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Speaker 2: Please pick up because it's another episode of the two

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Speaker 2: Guys five Rings podcast.

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Speaker 1: Oh you did well in for Matt Hi, Yes, this

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Speaker 1: is Matt, so happy to connect and you know Matt.

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Speaker 1: Last episode we toured Italy and talked about the towns

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Speaker 1: and venues of the Olympic Games this year twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: six in Milan fourteen that you didn't hear, go back

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Speaker 1: to check out episode one.

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Speaker 2: You gotta check out episode one. It's not required, but

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Speaker 2: it will help color in the story of the places.

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Speaker 2: You know what I mean. You're gonna get into Milan quarteena,

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Speaker 2: you're gonna get into the the sort of a step vibes.

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Speaker 2: But here we're talking about the characters, okay, because really

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Speaker 2: this is a story the Olympic Games, and we got

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Speaker 2: our heroes, we got our villains, and we're truly made

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Speaker 2: of a lot of those two stock types here bo.

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Speaker 1: Yes, and a story like theirs has never been told

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Speaker 1: until now, not until now, and we're going to keep

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Speaker 1: up our tradition. In twenty twenty four we awarded gold, silver,

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Speaker 1: and bronze medals to the athletes that really struck us,

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Speaker 1: that really compel us to follow them. I just want

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Speaker 1: to say, this is really off the cuff. I cannot

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Speaker 1: wait for my multi screen viewing on Peacock and iHeart

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Speaker 1: because that was kind of the gag of twenty twenty

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Speaker 2: No, it was amazing.

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Speaker 1: I loved that experience.

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Speaker 2: I'll remember we were in Peede Down and we had

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Speaker 2: rented a house and one of the highlights of the

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Speaker 2: whole thing was watching Simone Biles on Peacock. Absolutely rip

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Speaker 2: it up, m h. And we could have been watching

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Speaker 2: many things at once, but we are fixated on Simone.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely. That was the intersection of all the things we loved,

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Speaker 1: which was the NBC family recording this podcast, yes, and

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Speaker 1: rooting for human triumph as at Simone Biles.

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Speaker 2: And if Simone was the star of those Paris Games,

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Speaker 2: which I think we could argue that she was, there

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Speaker 2: are many contenders for who's going to be the star

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Speaker 2: of these games, and we're going to get into all

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Speaker 2: of them on this episode. Now, we're going to look

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Speaker 2: at these athletes in their individual profiles. Some of the

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Speaker 2: story lines and the history will be following through these Games. Now,

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Speaker 2: there's going to be some juicy themes here. So if

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Speaker 2: you're someone who gets overwhelmed by drama, sip some water,

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Speaker 2: take care of yourself.

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Speaker 1: Meditate before you listen to the rest of us. Actually,

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Speaker 1: don't meditate while you listen to this, because we promise

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Speaker 1: you know around you are really running the gamut of

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Speaker 1: narratives here. There's every kind of story here. We have

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Speaker 1: comeback narratives, Olympic legends in their final act, young stars

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Speaker 1: ready to break out. These athletes could also show up

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Speaker 1: on your favorite competition based reality shows. Yes, I know

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Speaker 1: that's right, because thank God for reality television providing another

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Speaker 1: amazing pipeline for this truly incredible career and to do

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Speaker 1: something as gorgeous and frivolous but still as compelling as sports.

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Speaker 1: It's just another kind. It's a sport of the human mind.

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Speaker 1: That's what reality shows are.

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Speaker 2: It's going to be summer Traders.

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Speaker 2: It's a summer event. Traders is a summer event, and.

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Speaker 1: If you're an athlete performing performing competing inside, you say

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I have nothing to add, and I

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Speaker 2: things that you were talking about. Have you heard about

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Speaker 1: I feel like this is a plot point in like

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Speaker 1: That is allowed.

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Speaker 1: I think these judges might be a little unforgiving. I

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Speaker 1: A start as the racers would only dream.

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Speaker 2: I can only dream of being Ilia.

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Speaker 1: Alissa Lou became the youngest woman in history at the

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Speaker 1: Again, Melissa, come forth, it's your time now, it's your time.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, then retire, then live you a life. Your favorite event,

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Speaker 2: She's thirty three. Her partner is Evan Bates, thirty six.

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Speaker 2: They look to earn the one thing missing from their

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Speaker 1: For the US squad, brothers Matthew and Brady Kochuck of

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Speaker 2: Are we going to comment on the last name ku Chuck?

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Speaker 1: Let's do it.

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Speaker 2: I love it.

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Speaker 1: What does it make you feel.

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Speaker 2: Be hockey players.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's like being named Britney Spears and not being

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Speaker 2: the Sun of Kachuck. You're playing hockey, You're going to

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Speaker 1: You're going to the Olympics. You might be on Dancing

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Speaker 1: we're here to talk about speed skating. We're a once

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Speaker 1: The twenty one year old from Kuwaska, Wisconsin, won back

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Speaker 1: That's gotta be tough. You know, you are just as

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Speaker 1: You're always saying, Now, how would your life be different

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Speaker 2: One of my favorite reads that's ever been said to

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Speaker 2: me was naomiak Peagan, the great naomiak Pagan. Just one day,

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Speaker 2: Well? The Dutch one six of fourteen speed skating golds

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Speaker 1: But Jordan's still is our American treasure. I think he

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Speaker 1: She would be very, very, very iconic for this. But

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Speaker 1: We have seventeen year old Olie Martin from Wollcock, Colorado.

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Speaker 1: Why ever to break out season last year Alongily became

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Speaker 1: You are a legend, Lindsay, You are a legend. Also,

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Speaker 2: Yeah for real. In cross country skiing news, Jesse Diggins

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Speaker 2: The thirty four year old is already the most decorated

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Speaker 2: US cross country skier with three career Olympic medals. Diggins

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Speaker 2: twenty five twenty twenty sixth season. One more chance, one

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Speaker 1: And in Bobslad, we have Kaylee Humphries, who could Olympic

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Speaker 2: Team USA. Okay, Well, we'll work on those We're going

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Speaker 1: Them, We'll give them a hamburger to hold in interviews

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Speaker 2: Okay, I'm really excited to say that. I think my

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Speaker 1: I would love to see that happen. I'm gonna give

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Speaker 2: I think we are? We share so much? Why not this?

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Speaker 1: Why not this? I'm gonna share my silver, our silver

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Speaker 2: Of juicy, and I mean listen. To be clear, we

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Speaker 2: We must defeat that. We need to defeat the Russians mentality.

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Speaker 2: We need her to display her jumping prowess and listen.

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Speaker 2: And I'm not just saying this because we might even

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Speaker 2: we are going to be there, like we said in

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Speaker 2: the last episode, for the opening ceremony, but also the

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Speaker 2: And we know now that it's four and a half

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Speaker 1: Crazy town. That's as many spins around the sun I've

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Speaker 2: Was my math really bad? There?

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Speaker 1: I think you were right? Okay, I'm proud of you.

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Speaker 1: So there you have it. Bronze mental to Lindsay Vaughn,

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Speaker 1: Silver to Delia Petrosian Gold to Quad god Our King

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Speaker 1: Ilia Melanin.

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Speaker 2: Wow, We're off to the races in a major way.

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Speaker 2: I'm geared up, and I'm not just talking about speed skating.

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Speaker 2: I'm talking about two Guys five ranks.

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Speaker 1: It's so nice to be back. I love learning about

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Speaker 1: these things with you, my friend.

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Speaker 2: Together we learn just like together people ice dance, so

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Speaker 2: we still love the opening ceremony of the twenty twenty

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Speaker 2: six Milan Courtina Winter Olympic Games. To discuss in a

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Speaker 2: few big surprises before we get to Milan, So be

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Speaker 2: sure to follow Two Guys five Rings on the iHeartRadio

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Speaker 2: app or your favorite podcast platform, and watch on the

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Speaker 2: NBC Sports YouTube channel.

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

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Speaker 1: February sixth through the twenty second on NBC in Peacock

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Speaker 1: and on the iHeartRadio app.

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Speaker 2: We finish every episode with the song of the winner.

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