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Speaker 1: Welcome to good Game with Sarah Spain, where we're standing

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Speaker 1: and saluting the folks who carried four hundred and fifty

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Speaker 1: torches up a mountain to spell out no Kings in

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Speaker 1: Trump's arrival at the World Economic Forum. It's Thursday, January

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Speaker 1: twenty second, and on today's show, we'll be chatting with

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Speaker 1: Bob sled legend Alana Meyers Taylor about battling through her

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Speaker 1: toughest season yet to qualify for her fifth Olympics. Why

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Speaker 1: have tapoletes make the best push athletes, How she's recovering

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Speaker 1: from the scariest crash of her career, and her concerns

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Speaker 1: in at the Charity Stripe, an early contender for Fit

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Speaker 1: of the Year, and a few players were thankful to

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Speaker 1: see touch grass again. It's all coming up right after

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Speaker 1: this welcome back slices. Here's what you need to know today.

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Speaker 1: Let's start with WNBA news and Wednesday's twenty twenty six

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Speaker 1: schedule release. Ooh, here's a season full of WNBA games

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Speaker 1: that we may not be playing, but yeah, start booking

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Speaker 1: pretending that everything's fine. Hope you got in your season

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Speaker 1: why would you need tickets? Sorry? On Wednesday, the WNBA

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Speaker 1: released the schedule for the league's historic thirtieth season, set

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Speaker 1: to begin on May eighth, assuming the wn the Players

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Speaker 1: April nineteenth, six days after the College Draft. Commissioner's Cup.

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Speaker 1: Games will take place in June, with the Championship game

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Speaker 1: set for Chicago on July twenty fifth. Teams will play

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Speaker 1: forty four games over a five month period, with a

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Speaker 1: A WNBA spokesperson told multiple outlets of releasing the schedule

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Speaker 1: despite the current CBA uncertainty quote. Releasing the twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: the WNBA's thirtieth season and allows teams partners broadcasters and

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Speaker 1: End quote Yeah, feels essential. You know what else is essential?

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Speaker 1: which you know still hasn't happened. Schedule highlights include the

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Speaker 1: The WNBA's first Canadian team will play its twenty two

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Speaker 1: You could check it out via the link in our

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Speaker 1: show notes. As for the Portland Fire, they make their

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Speaker 1: Saturday May ninth at the Moda Center, and the team

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Speaker 1: partnering up with my Chicago Sky, so be sure to

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Speaker 1: take a spin around the socials for each team and

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Speaker 1: assuming there's a season on to college hockey. Harvard won

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Speaker 1: That includes Angel Cities Savvy King, who's training with the

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Speaker 1: We love to hear it, Savvy. We're so happy to

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Speaker 1: national team defender Tierna Davidson, who's making her own return

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Speaker 1: New current head coach Chris Armist told reporters that the

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Speaker 1: out to the Philadelphia Inquirers Jonathan Tannenwald, who's Blue Sky

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Speaker 1: how we told you about longtime Courage player Denis O'Sullivan

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Speaker 1: where friends of the Show Cheryl Swoops and Cindy Brunson

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Speaker 1: and friend at the show said Colson, who's still recovering

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Speaker 1: But as for the first one, this time it's land

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Speaker 1: a role for the second season of The Hunting Wives.

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Speaker 1: Did y'all watch that that steamy Netflix series had a

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Speaker 1: Season one of The Hunting Wives debuted last July, and

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Speaker 1: on Twitter, telling show creator Rebecca Cutter quote, just let

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Speaker 2: and move on to the next one, like they're used

428
00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:36,920
Speaker 2: to battling through the challenges, and they're used to going

429
00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:39,159
Speaker 2: hard day after day after day. I mean training for

430
00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:41,280
Speaker 2: the multies, like you have to train for so many

431
00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:44,639
Speaker 2: events in a day, Like your training alone is harder

432
00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:48,560
Speaker 2: than most other sports that alone actually competing. So they

433
00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:51,760
Speaker 2: have a resiliency that's really unique. And in order to

434
00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:53,800
Speaker 2: learn the ins and out of BOPSAD not just pushing

435
00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:55,480
Speaker 2: the sled, but they're in charge of moving the sled,

436
00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:57,679
Speaker 2: they're in charge of standing our runners are played, so

437
00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:00,000
Speaker 2: there's so much extra work, like it really is a grind,

438
00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:02,320
Speaker 2: and multi didn't have that a lot, but just in

439
00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:05,960
Speaker 2: general track and field athletes, they naturally have that ability

440
00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:08,880
Speaker 2: to know how to run behind a sled in this game.

441
00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:11,640
Speaker 2: Which interesting is internationally you're going to see a lot

442
00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:14,399
Speaker 2: of track and field athletes who competed in whether it

443
00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:16,960
Speaker 2: was Tokyo or Paris now on the winter side, so

444
00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:18,680
Speaker 2: it's going to be a really exciting games for that.

445
00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:22,080
Speaker 1: You mentioned some of the responsibilities outside of competition, carrying

446
00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:24,960
Speaker 1: the sled, prepping the sled. All of those are responsibility

447
00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,040
Speaker 1: of the push athletes, slash breakmen.

448
00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:28,920
Speaker 2: Yes most of them. I mean the drivers help some,

449
00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:31,679
Speaker 2: but let's be real, for the most part, we're control freaks.

450
00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:33,480
Speaker 2: We sometimes get in a way by trying to tell

451
00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:35,679
Speaker 2: people what to do too much. So a lot of

452
00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:37,919
Speaker 2: times the breaking and are they're in charge of the

453
00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:40,480
Speaker 2: sled when we're all focusing on our lines and doing

454
00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:42,199
Speaker 2: what we call track walks and different things like that,

455
00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:43,680
Speaker 2: really getting ready for their drive?

456
00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:47,080
Speaker 1: And do you work with the same person basically the

457
00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:52,240
Speaker 1: entire season? And how does that get selected? Are you assigned?

458
00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:53,720
Speaker 1: Are you all in a group together and you figure

459
00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:55,320
Speaker 1: out who works the best together? How does it work?

460
00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:58,679
Speaker 2: So from week to week, our coaches pick the brakeman

461
00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:01,359
Speaker 2: will be racing with. They rotate the pairs and do

462
00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:04,200
Speaker 2: different things. And at the end, actually there's a selection

463
00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:07,040
Speaker 2: committee that chooses the combination for the Olympics, So we

464
00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:09,600
Speaker 2: have an input, but we don't actually choose who's going

465
00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:11,199
Speaker 2: to be on our sled for the Olympics or for

466
00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:13,879
Speaker 2: World Championships or anything like that. So throughout the season

467
00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:16,920
Speaker 2: I've raced with the multitude of Braakman. I've actually raced

468
00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:19,480
Speaker 2: with Jaden twice. But I feel very confident that at

469
00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:21,320
Speaker 2: the time we have left to prepare for the Games,

470
00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:22,480
Speaker 2: we're going to be ready to go.

471
00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:24,840
Speaker 1: Third times to charm at the Olympics. That's how it

472
00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:25,680
Speaker 1: always works, right.

473
00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:27,840
Speaker 2: Yes, third bobs of race ever is.

474
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Speaker 1: The Olympics, right, You guys are crazy, but we already

475
00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:33,879
Speaker 1: do that. Who's in charge of the sledded monobop when

476
00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:36,040
Speaker 1: you're technically the only athlete competing.

477
00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:37,919
Speaker 2: So that's the crazy things. The breakman still do all

478
00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:40,520
Speaker 2: the same work for the monobobs, so they still take

479
00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:42,440
Speaker 2: care of this slid. They do the runners, all those

480
00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:44,960
Speaker 2: kind of stuff, and the prize is link and how

481
00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:46,800
Speaker 2: credit for it. So when we stand on the podium,

482
00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:49,399
Speaker 2: it'll just be me receiving a medal. They get no credit.

483
00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:51,439
Speaker 2: But behind the scenes, we don't know who's doing all

484
00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:51,840
Speaker 2: the work.

485
00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:55,560
Speaker 1: Yeah. So you mentioned being able to bounce back from

486
00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:57,440
Speaker 1: injuries in your past a little bit better. I want

487
00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:59,879
Speaker 1: to talk about your recent crash because you did manage

488
00:22:59,880 --> 00:23:03,760
Speaker 1: to emerge without too many major injuries, which is a miracle. Really.

489
00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,160
Speaker 1: You posted about it on Instagram and called it, quote,

490
00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:09,320
Speaker 1: one of the most terrific crashes I've ever had. You

491
00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:11,080
Speaker 1: told me you're probably not gonna watch the video of

492
00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:14,000
Speaker 1: it until after you retire. Are you okay talking about it?

493
00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:17,160
Speaker 2: Yes, I'm okay talking about it for sure. The crazy

494
00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:20,919
Speaker 2: thing is is that the crash was so bad the

495
00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:24,000
Speaker 2: trap cameras they record every video and usually you have

496
00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:26,680
Speaker 2: access to it. The crash was so bad they won't

497
00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:28,439
Speaker 2: even release the video. So I don't even know if

498
00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:31,800
Speaker 2: I'll be able to watch the crash after I retire

499
00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:35,359
Speaker 2: because they won't release the video. And so basically what

500
00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:38,320
Speaker 2: happened is every year the track in Saint Lawrence is

501
00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:41,399
Speaker 2: bill new and so it was early in the season

502
00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:44,239
Speaker 2: it's new ice. And so there's this big curve, one

503
00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:46,840
Speaker 2: of the most infamous curves in bobsa called horseshoe, and

504
00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:49,439
Speaker 2: that everybody's having problems out of there. I'm having problems

505
00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:51,920
Speaker 2: out of there, and basically in the next curve out

506
00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:55,159
Speaker 2: of horseshoe, like you have to be so precise in

507
00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,280
Speaker 2: that horseshoe curve that you get off, it's really hard

508
00:23:57,320 --> 00:23:59,480
Speaker 2: to catch up. So then two curves out of the line,

509
00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:01,920
Speaker 2: I'm still trying to catch up and just literally has

510
00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:04,520
Speaker 2: the steer, and when I finally steered, I actually drove

511
00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:07,160
Speaker 2: my sled down, and because it's a track that's made

512
00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:09,879
Speaker 2: of snow and ice, the bunks of the sled or

513
00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:13,000
Speaker 2: the sides of the slide actually went into the sidewall,

514
00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:15,800
Speaker 2: which is all ice, and the sled actually flipped up

515
00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:19,480
Speaker 2: and then flipped over. Oh so it's actually like the

516
00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:22,680
Speaker 2: hit itself caused us to crash because it's that hard

517
00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:24,760
Speaker 2: into the short wall because it was kind of crazy,

518
00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:26,840
Speaker 2: left a big dap in the short wall and everything.

519
00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:31,080
Speaker 2: And then my brakeman Jaden, got kicked out of the

520
00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:33,359
Speaker 2: sled because the hit was so hard. She landed on

521
00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:35,959
Speaker 2: her back and so she's running down the track and

522
00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,480
Speaker 2: then my steering is broken and I have no idea.

523
00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:41,320
Speaker 2: So the sledge keeps popping back up. Naturally sleds want

524
00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:43,879
Speaker 2: to be upright, so the slede keeps popping back up,

525
00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:46,000
Speaker 2: and I'm trying to drive it and I don't realize

526
00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:48,000
Speaker 2: I have no steering. So I'm trying to drive it

527
00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:50,360
Speaker 2: and our runners, our blades are pointed all different kinds

528
00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:52,560
Speaker 2: of way because the axle was just so broken, like

529
00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:55,679
Speaker 2: it's coming back and it's just mad cam. So I

530
00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:59,119
Speaker 2: crashed three more times during the run, and the axle

531
00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:01,600
Speaker 2: was so broken. There was only just a small piece

532
00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:03,880
Speaker 2: of weight that saved the axophone coming into the back

533
00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:07,440
Speaker 2: of the sled. So I was very fortunate because that

534
00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:09,480
Speaker 2: piece of weight had just been added by our sled

535
00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:12,080
Speaker 2: mechanic the week before, Like he hadn't been on my

536
00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:14,639
Speaker 2: sled all season. He just had added it that week,

537
00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:17,600
Speaker 2: and that's what saved me from getting more damaged.

538
00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:21,400
Speaker 1: To speak, So like a tortilla sized weight kept the

539
00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:24,399
Speaker 1: axle from going through the sled and into you.

540
00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:27,840
Speaker 2: Yes, well, we've seen axles going to people before and

541
00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:31,000
Speaker 2: then has it resulted. It hasn't been pretty. It's been

542
00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:32,720
Speaker 2: pretty devastating actually.

543
00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:34,679
Speaker 1: So why won't they release the video? Were they worried

544
00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:36,639
Speaker 1: about the safety of the track? Are they trying to

545
00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:38,159
Speaker 1: protect themselves against something.

546
00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:40,280
Speaker 2: I don't think they're worried about the safety of the

547
00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:42,680
Speaker 2: track because of the way the track is built or whatever.

548
00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:46,280
Speaker 2: I think they're just trying to I don't actually know.

549
00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:50,040
Speaker 2: My guest was just because of the how bad it

550
00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:53,160
Speaker 2: actually ended up being, and how they just don't want

551
00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:56,400
Speaker 2: the video out there of Bob Setters having those kind

552
00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:58,760
Speaker 2: of crashes and those kind of things. But honestly, I

553
00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:00,000
Speaker 2: don't know, and I didn't bother to add.

554
00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,680
Speaker 1: It does feel like something you should be able to see,

555
00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:05,360
Speaker 1: you and your team to be able to learn from

556
00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:07,600
Speaker 1: it the very least. I don't know if it's up

557
00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:09,520
Speaker 1: to them to keep that from you because it was

558
00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:12,720
Speaker 1: such a bad crash. But like you said, maybe when

559
00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:14,639
Speaker 1: all is said and done, let's not watch it before

560
00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:16,240
Speaker 1: the before the Olympics.

561
00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:18,000
Speaker 2: Definitely no need to do that.

562
00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,840
Speaker 1: Bob's ledd is an inherently dangerous sport. You're used to this,

563
00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,240
Speaker 1: I imagine the thrill of it is actually part of

564
00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:27,280
Speaker 1: the reason you compete in it. How do you get

565
00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:29,480
Speaker 1: mentally prepared to get back in the sled after you

566
00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:31,120
Speaker 1: do have a crash?

567
00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:35,280
Speaker 2: I am insane, and so after this crash, I was

568
00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:39,639
Speaker 2: preparing to do a monobob run after that run anyways, right,

569
00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:41,840
Speaker 2: I was supposed to do two two man runs that

570
00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:44,439
Speaker 2: day and then end on a monobob run. And so

571
00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:47,640
Speaker 2: after the crash, you know, they're literally taking Jad into

572
00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:49,280
Speaker 2: the hospital. They tell me I need to go to

573
00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:51,400
Speaker 2: a hospital to get my hand checked out. But all

574
00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:53,439
Speaker 2: my mind goes to is like I need to make

575
00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:55,520
Speaker 2: sure I'm I figure this curve out. I need to

576
00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:57,000
Speaker 2: figure it out. I need to figure it out. So

577
00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:00,080
Speaker 2: I'm like, hey, let me go back up in a monobob, Like,

578
00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:02,320
Speaker 2: are you crazy? I said no, let me go back

579
00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:05,040
Speaker 2: to the mono bob. And I am crazy because after

580
00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:07,439
Speaker 2: I went back up, took a monobob trip made it

581
00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:10,440
Speaker 2: down successfully. But afterwards I was like, that was pretty dumb.

582
00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:13,040
Speaker 2: That was pretty stupid. But I was so locked onto

583
00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:14,960
Speaker 2: I have to figure out this curve, like I cannot

584
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,680
Speaker 2: let this happen again that I did it anyways, And

585
00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:21,000
Speaker 2: I think that's sometimes where my mate my brain goes,

586
00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:23,040
Speaker 2: like whether it's hyper focus or whatnot, Like I just

587
00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:25,280
Speaker 2: can't get this puzzle that I have to save it

588
00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:27,640
Speaker 2: out of my head. And I knew I a couple

589
00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:29,720
Speaker 2: of days before i'd have another training day, so I

590
00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:32,080
Speaker 2: couldn't just sleep on that, like I needed to go

591
00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:35,240
Speaker 2: and problem solve it and figure it out. And that's

592
00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:37,679
Speaker 2: the hardest thing is just after a crash like that,

593
00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:39,399
Speaker 2: you just have to get right back in the sled

594
00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:41,320
Speaker 2: as soon as you can, as soon as you are

595
00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:44,320
Speaker 2: healthy too, in order to get over those kind of fears.

596
00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:48,080
Speaker 2: The problem was Jaden couldn't get a sled, and in retrospect,

597
00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:51,040
Speaker 2: she probably shouldn't have raced that weekend. She was pretty

598
00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:54,359
Speaker 2: beat up. She was pretty banged up, but man, the

599
00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:56,879
Speaker 2: girl was tough as nail. She had that as a

600
00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:59,520
Speaker 2: repirse crash and then in the weekend, without doing it

601
00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:01,399
Speaker 2: on a chain, gotten right back in the sled and

602
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:04,199
Speaker 2: push me further race, Like, it was very impressive for

603
00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:06,479
Speaker 2: her to do that, And I know she was afraid. Like,

604
00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:09,159
Speaker 2: if you've never passioned to Bob said before, it is

605
00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:11,480
Speaker 2: a pretty herorific experience. And then you add that type

606
00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:13,439
Speaker 2: of crash on top of it, like, I know she

607
00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:16,159
Speaker 2: was terrified, but she sucked it up, injured body and all,

608
00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:17,280
Speaker 2: and did it anyways.

609
00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:19,760
Speaker 1: Well, that's why you guys are the best, because you'll

610
00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:23,159
Speaker 1: get right back in there. It's wild. You know, we

611
00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:24,840
Speaker 1: talked about this a little last time you were on,

612
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:27,160
Speaker 1: but about eight years ago you announced that you were

613
00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:30,600
Speaker 1: committing to donate your brain to the Concussion Legacy Foundation

614
00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:32,919
Speaker 1: to ensure in part that women's brains are also studied

615
00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:35,639
Speaker 1: when researchers are learning more about impacts of concussions and

616
00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:38,840
Speaker 1: traumatic brain injury. In the year since you've declared that,

617
00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:41,080
Speaker 1: did you change anything about your own process, or your

618
00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:43,360
Speaker 1: equipment or anything to try to ensure you're as safe

619
00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:43,960
Speaker 1: as possible.

620
00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:46,440
Speaker 2: Yes. One thing I do is I sit lower on

621
00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:48,840
Speaker 2: the sled, and so what that allows me to do

622
00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:51,120
Speaker 2: is if there is a crash like the one that happened,

623
00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:53,080
Speaker 2: I never hit my head because as soon as I

624
00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:55,160
Speaker 2: feel the sled starts to go over, I ducked under

625
00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:57,720
Speaker 2: the front of the sled, so I don't hit my head.

626
00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:00,280
Speaker 2: The other thing is I will not slide. I'm in

627
00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:02,840
Speaker 2: a compromise position, so if I'm not feeling well, if

628
00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:06,640
Speaker 2: I'm had a rough night or whatever, I just don't slide,

629
00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:08,600
Speaker 2: and I could say no and take off sliding whenever

630
00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:11,040
Speaker 2: I want. So we've made those kind of adjustments. But

631
00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:14,640
Speaker 2: also anytime you have a concussion, you're always hyper cognizant

632
00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:16,320
Speaker 2: of things you need to do to make sure you're

633
00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:18,640
Speaker 2: keeping up with your brain health. So whether it's my nutrition,

634
00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:21,520
Speaker 2: whether it's my hydration, whether it's any of those things, like,

635
00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:24,080
Speaker 2: I have to make sure I'm doing all those things

636
00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:26,640
Speaker 2: right in order to be good to get in the sled.

637
00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:29,360
Speaker 1: You mentioned that you were trying to figure things out

638
00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:31,920
Speaker 1: most of this season. The bobsled World Cup season goes

639
00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:34,800
Speaker 1: from November to about February or March. How has this

640
00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:36,880
Speaker 1: season felt for you as you've tried to figure out

641
00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:40,000
Speaker 1: the back your partner and trying to make your fifth

642
00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:40,640
Speaker 1: Olympic team.

643
00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:43,960
Speaker 2: Oh, this has been probably the toughest season of my life.

644
00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:48,080
Speaker 2: So we went. We started off in the track in Courtina,

645
00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:50,760
Speaker 2: and I was really struggling to put the piece together.

646
00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:53,920
Speaker 2: And I finished the first race of the season, the

647
00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:58,360
Speaker 2: Mono Babers in nineteenth and so finishing that race in

648
00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:00,440
Speaker 2: such a bad position, I knew the rest of the

649
00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:02,680
Speaker 2: season was just gonna be a fight to even qualify

650
00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:04,880
Speaker 2: for the games. So starting off on a back foot,

651
00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:06,800
Speaker 2: like you just have to claw and scratch your way

652
00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:09,280
Speaker 2: and whether in the US, like it's so competitive for

653
00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:12,200
Speaker 2: breakman equipment and everything like that, Like you're literally competing

654
00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:15,520
Speaker 2: against the other two women's teams for all these resources.

655
00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:18,560
Speaker 2: So starting off as the nineteenth where I think they

656
00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:20,840
Speaker 2: went second and fourth in that same race, like I

657
00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:22,760
Speaker 2: knew I was on back foot. So it was just

658
00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:25,360
Speaker 2: one fight after another, like I said, trying to make

659
00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:27,960
Speaker 2: sure I figured out who my breakman was. And also

660
00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:30,560
Speaker 2: at the same time, trying to get myself physically prepared,

661
00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:32,880
Speaker 2: knowing I have this back injury, trying to fight every

662
00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:34,920
Speaker 2: week to make sure I'm as healthy as possible, but

663
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,040
Speaker 2: also know like I need to be in a position

664
00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:38,800
Speaker 2: if I do make the games, to be in a

665
00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:41,080
Speaker 2: good position when I get there. So it was just

666
00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:43,920
Speaker 2: a battle, and I really taken a testament to my

667
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:46,960
Speaker 2: team and everything we've done to try and get me

668
00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:48,800
Speaker 2: to this point and get me to a point where

669
00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:50,520
Speaker 2: I would make the Olympic team, because it was not

670
00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:53,040
Speaker 2: easy at all, and the results don't show it. The

671
00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:56,200
Speaker 2: results didn't show my abilities this season. But the good

672
00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:58,320
Speaker 2: news is is I've got enough experience now to know

673
00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:01,440
Speaker 2: the Olympics are is a different ballgame and I'm ready

674
00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:01,920
Speaker 2: to ow.

675
00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:04,200
Speaker 1: You posted on Instagram. If you were a betting man

676
00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:06,040
Speaker 1: looking at my results from the season, you might be

677
00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:07,920
Speaker 1: quick to count me out. But what you don't see

678
00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:10,200
Speaker 1: is that I have an unwavering belief in myself and

679
00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:12,520
Speaker 1: my ability and a spirit that was born to fight.

680
00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:15,560
Speaker 1: I've seen and experienced things you can't even imagine. I'm

681
00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:18,400
Speaker 1: battle tested and scrappy. Where there's a will, there's a way,

682
00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:20,040
Speaker 1: and I'm going to find it in it for the fight,

683
00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:23,400
Speaker 1: Let's go. I love that. So like you, you really

684
00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:26,240
Speaker 1: are able to separate what came before and what happens next,

685
00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:28,760
Speaker 1: in part because you have so many years of experience

686
00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:30,720
Speaker 1: of knowing that sometimes you don't know when the best

687
00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:32,120
Speaker 1: race is going to come and when you're not going

688
00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:32,960
Speaker 1: to have your best day.

689
00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:36,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think the Beijil Olympics was huge for that.

690
00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:39,160
Speaker 2: You know, coming out of those Olympics and having COVID,

691
00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:41,280
Speaker 2: I never would have thought I could have battled back

692
00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:44,040
Speaker 2: to metal. And also at that year when you had

693
00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:45,360
Speaker 2: to test it out and we try out of the

694
00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:47,320
Speaker 2: track that first time, I didn't do well. I do

695
00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:50,360
Speaker 2: like I had a horrible test event. So be able

696
00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:53,080
Speaker 2: to come back after having COVID and having Linda n

697
00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:55,760
Speaker 2: runs on that track too going into the games, like

698
00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:58,280
Speaker 2: to be able to walk away with metals. I finally

699
00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:00,960
Speaker 2: came to the Resili's realization after almost twenty years of

700
00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:03,400
Speaker 2: Bob said, like, none of this stuff before matters, Like

701
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:06,560
Speaker 2: I think we're as humans, we want to predict it.

702
00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:08,400
Speaker 2: We want to know what's going to happen on those

703
00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:10,400
Speaker 2: kind of stuff. So people put all these predictions out

704
00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:12,080
Speaker 2: there well, this person's gonna want to go matter, this

705
00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:13,800
Speaker 2: person's gonna But at the end of the day, it's

706
00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:16,600
Speaker 2: the Olympics. Anything can happen. It's a clean slate. Nobody

707
00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:18,959
Speaker 2: cares what your World Cup ranking was, Nobody cares if

708
00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:21,280
Speaker 2: you won the last race. Like the other thing I

709
00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:24,480
Speaker 2: know is something crazy is going to happen, like something unexpected.

710
00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:29,400
Speaker 2: The Olympics always brings out unexpected highs and goes. So

711
00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:31,680
Speaker 2: I'm prepared for it and I'm excited about it. I'm

712
00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:34,160
Speaker 2: excited that they've wiped the slate clean, like I need

713
00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:36,680
Speaker 2: somebody to wipe this late. Let's just forget all that happened.

714
00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:38,880
Speaker 2: Let's have a goldfish mindset and move on.

715
00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:42,520
Speaker 1: We have to take a quick break. We'll be right back.

716
00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:54,000
Speaker 1: You mentioned that you were doing some runs on the

717
00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:56,040
Speaker 1: Courtina track when we talked to you last February. There

718
00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:58,640
Speaker 1: were actually some questions about whether that Courtina sliding center

719
00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:01,120
Speaker 1: would be done in time for the game. It is done.

720
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:04,320
Speaker 1: They underwent successful trial runs back in November. But I

721
00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:07,800
Speaker 1: was reading this article with the Cortina Mayer Gieluco Lorenzi

722
00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:11,479
Speaker 1: and it was from the Athletics Daniel Fonso. She shared

723
00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:14,480
Speaker 1: that he received death threats relating to the construction of

724
00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:17,480
Speaker 1: the Bob sled track, that it cost eighteen million euro,

725
00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:20,120
Speaker 1: that it might have an environmental impact or might not

726
00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:22,480
Speaker 1: be used as much of the future as they anticipate.

727
00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:24,800
Speaker 1: Does that controversy make its way to the world of

728
00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:26,719
Speaker 1: the racers? And do you worried all about the reception

729
00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:29,160
Speaker 1: you'll get from locals if they're mad about this track

730
00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:29,920
Speaker 1: being renovated.

731
00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:33,920
Speaker 2: I mean, generally, I think there's been controversy around the

732
00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:37,440
Speaker 2: building of every Olympic track, maybe not as much as

733
00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:40,160
Speaker 2: this one. But the locals have always been great. They've

734
00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:43,160
Speaker 2: always welcomed us with warm arms and things like that,

735
00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:45,160
Speaker 2: so I'm not particularly worried about that. But I am

736
00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:47,640
Speaker 2: worried about the costs of building new tracks and the

737
00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:51,000
Speaker 2: sustainability of the sport. You know, if fortunately the next

738
00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:53,160
Speaker 2: two deals in twenty thirty and thirty four, the tracks

739
00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:54,880
Speaker 2: are already built, so we don't have to worry about that.

740
00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:57,920
Speaker 2: But just generally the sport of boss that has gotten

741
00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:01,040
Speaker 2: so expensive and now you add in adding more tracks,

742
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:05,160
Speaker 2: you know, it's just not sustainable. So I hope Cortina

743
00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:07,480
Speaker 2: can host more and more events after this but also

744
00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:10,160
Speaker 2: I know it's crazy expensive to upkeep a track, like

745
00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:11,680
Speaker 2: whether or not they're going to be able to make

746
00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:14,680
Speaker 2: money do a passenger rides or lose races, like you

747
00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:16,920
Speaker 2: lose money hosting a bob sled race. It's not a

748
00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:21,319
Speaker 2: profitable venue. So it's just hard to see all this

749
00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:24,080
Speaker 2: stuff happened in the sport I love so much, because

750
00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:25,960
Speaker 2: you know, if we keep going in this path, it's

751
00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:28,320
Speaker 2: not going to be sustainable and the sport's going to die.

752
00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:30,360
Speaker 2: You know, there's already tracks that have gone by the

753
00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:33,200
Speaker 2: wayside that we don't use anymore. And even now we're

754
00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:35,759
Speaker 2: using the tracks in North America less and less and less,

755
00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:38,400
Speaker 2: Like we've got a strong infrastructure. I'm sure the tracks

756
00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:41,840
Speaker 2: obviously Park City hosting in twenty thirty four and Lake Placid,

757
00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:44,200
Speaker 2: we've got strong infrastructure, so I'm sure the tracks will

758
00:34:44,239 --> 00:34:46,960
Speaker 2: stay open. But just a few years ago the track

759
00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:49,520
Speaker 2: in Calgary clothes as well, Like, we cannot keep doing

760
00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:51,000
Speaker 2: this if we want our sport to survive.

761
00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:53,440
Speaker 1: You know, when you talk about the expense is one

762
00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:55,279
Speaker 1: of the reasons that was cited for the addition of

763
00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:57,320
Speaker 1: the monobob was to be able to help more athletes

764
00:34:57,360 --> 00:34:59,840
Speaker 1: gain access to the sport and potentially bring more folks in.

765
00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:00,880
Speaker 1: Have you seen that happen.

766
00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:03,800
Speaker 2: I think where you've seen it is definitely more parative,

767
00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:06,160
Speaker 2: more people who are able to compete from different countries.

768
00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:09,680
Speaker 2: But what I don't think was thought about thoroughly is like,

769
00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:11,799
Speaker 2: like I said that in order to have a very

770
00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:15,040
Speaker 2: successful monopople that you still need crew. You still need staffs,

771
00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:17,480
Speaker 2: you still need other brakemen. So like as much as

772
00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:19,640
Speaker 2: you want to say, oh, we're saving money on the sport,

773
00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:22,640
Speaker 2: the sleds are cheaper than a two man sled, yes,

774
00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:24,880
Speaker 2: but you still need all the same support people, so

775
00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:27,080
Speaker 2: you might as well do a two man competition anyways.

776
00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:30,479
Speaker 2: So I don't know that it's really made a sport

777
00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:33,959
Speaker 2: less expensive in that regard, but it has allowed more

778
00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:36,760
Speaker 2: and more people to have that parody. More so because

779
00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:39,359
Speaker 2: the sleds are the same, so everyone's sled is the same.

780
00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:41,839
Speaker 2: So the only difference you'll see is maybe a little

781
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:44,120
Speaker 2: bit in the arrow by based off of how the

782
00:35:44,239 --> 00:35:47,880
Speaker 2: pilot themselves ride in the trap, and also the runners

783
00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:49,960
Speaker 2: or a blaze will be different. But other than that,

784
00:35:50,080 --> 00:35:52,879
Speaker 2: you know, it's it's a much more competitive field because

785
00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:55,320
Speaker 2: in two women and two men. Right now, it's really

786
00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:57,280
Speaker 2: the countries you see doing the best are the countries

787
00:35:57,320 --> 00:35:58,560
Speaker 2: who can for the best equipment.

788
00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:01,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, you mentioned there's two men and four men and

789
00:36:01,719 --> 00:36:04,359
Speaker 1: then two women and one woman because there are more

790
00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:06,200
Speaker 1: men on a roster. Do they ever help out the

791
00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:08,920
Speaker 1: women with their sleds or become a part of that

792
00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:12,320
Speaker 1: crew or is it every man and woman for themselves

793
00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:14,720
Speaker 1: when it gets to the big competitions.

794
00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:16,719
Speaker 2: All the time the men help us out all the time,

795
00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:19,440
Speaker 2: which is great. And you know, I'm married to former

796
00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:23,160
Speaker 2: Bobsletter and now one of our pilots, Keisha Love is

797
00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:25,560
Speaker 2: engaged to Hunter Powell, another one of the Bob's Letters,

798
00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:27,600
Speaker 2: So there's a lot of intermixing now way, so then

799
00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:29,040
Speaker 2: they're kind of forced to.

800
00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:31,560
Speaker 1: Help, you know, we have to marry them to get

801
00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:32,600
Speaker 1: them to help us.

802
00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:36,319
Speaker 2: Yes, you know, so there's a lot of that. But

803
00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:38,080
Speaker 2: at the end of the day, like the men are

804
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:41,560
Speaker 2: very supportive of us, and we're supportive of them. We

805
00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:44,120
Speaker 2: try to help them when they we can. And you know,

806
00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:46,680
Speaker 2: it's even as much as like even the drivers, like

807
00:36:46,719 --> 00:36:49,120
Speaker 2: I'll go to the men's side and pick their brain

808
00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:51,200
Speaker 2: about different lines and they'll come to us and things

809
00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:53,200
Speaker 2: like that. So it really is one of those things.

810
00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:55,319
Speaker 2: And it's easier to do those kind of things with

811
00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:58,359
Speaker 2: the male with the men's team than with the women's team,

812
00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:00,359
Speaker 2: believe it or not, because the women's team like still

813
00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:02,000
Speaker 2: only one person can see it on the top of

814
00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:04,000
Speaker 2: the podium. On the men's team, you know, they're not

815
00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:06,160
Speaker 2: threatened by our performance, Like we don't have to worry

816
00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:08,560
Speaker 2: about competing against them, So it's much easier to go

817
00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:10,120
Speaker 2: to them and say, hey, what are you doing at

818
00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:12,000
Speaker 2: this line and the track, or what are you doing

819
00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:14,640
Speaker 2: with your runners this week or those kind of things

820
00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:17,840
Speaker 2: and brainstorm together. Then sometimes it is with your bellow

821
00:37:18,239 --> 00:37:19,680
Speaker 2: team USA female athletes.

822
00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:22,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, speaking of female athletes, are we gonna start calling

823
00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:23,759
Speaker 1: them break women at any point?

824
00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:26,080
Speaker 2: I don't know. Some people do, It goes back and forth.

825
00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:28,839
Speaker 2: I think it's just easier, like word amount to stay

826
00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:31,080
Speaker 2: breakman than I think some people still stay breakwomen.

827
00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:34,640
Speaker 1: Bob's let events get started out February fifteenth, So tell

828
00:37:34,719 --> 00:37:36,759
Speaker 1: us what your prep looks like in advance of the

829
00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:40,280
Speaker 1: start of the competition from right now on January twenty

830
00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:42,760
Speaker 1: first until February fifteenth.

831
00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:45,520
Speaker 2: So right now we're actually in Eagles Austria. We actually

832
00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:47,799
Speaker 2: have an opportunity to take a couple more runs, test

833
00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:50,640
Speaker 2: out and equipment we want before leading in the domes.

834
00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:54,000
Speaker 2: Then after the twenty fifth we'll be off ice. We

835
00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:56,080
Speaker 2: won't get off ice again until we go down to

836
00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:59,640
Speaker 2: Cortina and we'll be on ice February fourth and fifth,

837
00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:03,600
Speaker 2: get a couple runs before opening ceremonies, and then once

838
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:07,240
Speaker 2: opening ceremony happens, we're off the ice until February twelfth.

839
00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:11,520
Speaker 2: That's because you've got lose, You've got excitingly women's doubles

840
00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:13,640
Speaker 2: luge now for the first time. I'm super excited to

841
00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:15,799
Speaker 2: see that, and then you've got Skelton events and mixed

842
00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:18,719
Speaker 2: team events and all these new events actually, so our

843
00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:21,160
Speaker 2: dance is pushed back, and then once it fall starts,

844
00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:23,560
Speaker 2: we'll have three days official training and our races will

845
00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:26,600
Speaker 2: be on the fifteen sixteenth for Mono Bob. We'll turn

846
00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:28,800
Speaker 2: around the next day, go ahead and start our training

847
00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:31,960
Speaker 2: for two man, and then have our races in twentieth

848
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:34,239
Speaker 2: and twenty first for two man. So it's basically once

849
00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:36,520
Speaker 2: we get going on the twelfth, it is ten straight

850
00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:39,400
Speaker 2: days of sliding, which is a pretty intensive load, but

851
00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:40,719
Speaker 2: we're prepared for it.

852
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:43,799
Speaker 1: Okay, take us to the night before you compete. What

853
00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:46,160
Speaker 1: do you eat, what do you drink? What's your sleep routine.

854
00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:50,000
Speaker 2: I am a horrible free race sleeper. I have terrible

855
00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:52,839
Speaker 2: free race nerves. So what I do is make sure

856
00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:55,520
Speaker 2: I get enough sleep the night before the night before,

857
00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:58,640
Speaker 2: so if our race is on a Saturday, for instance,

858
00:38:58,719 --> 00:39:00,880
Speaker 2: I really need a good night sleep because I know

859
00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:04,080
Speaker 2: all Friday night I'm gonna be up, my brain's gonna

860
00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:05,960
Speaker 2: be going running my runs and things like that. I

861
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,400
Speaker 2: do a lot of different meditation when I can't sleep,

862
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:12,120
Speaker 2: whether it's YouTube, sound music or different things like that.

863
00:39:12,239 --> 00:39:13,839
Speaker 2: Like I'll do whatever I can to try and get

864
00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:16,560
Speaker 2: some sleep, but it's usually a pretty restless night. But

865
00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:19,359
Speaker 2: the night before also I have a nervous stomach, so

866
00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:22,239
Speaker 2: we have a morning Mono Bob race. So usually it'll

867
00:39:22,239 --> 00:39:24,960
Speaker 2: be something light like chicken and rice or something like that.

868
00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:27,560
Speaker 2: And it's more so not because I can't have the

869
00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:29,640
Speaker 2: calories or I don't need the calories. It's just because

870
00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:32,560
Speaker 2: I literally can't eat. So I know I'm gonna have

871
00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:34,520
Speaker 2: a good race if I wake up the next day

872
00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:36,960
Speaker 2: and I'm pretty nauseous and want to throw up. Like

873
00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:38,279
Speaker 2: if I get to the track and then walk with

874
00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:40,040
Speaker 2: the trap and feel like I want to throw up,

875
00:39:40,040 --> 00:39:41,719
Speaker 2: then I know it's probably gonna be a good day.

876
00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:44,600
Speaker 2: It's actually kind of scary, and it's having a couple

877
00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:47,239
Speaker 2: of World Cup races this year, whether it's everything going

878
00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:49,239
Speaker 2: on my back or the kids, where I haven't had

879
00:39:49,239 --> 00:39:51,080
Speaker 2: that feeling that was like, oh no, this is the

880
00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:51,520
Speaker 2: doll and go.

881
00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:54,520
Speaker 1: Well, maybe your body was just focusing on your other

882
00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:56,600
Speaker 1: problems at the time. It was like, I can't even

883
00:39:56,800 --> 00:40:00,000
Speaker 1: worry about my stomach. I got everything else going on. Exactly.

884
00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:01,759
Speaker 1: I have a friend who has trouble sleeping, and I'm

885
00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:03,440
Speaker 1: sure you've tried this, but I did tell him this

886
00:40:03,520 --> 00:40:04,880
Speaker 1: and he did it the next night and he was like,

887
00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:06,799
Speaker 1: this is the best sleep I've ever gotten. Do you do

888
00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:09,800
Speaker 1: the box breadths where you count and draw the box

889
00:40:09,840 --> 00:40:13,200
Speaker 1: as you're counting up one, hold for two, over, count

890
00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:16,440
Speaker 1: down for three, hold for four, so you're actually imagining

891
00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:19,000
Speaker 1: a box there. So for some reason, that's what I

892
00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:20,680
Speaker 1: do when I can't sleep, and it works every time

893
00:40:20,719 --> 00:40:23,480
Speaker 1: because it's monotonous enough that you're not thinking, but it

894
00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:25,960
Speaker 1: requires enough thought that you can't think about something else.

895
00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:28,440
Speaker 1: So you breathe in and hold four while you're drawing

896
00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:30,360
Speaker 1: a line up in your head. Then you hold it

897
00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:32,719
Speaker 1: while you're drawing a line over for four. Then you

898
00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:34,960
Speaker 1: breathe out for four while you're drawing a line down,

899
00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:36,799
Speaker 1: and hold it while you're drawing the line over, and

900
00:40:36,840 --> 00:40:40,120
Speaker 1: you just keep doing the box and it works every

901
00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:41,560
Speaker 1: time for me. Give it a shot.

902
00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:43,160
Speaker 2: I am definitely going to try that.

903
00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:47,520
Speaker 1: Added to your repertoire. Okay, so it's morning of the race.

904
00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:49,640
Speaker 1: What's the routine now? You don't eat anything?

905
00:40:49,920 --> 00:40:52,359
Speaker 2: No, I usually have just hard boiled eggs, a couple

906
00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:54,600
Speaker 2: of hard boiled eggs with some cheese and some fruit,

907
00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:59,240
Speaker 2: some coffee. Always have my coffee. I need my coffee.

908
00:40:59,280 --> 00:41:01,960
Speaker 2: Even if I'll bring a thermis to the track of

909
00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:04,160
Speaker 2: coffee just to hold and have with me like that's

910
00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:07,880
Speaker 2: how much like it's my security coffee. So I'll have

911
00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:10,040
Speaker 2: it with me and everything like that. But the morning

912
00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:12,640
Speaker 2: of the race out, I have to be up in

913
00:41:12,920 --> 00:41:15,600
Speaker 2: active three hours before the race, so I'll least get up.

914
00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:17,440
Speaker 2: If it's a morning race, I'll a least get up

915
00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:20,200
Speaker 2: four hours before the race. I'll do some kind of activity,

916
00:41:20,239 --> 00:41:22,120
Speaker 2: whether it's a heavy squad or something like that. Would

917
00:41:22,239 --> 00:41:25,120
Speaker 2: call it potentiation to get my nervous system riled up.

918
00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:28,040
Speaker 2: Then I would wanted to go about two hours before

919
00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:31,440
Speaker 2: the race, I'll go to the track, I'll walk up

920
00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:33,759
Speaker 2: the track, and then about an hour before the race,

921
00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:36,120
Speaker 2: I'll start my warm up and get ready to go.

922
00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:40,840
Speaker 1: Awesome, you mentioned your former fellow sliding athlete, Nick Taylor,

923
00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:43,640
Speaker 1: now working with the Spurs, who are having a great season.

924
00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:45,960
Speaker 1: You actually have competed with him as well in the

925
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:48,920
Speaker 1: past as a four man Bob's led pilot. He's coached you.

926
00:41:49,680 --> 00:41:52,319
Speaker 1: How do you know when you want husband and dad

927
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:54,520
Speaker 1: Nick and when you want coach? And how does he

928
00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:55,080
Speaker 1: know that?

929
00:41:55,640 --> 00:41:58,799
Speaker 2: More importantly, it's funny, he actually specifies it. So we

930
00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:00,520
Speaker 2: were just on the phone actually and he's like this

931
00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:03,080
Speaker 2: his husband Nick talking, but this is coach Nick talking.

932
00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:06,799
Speaker 2: And Coach Nick is very direct. Coach Nick does not

933
00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:09,879
Speaker 2: cut any corners or whatever. So I usually know which

934
00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:12,040
Speaker 2: Nick I'm talking to, even if he doesn't announce it,

935
00:42:12,080 --> 00:42:15,719
Speaker 2: because Coach Nick is almost two directed times. But we

936
00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:19,080
Speaker 2: have a lot of European coaches too, and sometimes European

937
00:42:19,080 --> 00:42:20,680
Speaker 2: coaches tend to be a little bit direct, so I

938
00:42:20,680 --> 00:42:22,560
Speaker 2: think I'm a little used to that. So he's just

939
00:42:22,600 --> 00:42:24,360
Speaker 2: direct to the point, this is what we're gonna do.

940
00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:26,839
Speaker 2: And then and then husband Nick will be like, oh,

941
00:42:26,840 --> 00:42:29,560
Speaker 2: how are you feeling about this? And it's like, okay,

942
00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:31,840
Speaker 2: I get to have some emotions about this, that I

943
00:42:31,880 --> 00:42:34,080
Speaker 2: get to have some thought about this. It's just how

944
00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:36,440
Speaker 2: you tell me what to do. So we have a

945
00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:38,160
Speaker 2: lot of fun with it though. And he's been so

946
00:42:38,239 --> 00:42:41,560
Speaker 2: instrumental to my career and he just does everything you

947
00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:43,400
Speaker 2: can to make sure I'm where I need to be,

948
00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:47,160
Speaker 2: and he's determined to help me and Jayden figure out

949
00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:49,880
Speaker 2: what we need to do for this upcoming Olympics.

950
00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:52,920
Speaker 1: You know, you've long advocated for women athletes, for equity

951
00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:56,160
Speaker 1: and sport. You've spoken out against racism, and now after

952
00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:58,319
Speaker 1: the birth of your sons, Nico and Noah, Nico who's

953
00:42:58,360 --> 00:43:01,040
Speaker 1: deaf and has down syndrome, and Noaho also deaf, you've

954
00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:04,000
Speaker 1: also become a disability advocate. And I wonder what the

955
00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:07,200
Speaker 1: biggest lessons are that you've learned about yourself and also

956
00:43:07,239 --> 00:43:11,120
Speaker 1: about life from being a mom and the patients required

957
00:43:11,120 --> 00:43:13,480
Speaker 1: of having two sons with different abilities.

958
00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:15,680
Speaker 2: I mean, that's the thing I've learned the most is

959
00:43:15,719 --> 00:43:19,280
Speaker 2: the patient's aspect, right, is that with Nico in particular,

960
00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:21,160
Speaker 2: we live lied to this slower pace, like he's going

961
00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:23,640
Speaker 2: to accomplish milestones, and he's gonna accomplish things at a

962
00:43:23,680 --> 00:43:25,960
Speaker 2: slower place. Like it took us all the way till

963
00:43:26,040 --> 00:43:28,080
Speaker 2: the age of five and he finally started walking, and

964
00:43:28,120 --> 00:43:30,160
Speaker 2: that was such a huge accomplishment. Like we were going

965
00:43:30,160 --> 00:43:32,279
Speaker 2: back over at the new year, we're going back over

966
00:43:32,320 --> 00:43:34,399
Speaker 2: what happened in point way five and we're like, well,

967
00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:37,799
Speaker 2: biggest a complishments family was to gain Nico walking, And

968
00:43:37,880 --> 00:43:40,319
Speaker 2: so they've taught me patients, but they've also taught me

969
00:43:40,360 --> 00:43:44,560
Speaker 2: how beautiful diversity is. And I think I've always known that,

970
00:43:44,600 --> 00:43:47,920
Speaker 2: but I've always known it from women's equality and racial

971
00:43:47,960 --> 00:43:50,759
Speaker 2: equality and things like that, but having the lens of

972
00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:56,040
Speaker 2: disability and knowing that regardless of your neurotype, or regardless

973
00:43:56,040 --> 00:43:58,920
Speaker 2: of your chromosomes, or regardless of your any disability you

974
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:01,080
Speaker 2: might have, like it's so beautiful. And I've learned so

975
00:44:01,160 --> 00:44:05,640
Speaker 2: much from the disability community, not only how to engage

976
00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:08,160
Speaker 2: with different people, but also how important it is to

977
00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:10,799
Speaker 2: make the world more accessible. Like it's been funny like

978
00:44:10,880 --> 00:44:12,799
Speaker 2: bringing it back to the Olympics, and even just trying

979
00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:15,040
Speaker 2: to navigate how Niko's going to get to the top

980
00:44:15,080 --> 00:44:17,960
Speaker 2: of track, like how to get these accessible tickets? And

981
00:44:17,960 --> 00:44:20,120
Speaker 2: I said, oh, they have hard at hearing tickets, And

982
00:44:20,120 --> 00:44:21,799
Speaker 2: I was like, well what does that mean? And like

983
00:44:22,760 --> 00:44:24,800
Speaker 2: are people going to be signing if they're not signing,

984
00:44:24,960 --> 00:44:26,560
Speaker 2: are they going to be able to see and sit

985
00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:28,080
Speaker 2: in a position where they can see? Are there going

986
00:44:28,120 --> 00:44:29,520
Speaker 2: to be other adults in front of them? And all

987
00:44:29,560 --> 00:44:32,040
Speaker 2: these different types of things. So it's been really interesting

988
00:44:32,120 --> 00:44:34,760
Speaker 2: viewing it from the lens, and they're also learning yourself

989
00:44:34,840 --> 00:44:38,120
Speaker 2: is like, how can I be better at making the

990
00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:40,520
Speaker 2: world more accessible? What steps can I do to make

991
00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:43,600
Speaker 2: sure more people disabilities have an opportunity and things like that,

992
00:44:43,640 --> 00:44:46,200
Speaker 2: and so post Bob said, I really think that's where

993
00:44:46,200 --> 00:44:48,359
Speaker 2: my passion will lies, trying to make the world more

994
00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:50,960
Speaker 2: accessible for the people who I love the most. And

995
00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:53,520
Speaker 2: I love being a part of the down syndrome community

996
00:44:53,560 --> 00:44:55,120
Speaker 2: as a parent, I love being a part of the

997
00:44:55,160 --> 00:44:58,200
Speaker 2: deaf community. Like these worlds have been so beautiful and

998
00:44:58,239 --> 00:45:00,560
Speaker 2: so loving to my children and to myself. I couldn't

999
00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:03,719
Speaker 2: I couldn't imagine not being a part of these worlds.

1000
00:45:04,239 --> 00:45:06,239
Speaker 1: Yeah, one of the things I loved learning about the

1001
00:45:06,239 --> 00:45:08,760
Speaker 1: Paralympics was how much they tend to change the city

1002
00:45:08,760 --> 00:45:12,320
Speaker 1: in which they're held in terms of ability and access

1003
00:45:12,320 --> 00:45:15,240
Speaker 1: for disability. We always talk about the way the Olympics

1004
00:45:15,239 --> 00:45:18,000
Speaker 1: potentially negatively impact cities when they come and move in

1005
00:45:18,040 --> 00:45:20,600
Speaker 1: and build facilities and stuff, But the Paralympics tends to

1006
00:45:20,680 --> 00:45:23,120
Speaker 1: leave a city a much kinder place to the folks

1007
00:45:23,160 --> 00:45:24,880
Speaker 1: that live in it that have different abilities, which is

1008
00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:28,400
Speaker 1: such a cool outcome of hosting and for the locals

1009
00:45:28,440 --> 00:45:31,040
Speaker 1: even to see and understand how they can make things

1010
00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:33,560
Speaker 1: more accessible. You do seem like you're at the intersection

1011
00:45:33,600 --> 00:45:36,080
Speaker 1: of so many things and will have a really powerful

1012
00:45:36,160 --> 00:45:39,000
Speaker 1: voice after you're done competing. Do you think this will

1013
00:45:39,040 --> 00:45:40,120
Speaker 1: be your last Olympics?

1014
00:45:40,560 --> 00:45:43,440
Speaker 2: My husband says it, I can keep going if I want,

1015
00:45:44,520 --> 00:45:46,560
Speaker 2: And I think after this point I kind of take

1016
00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:49,399
Speaker 2: a year by year. But knowing you know, I'm forty one,

1017
00:45:49,480 --> 00:45:51,480
Speaker 2: I still want to have another children, even saying I'm

1018
00:45:51,520 --> 00:45:53,439
Speaker 2: forty one and a have another children, Like, yeah, people

1019
00:45:53,480 --> 00:45:56,040
Speaker 2: freak out when I say that, So you know, I

1020
00:45:56,040 --> 00:45:58,040
Speaker 2: want to have another child and doing this with three

1021
00:45:58,160 --> 00:46:01,239
Speaker 2: children like doing it with two is insane. Doing it

1022
00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:03,080
Speaker 2: with three. I don't even know if there's a word

1023
00:46:03,120 --> 00:46:06,440
Speaker 2: for that. So we'll see what happens. But you know,

1024
00:46:06,520 --> 00:46:09,520
Speaker 2: I don't know whether or not Quartiana will be my

1025
00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:11,719
Speaker 2: last race, but at the same time, like, I'm going

1026
00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:13,680
Speaker 2: to treat it as if it's my last race, Like

1027
00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:15,480
Speaker 2: I'm going to go out there and whether I win

1028
00:46:15,560 --> 00:46:16,799
Speaker 2: a medal or not, I'm going to have a hell

1029
00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:18,319
Speaker 2: of the time and put on a hell of a show.

1030
00:46:19,200 --> 00:46:21,680
Speaker 1: If it might be your final one, does it change

1031
00:46:21,719 --> 00:46:23,719
Speaker 1: how you approach the games knowing that, like, Okay, this

1032
00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:25,640
Speaker 1: might be my last shot at gold. The one thing

1033
00:46:25,680 --> 00:46:26,719
Speaker 1: that has eluded me.

1034
00:46:27,120 --> 00:46:29,600
Speaker 2: I think the biggest thing is me. And my husband said,

1035
00:46:30,080 --> 00:46:32,360
Speaker 2: you know, we're not going to let any of the

1036
00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:36,840
Speaker 2: barriers in the past that we thought prevented us from winnendo.

1037
00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:38,440
Speaker 2: We're not going to let that happen this time. So

1038
00:46:38,480 --> 00:46:42,799
Speaker 2: whether it's financial, whether it's having different whether I have

1039
00:46:42,880 --> 00:46:45,040
Speaker 2: the right physios, or whether I have the right people

1040
00:46:45,040 --> 00:46:46,520
Speaker 2: in my corner, are like, we're not going to let

1041
00:46:46,560 --> 00:46:48,279
Speaker 2: any of that happen this time around. So we have

1042
00:46:48,440 --> 00:46:51,040
Speaker 2: literally poured our blood, sweat and tears to not only

1043
00:46:51,080 --> 00:46:53,920
Speaker 2: getting here, but going after these metals. So at the

1044
00:46:54,000 --> 00:46:56,719
Speaker 2: end of the day, it didn't change my approach in

1045
00:46:56,840 --> 00:46:58,920
Speaker 2: terms of like I'm always gonna as an athlete, I'm

1046
00:46:58,920 --> 00:47:01,160
Speaker 2: always going to go out there, fight for medals and

1047
00:47:01,160 --> 00:47:03,120
Speaker 2: do all that. But it did change my approaches like

1048
00:47:03,480 --> 00:47:05,720
Speaker 2: we're not going to let anything that we can control

1049
00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:08,440
Speaker 2: stop us, Like we're gonna throw everything at it and

1050
00:47:08,440 --> 00:47:10,920
Speaker 2: see what happens. And also, you know, being forty one

1051
00:47:10,960 --> 00:47:12,400
Speaker 2: and is a mother too, kind of felt like we

1052
00:47:12,440 --> 00:47:14,600
Speaker 2: had to kind of felt like we had to maximize

1053
00:47:14,600 --> 00:47:17,480
Speaker 2: everything in order to make it work. So these Olympics

1054
00:47:17,520 --> 00:47:22,040
Speaker 2: will be the most expensive Olympics, that's sure, with the

1055
00:47:22,040 --> 00:47:24,319
Speaker 2: bill for a lot of this, but you know, at

1056
00:47:24,320 --> 00:47:26,719
Speaker 2: the end of the day, like this is an opportunity

1057
00:47:26,800 --> 00:47:28,400
Speaker 2: and I'm going to look back at this and know

1058
00:47:28,600 --> 00:47:31,680
Speaker 2: I gave everything I had to one more shot.

1059
00:47:31,880 --> 00:47:35,040
Speaker 1: Well, whatever you accomplish on the podium or otherwise, you'll

1060
00:47:35,040 --> 00:47:36,879
Speaker 1: know you left it all out there. And I think

1061
00:47:36,920 --> 00:47:39,120
Speaker 1: it's quite clear from your perspective on your life, your

1062
00:47:39,160 --> 00:47:41,319
Speaker 1: family and everything else that you're going to walk away

1063
00:47:41,360 --> 00:47:45,680
Speaker 1: knowing that you've done something incredible, whether that is gold, silver, bronze,

1064
00:47:45,760 --> 00:47:49,880
Speaker 1: or otherwise. So just so incredibly impressed. At forty one,

1065
00:47:49,920 --> 00:47:51,759
Speaker 1: you're still out there doing it. I don't know how

1066
00:47:51,800 --> 00:47:54,239
Speaker 1: you do it, but we're going to be cheering so

1067
00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:57,480
Speaker 1: loud for you. I've never been to Bob's let in person.

1068
00:47:57,760 --> 00:47:59,799
Speaker 1: You probably won't be able to hear me yell, but

1069
00:47:59,800 --> 00:48:01,279
Speaker 1: I'm going to try to make it happen. I'm going

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Speaker 1: me from wherever you are in your sled. We're just

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Speaker 1: so excited for you. Thanks for coming back on the show,

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Speaker 1: Thanks for having me. Thanks again to Alana for hanging

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Speaker 1: out with us. We got to take another break when

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Speaker 1: we return. One athlete is taking the Olympic pin trading

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Speaker 1: game to a totally new level. Welcome back slices. We

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Speaker 1: always love that you're listening, but we want you to

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Speaker 1: game play of the day. Follow Alana on social media.

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Speaker 1: We'll link to our Instagram account in the show notes.

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Speaker 1: And we always love to hear from you, so hit

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Speaker 1: two oh four fifty seventy and don't forget to subscribe,

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Speaker 1: rate and review. Just scroll on down. Give us five stars.

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Speaker 1: Really helps the show and it's super easy watch Sophia

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Speaker 1: Kirby's Olympic Pins, rating five out of five star for

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Speaker 1: This Renaissance Woman. By the way, you ever notice it's

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Speaker 1: always renaissance man, this, renaissance man that, and never renaissance woman,

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Speaker 1: because you know, women have been and always will be

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Speaker 1: doing all the things, so we don't really need a

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Speaker 1: title for that. I Digress review. Sophia Kirby and her

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Speaker 1: teammate Cheavon Forgen are headed to the Milan Courtina Games

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Speaker 1: to participate in the first ever Olympic Women's doubles luge competition.

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Speaker 1: The event was added to Luji's annual Senior World Cup

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Speaker 1: circuit starting in the twenty twenty two to twenty three

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Speaker 1: season and will make its Olympic debut in Italy. When

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Speaker 1: Sophia started learning how to lose as a kid, she

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Speaker 1: was also taking pottery classes at the Lake Placid Center

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Speaker 1: for the Arts, and she rediscovered the hobby during the pandemic.

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Speaker 1: Now she credits the artistic outlet for helping her grieve

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Speaker 1: after the death of her father in twenty twenty four.

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Speaker 1: A former Bob's letter. He introduced her to sliding sports,

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Speaker 1: and she writes his messages of encouragement on her gloves

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Speaker 1: before every looge competition. Now Kirby is combining her two

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Speaker 1: passions in Italy, competing in the luge and bringing along

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Speaker 1: pottery in the form of homemade pins. On December thirty first,

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Speaker 1: she wrote on her Instagram quote, my twenty twenty six

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Speaker 1: New Year's resolution is to be known as the Olympian

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Speaker 1: who hand made her own pins. In summer twenty twenty five,

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Speaker 1: ceramic studio, turning my hobby into pins, one batch at

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Speaker 1: a time, made to trade in two weeks. The team

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Speaker 1: gets decided. If I make it, it'll be the biggest

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Speaker 1: achievement of my life. And as far as I know,

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Speaker 1: no Olympian has ever handmade their own pins and traded

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Speaker 1: them in the Olympic village. I want to be the

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Speaker 1: first end quote. We're back to this manifesting stuff again,

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Speaker 1: or maybe just refusing to believe in Jinx's Either way,

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Speaker 1: she made the team, she's got the pins and producer

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Speaker 1: Alex's pottery. Projects like that take a long time, so

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Speaker 1: it's good she got started months and months ago. Anne

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Speaker 1: Kirby has also found some US teammates across a variety

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Speaker 1: of sports who want a benefit from her handiwork, including

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Speaker 1: today's guest Alta Meers, Taylor and her fellow Bob's Letter

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Speaker 1: Casehall Love, plus Hockey's Hillary Night and Moore. Alex and

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Speaker 1: I can't wait to get out to Italy and trade

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Speaker 1: some Good Game pins with all the athletes who have

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Speaker 1: Sophia Kirby originals. Now it's your turn slices, rate and review.

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Speaker 1: Good Game, Milana, Good Game, Jayden and all my fellow

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Speaker 1: Maltais represent you losing a favorite pin when the back

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Speaker 1: falls off. Good Game with Sarah Spain is an iHeart

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Speaker 1: women's sports production in partnership with Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment.

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Speaker 1: or wherever you get your podcasts. Production by Wonder Media Network,

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Speaker 1: our producers are Alex Azzi and Bianca Hillier. Our executive

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Speaker 1: producers are Christina Everett, Jesse Katz, Jenny Kaplan and Emily Rudder.

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Speaker 1: Our editors are Emily Rutterer, Lucy Jones, Britney Martinez and

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Speaker 1: Gianna Palmer. Production assistants from Avery LOFTUS and I'm Your

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Speaker 1: Host Sarah Spain.