:23,440 Speaker 5: Thank you. 642 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:25,240 Speaker 1: Maybe just close your eyes until you get to the 643 00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:26,160 Speaker 1: top and they tell you're there. 644 00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:27,840 Speaker 5: Yeah, probably. 645 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:30,640 Speaker 1: Given all that you've dealt with in the lead up 646 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:33,240 Speaker 1: to this Games and the expectations that maybe had to 647 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:35,880 Speaker 1: change because of the one ACL that you're working with. 648 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:37,520 Speaker 1: Do you have a specific goal for Big Air? 649 00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:41,880 Speaker 5: I think I just want to go land like my runs, 650 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:44,200 Speaker 5: you know, land my tricks and be proud of myself, 651 00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:46,480 Speaker 5: Like that's all I can do, you know, And I think, 652 00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:49,480 Speaker 5: you know, just dropping into an Olympic event is going 653 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:50,840 Speaker 5: to be cool in itself. 654 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:53,120 Speaker 1: Do you have a big contingent here cheering you on? 655 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:57,400 Speaker 5: Yes, both my mom is here, my dad is here, 656 00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:59,960 Speaker 5: and my brother is coming and my dad's wife. 657 00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:02,240 Speaker 1: Is Do they have any specific signs? Are we going 658 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:04,640 Speaker 1: to be looking for a giant big head of yours 659 00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:05,400 Speaker 1: or like. 660 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:07,640 Speaker 5: I don't think they have any signs. But my mom 661 00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:10,760 Speaker 5: has a rel bell and so she likes stirring that 662 00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:13,240 Speaker 5: she did it at X Games too, But yeah, just 663 00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:13,600 Speaker 5: a bell. 664 00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:16,680 Speaker 1: I will be listening for the real bell. You're also 665 00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:19,719 Speaker 1: dating a team USA teammate Connor Ralph. Yes, So how 666 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:21,880 Speaker 1: nice is it to have a partner that really truly 667 00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:22,640 Speaker 1: gets what you're doing? 668 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:24,880 Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean it's awesome that we have each other 669 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:27,560 Speaker 5: and yeah, fully understand what each one is going through 670 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:30,040 Speaker 5: and stuff, and just having that extra support here is 671 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:32,720 Speaker 5: so amazing. I'm so happy we both made it here. 672 00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:35,840 Speaker 5: It was definitely a stressful season both trying to qualify 673 00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:38,200 Speaker 5: for the Olympics, but I'm really glad it worked out 674 00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:39,000 Speaker 5: power couple. 675 00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:42,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, and he's available to come to your event. No 676 00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:43,800 Speaker 1: crossover of yeah. 677 00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:45,480 Speaker 5: Miss because I think they go the next day after, 678 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:46,720 Speaker 5: so it works out great. 679 00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:49,520 Speaker 1: I'm obsessed with the j Crew campaign you did. I 680 00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:52,600 Speaker 1: thought it was so cute. It was rel Harwood a 681 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:55,800 Speaker 1: praise see connoisseur. So, of course that leads to the 682 00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:58,320 Speaker 1: abvious question, what is your go to a praise, skied, 683 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:01,120 Speaker 1: drink and bite when you're out of competition mode? 684 00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:04,120 Speaker 5: Hmmm, I don't know. I love an appaol sprits. 685 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:05,800 Speaker 1: You can find a lot of those here. 686 00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:08,440 Speaker 5: I know. I'm I'm very excited to be done skiing. 687 00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:10,600 Speaker 5: I have had a drink in like six months, so 688 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:11,280 Speaker 5: I'm excited. 689 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:14,320 Speaker 1: What about the bite there's a lot of apparativo here. 690 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:17,840 Speaker 5: I don't know. I mean it's not really maybe a prey, 691 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:20,480 Speaker 5: but pizza pasta for sure nailing it. 692 00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:23,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, you're gonna be a real happy girl excited. 693 00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:25,000 Speaker 5: You know. 694 00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:27,720 Speaker 1: You just mentioned having these expectations that you're setting of 695 00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:30,440 Speaker 1: just you know, hitting your runs and feeling proud. We 696 00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:33,920 Speaker 1: talked to the USOPC psychologist Essica Bartley the other day 697 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:36,120 Speaker 1: about just the Olympic letdown and how much you have 698 00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:40,800 Speaker 1: to prepare in advance for whatever feelings might come, good, bad, sad, anxious, 699 00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:44,320 Speaker 1: whatever it is. Have you thought it all about how 700 00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:47,920 Speaker 1: to prepare for the postgame emotions and to think about 701 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:49,680 Speaker 1: the different scenarios and how you'll feel. 702 00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:53,400 Speaker 5: Honestly, I haven't a lot, you know. I've just been 703 00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:56,880 Speaker 5: so focused on getting to the actual competition, and I 704 00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:59,440 Speaker 5: think more so I've been thinking about I'm getting surgery 705 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:02,360 Speaker 5: right after the Olympics, you know, so I have that 706 00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:05,040 Speaker 5: to go for myself as well as you know, all 707 00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:09,560 Speaker 5: those emotions. But I don't know, I've always, like I think, 708 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:12,040 Speaker 5: with any big competition like X Games or anything, just 709 00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:14,840 Speaker 5: been so happy to be there and everything, Like I'm 710 00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:18,240 Speaker 5: hoping that I'm just grateful that I had this opportunity 711 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:19,760 Speaker 5: and things don't. 712 00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:22,200 Speaker 1: Go too south. That is the very best attitude is 713 00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:24,800 Speaker 1: just attitude of gratitude heading in. Do you have a 714 00:32:24,840 --> 00:32:26,520 Speaker 1: binge watch plan for post surgery? 715 00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:30,920 Speaker 5: I mean I've watched Gray's Anatomy about five times now 716 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:33,280 Speaker 5: from start to finish, so I'll probably just restart that. 717 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:36,000 Speaker 1: You know, amazing. Okay, I have a speed round for 718 00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:38,440 Speaker 1: you before we let you go. Yeah, what the is 719 00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:39,200 Speaker 1: a knucklehock? 720 00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:44,880 Speaker 5: Knucklehuck is so basically there's the knuckle part of the 721 00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:46,960 Speaker 5: big air jump, so not going off of the jump, 722 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:49,200 Speaker 5: but just like the hump. I guess that goes over 723 00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:54,240 Speaker 5: like that you're trying to clear. So knucklehuck is going 724 00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:57,360 Speaker 5: off of that you know, little hump thing instead of 725 00:32:57,360 --> 00:33:00,520 Speaker 5: the actual jump and doing like nose butters, like going 726 00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:03,600 Speaker 5: off of your the like tips and tails of your 727 00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:07,320 Speaker 5: skis and just getting a little more stylish or creative 728 00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:09,080 Speaker 5: with your skiing tricks. 729 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:12,120 Speaker 1: And is that a separate event or is it part 730 00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:14,280 Speaker 1: of the big Air? Is the knuckle huck portion? 731 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:16,680 Speaker 5: No? There, I wish there was a knuckle huck in 732 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:19,240 Speaker 5: Big Air, but no, that is just like a specific 733 00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:23,200 Speaker 5: kind of X Games competition, so it's not in FIS. 734 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:24,680 Speaker 5: It's not going to be here at the Olympics. 735 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:27,320 Speaker 1: Because I see you've been quite successful with the Knuckhols. 736 00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:31,240 Speaker 1: I would love if they put that queen. Okay, do 737 00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:33,560 Speaker 1: you have any good luck charms or keepsakes or anything 738 00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:35,920 Speaker 1: with you in Italy? Either for anything or maybe to 739 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:36,960 Speaker 1: keep hazard close? 740 00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:40,880 Speaker 5: Oh? No, I don't, I should. I guess my good 741 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:42,160 Speaker 5: luck charm is Connor. 742 00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:44,640 Speaker 1: That works too. That works? So you got to get 743 00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:48,080 Speaker 1: a pin like Pippy has. 744 00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:51,080 Speaker 5: I didn't even realize people were making their own pins 745 00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:53,400 Speaker 5: to bring here. If I make it to another Olympics, 746 00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:55,560 Speaker 5: I'm making my own hazard pin. Yes, right? 747 00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,160 Speaker 1: Did you bring any murder mysteries with you? 748 00:33:58,200 --> 00:33:59,160 Speaker 5: No? 749 00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:00,000 Speaker 1: No, reading it the game. 750 00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:04,040 Speaker 5: I haven't watched a TV show, read a book and forever, 751 00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:04,959 Speaker 5: I don't know. 752 00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:09,319 Speaker 1: Focus, focus, very focus. Okay. Do you have any recommendations though, 753 00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:11,080 Speaker 1: for folks who might be looking for their next read. 754 00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:12,560 Speaker 1: Is there one that you read recently that you were 755 00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:13,080 Speaker 1: super into? 756 00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:16,319 Speaker 5: I think I read one The Boyfriend or Boyfriend and 757 00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:18,279 Speaker 5: that one was pretty good, A lot of twists. 758 00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:22,280 Speaker 1: Okay, Well, have fun. Thank you, grateful to be proud 759 00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:22,800 Speaker 1: of yourself. 760 00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:24,959 Speaker 5: Yes and kick suers. Thank you so much. 761 00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:29,600 Speaker 1: Thanks so much to Reel for sitting down with us. 762 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:31,680 Speaker 1: It was great to chat with her. We got to 763 00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:34,319 Speaker 1: take another break. When we return, I would offer you 764 00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:38,839 Speaker 1: a ride, but my bus does not exist. Ladies, Man 765 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:49,760 Speaker 1: deep cut, get familiar. We'll be right back. Welcome back, Slices. 766 00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:51,560 Speaker 1: We love that you're listening, but we want you to 767 00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:53,319 Speaker 1: get in the game every day too, So here's our 768 00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:56,160 Speaker 1: good game play of the day. Follow Rel, Liz and 769 00:34:56,239 --> 00:34:59,280 Speaker 1: Jalen on social media. We'll link to their Instagram handles 770 00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:02,640 Speaker 1: in the show notes. Also, we've been hearing about a 771 00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:06,600 Speaker 1: lot of Olympic mess. That Norwegian biathlete who like confessed 772 00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:08,759 Speaker 1: to cheating and thought talking about it on TV would 773 00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:12,640 Speaker 1: somehow winn her back. Spoiler alert, it didn't. Her response 774 00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:16,800 Speaker 1: was basically, we are never ever ever getting back together. Also, 775 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:20,040 Speaker 1: Fato Figo, that same dude, the cheating dude, was suspended 776 00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:22,200 Speaker 1: a couple of years ago for accidentally shooting his rifle 777 00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:25,480 Speaker 1: at the team hotel. Whoops a daisy. And he's not 778 00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:28,040 Speaker 1: the only biathlete with the dark past, because French athlete 779 00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:30,719 Speaker 1: Julie Simon, who helped her team to gold in the 780 00:35:30,719 --> 00:35:33,960 Speaker 1: biathlon mixed relay here at these games. Earned a three 781 00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:38,080 Speaker 1: month suspended jail sentence last October for theft and credit 782 00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:41,920 Speaker 1: card fraud. After she get this, admitted to stealing the 783 00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:45,120 Speaker 1: credit cards of a teammate and a team staffer and 784 00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:49,440 Speaker 1: making twenty three hundred dollars into online purchases. Y'all, these 785 00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:56,000 Speaker 1: by athletes are messy and they've got guns. Alex terrible combo. 786 00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:59,560 Speaker 3: Honestly, I would not have picked biathlon as the messy sport, 787 00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:03,160 Speaker 3: though it has such a great reputation of sportsmanship, with 788 00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:07,440 Speaker 3: coaches handing competitors polls if they drop theirs or break theirs, 789 00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:10,319 Speaker 3: and so, I don't know, I kind of like it 790 00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:11,440 Speaker 3: that it's a little bit spicy. 791 00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:13,640 Speaker 1: I feel like there's probably so much mess in the 792 00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:16,719 Speaker 1: other sports. It's just not criminal mess. It's more like, 793 00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:19,280 Speaker 1: you know, people sleeping with each other's ice dancing partners 794 00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:23,040 Speaker 1: and shit, oh my god, speaking of we want that mess. 795 00:36:23,239 --> 00:36:26,000 Speaker 1: If you hear about that mess, send it to us. Slices, 796 00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:28,920 Speaker 1: send us all the tea you come across, just in 797 00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:30,960 Speaker 1: case we're missing it out here, Like we're trying to 798 00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:33,239 Speaker 1: keep up out here. We're doing our best, but it's 799 00:36:33,239 --> 00:36:35,640 Speaker 1: been really hard because we're so busy, and also because 800 00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:39,239 Speaker 1: the Wi Fi at our hotel isn't working for me 801 00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:43,680 Speaker 1: and occasion my phone doesn't even work there. So yeah, 802 00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:46,560 Speaker 1: that's been pretty frustrating and causing me some sleepless nights. 803 00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:48,319 Speaker 1: So we're doing our best to keep up. But all 804 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:50,480 Speaker 1: y'all back home with working Wi Fi and some dime 805 00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:53,680 Speaker 1: on your hands, keep sending us that gossip we always 806 00:36:53,719 --> 00:36:55,320 Speaker 1: love to hear from. You Hit us up on email, 807 00:36:55,320 --> 00:36:57,640 Speaker 1: good game at Wondermedia network dot com or leave us 808 00:36:57,640 --> 00:37:00,880 Speaker 1: a voicemail at eight seven two two four fifty and 809 00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:04,440 Speaker 1: don't forget to subscribe a rate and review. It's easy watch. 810 00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:07,399 Speaker 1: Maybe the real treasure was the friends we made along 811 00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:11,160 Speaker 1: the way, rating seventy five out of seventy five minutes 812 00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:14,520 Speaker 1: waiting for a bus review. After a long fun day 813 00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:17,200 Speaker 1: in Lavigno on Tuesday, Alex and I hustled to catch 814 00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:19,600 Speaker 1: the ten pm Media and Volunteers bus back to our 815 00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:23,440 Speaker 1: hotel in Valt Dentro, but the bus did not exist. 816 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:26,320 Speaker 1: We had to wait over an hour hoping the eleven 817 00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:29,799 Speaker 1: pm Media and Volunteers bus would arrive, and it did, 818 00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:32,200 Speaker 1: but in the meantime we did get to meet and 819 00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:34,640 Speaker 1: chat with a handful of other journalists who were also waiting, 820 00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:37,719 Speaker 1: including the KIWI reporter Ash Tullick that I mentioned in 821 00:37:37,719 --> 00:37:40,440 Speaker 1: my interview with rel and KSL Salt Lake City reporter 822 00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:43,800 Speaker 1: Sam Farnsworth. So that was fun, and here's hoping the 823 00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:45,560 Speaker 1: guy that was trying to get all the way back 824 00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:49,120 Speaker 1: to Milan with no more trains or buses running and 825 00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:52,920 Speaker 1: nowhere to stay somehow found himself a warm place to crash. 826 00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:56,640 Speaker 1: Covering the Olympics is not for the faint of heart, y'all. 827 00:37:56,840 --> 00:37:59,520 Speaker 1: Now it's your turn, rate and review. Thanks to listen 828 00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:03,839 Speaker 1: see tomorrow. Good game, Real good game, Lizen Jalen thuck 829 00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:06,879 Speaker 1: you guy loudly burping in the media center. We can 830 00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:15,560 Speaker 1: all hear you. Bro close your mouth. 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