1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we're starting 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: to think Olympic medals should be tossed around at bouncy 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:08,520 Speaker 1: house for a while to test for sturdiness before they're 4 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 1: given to athletes. Too many broken medals. It's Tuesday, February tenth, 5 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 1: and on today's show, we're skipping the need to know 6 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 1: to focus on our first day in Lavigno, featuring a 7 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 1: thrilling women's free sky slopestyle competition, inspiring speeches about inspiring girls, 8 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 1: and a warm and Wi fi giving Burton House. Plus 9 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 1: the men are being hysterical about Lindsay vonn and one 10 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 1: Giuseppe two, Giseppe three, Gyseppe four. It's all coming up 11 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 1: right after this chow slices. Let's scene set. We're coming 12 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:49,160 Speaker 1: to you from an office in Lavigno inside the Burton 13 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:52,880 Speaker 1: Snowboarding House. Big ups to my ESPN colleague and longtime 14 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: Olympic vet Alyssa Ronic forgetting us this hook up. This morning, 15 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: we took a gorgeous fifty minute ride here on a 16 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 1: bus from our hotel, Helen Balddentro, moving through snowy mountains, 17 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:04,399 Speaker 1: and it was kind of reminiscent of like an old 18 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:07,199 Speaker 1: school James Bond movie or a vented ski resort poster. 19 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 1: Very pretty and Lavigno is adorable, very lively, full of athletes, 20 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:15,119 Speaker 1: coaches and fans, and conveniently set up with multiple event 21 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 1: venues that are laid out right next to each other. 22 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 1: So when we got here, we grabbed a coffee thank you, 23 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 1: Jizeppi at Cafe for the Flat White, and we headed 24 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 1: across the street from the main village to check out 25 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: the media center, where we ran smack into a pair 26 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 1: of Matti's Matti Mastro and Mattie Shaffrick. Now we haven't 27 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 1: really talked about these two on the show yet, but 28 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 1: Mattie Shaffrick has a crazy story. She turned pro and 29 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 1: snowboarding at age fourteen and started traveling internationally, competing in 30 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 1: the Winter X Games, missing a ton of school, and 31 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 1: she started battling injuries, narrowly missed qualifying for the twenty 32 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 1: ten and twenty fourteen Winter Olympics, and in twenty fifteen, 33 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: after seven years on the US snowboard team, she retired, 34 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: citing mental health issues and burnout. The sport that she 35 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 1: loved so much had turned into a burden and she 36 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 1: felt like it had kind of stolen her childhood. She 37 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 1: didn't know what to do, so she worked as a plumber. Yes, 38 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 1: she became a plumber, and then ended up becoming an 39 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 1: assistant coach with the US national team. In twenty twenty two, 40 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:08,800 Speaker 1: she was watching the folks she coached and thought, huh, 41 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,640 Speaker 1: I think I could still do this, maybe even better. 42 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 1: She got back into competition in twenty twenty four. She 43 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 1: earned third place at her first World Cup event in 44 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:19,800 Speaker 1: nine years in December of that year, and now, at 45 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: thirty one, she is making her Olympic debut. Zach Keefer 46 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 1: of The Athletic wrote a great piece about her journey. 47 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 1: You can check it out via the link in our 48 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: show notes. So Maddie was with the other Mattie Matti Mastro. 49 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: Matti Mastro is a twenty five year old, two time 50 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: world championship medalist in snowboard halfpipe and a veteran of 51 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 1: the Games. This is going to be her third Olympics. 52 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 1: At eighteen years old, she became the first woman to 53 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:44,959 Speaker 1: land a double crippler. Now that's a front side double 54 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 1: backflip with no additional spin. Most of that means absolutely 55 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: nothing to me. I know what a double backflip is 56 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 1: and apparently front side in halfpipe means the rider is 57 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 1: approaching the wall with their chest up toward the sky 58 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 1: and the toe side of their snowboard edge touching the snow. 59 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: I guess when we start watching her, we'll start to 60 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 1: understand maybe what a double crippler is, but also a 61 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 1: double crippler. We need to come up with new names 62 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: for this shit. This is scary enough already without naming 63 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 1: it a double crippler. Anyway, Matti Mastro has been my 64 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 1: favorite follow so far at the Games, and Alex can 65 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 1: attest that when I walked through the door and saw her, 66 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:18,640 Speaker 1: I was like, oh my God, it's Maddy Mastro and 67 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:20,800 Speaker 1: I needed to talk to her about her Social content 68 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 1: was my favorite so far, especially she made this video 69 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 1: where she was at dinner before the opening ceremony and 70 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 1: spilled all over her Beije Ralph Lauren suit and then 71 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:33,800 Speaker 1: recut it as a horror movie because of the horror 72 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 1: of potentially having to walk with a stain all over 73 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 1: her pants. She also posted a video about Pippy, her 74 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 1: ten pound rescue Chihuahua Pomeranian mix, and how her Olympic 75 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 1: pins were of her dog. So just last night, I 76 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 1: was like, oh my god, I'm determined to get a 77 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 1: pin of Pippy and there she was waiting inside the 78 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 1: door as soon as we walked in, So I got 79 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 1: my Pippy pin. I got a photo with the two 80 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 1: maddies where I look like I'm their mom sending them 81 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 1: off to camp. They're such little baby nuggets and it 82 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: was really fun to get a chance to kind of 83 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 1: chat with them a little bit before they start competing. 84 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 1: One more fun note too, that we saw shortly after 85 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 1: we recorded yesterday, the downhill gold medalist that we talked about, 86 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 1: Breezy Johnson, she pulled the Lynbian doolo right after winning. 87 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:17,479 Speaker 1: She was kind of jumping around excitedly about having taken 88 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:20,599 Speaker 1: gold and her medal dislodged from the ribbon. Its on 89 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 1: and y'all remember lynbiandolo after the Paris Olympics was like 90 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 1: raging the dance party afterwards and did the same thing. 91 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 1: And Alex Google didn't found that a couple other athletes 92 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:33,600 Speaker 1: have already had metal dislodgments. Is that a word dislodgments? 93 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: Whatever it is now and we're starting to wonder whether 94 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:40,440 Speaker 1: the same people who made those Paras Olympics medals that 95 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 1: started to chip really quickly are the ones who made 96 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 1: these medals, because, like Alex, even if we're not going 97 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:47,919 Speaker 1: to do the whole, like gold medals are gold. You 98 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 1: were telling me about that, we can at least make 99 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 1: the ribbon stay on right. 100 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, they haven't had solid gold medals for over one 101 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 2: hundred years now. Most gold medals are actually ninety plus 102 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:59,720 Speaker 2: percent silver. But you know, if you can't get the 103 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 2: rib and right, it makes me question what the metal 104 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:03,479 Speaker 2: is actually made. 105 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: Out of gold in this economy. Absolutely not, Alex. 106 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 2: I know, I know, but you know, that's actually a 107 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,280 Speaker 2: fun fact here. You know, the reason why alto the 108 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:14,839 Speaker 2: fat to Figo is the reason why athletes will bite 109 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:17,279 Speaker 2: their metal on the metal stand is because gold is soft, 110 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 2: and so you want to prove that your gold medal 111 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 2: is gold. But it's really funny because a lot of 112 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 2: times silver and bronze medal is to do it too, 113 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 2: even though there's like those are harder metal, which just. 114 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 1: A fun fact. That is an incredible flato Figo. I've 115 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 1: never really thought about. I've seen people biting their medals forever, yeah, 116 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 1: and I've never once wondered why. 117 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 2: I mean, I don't know what like the absolute hardness 118 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 2: of gold versus silver versus bronzes, but I know that 119 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:42,480 Speaker 2: it only really technically makes sense with gold, except that 120 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:44,120 Speaker 2: the gold medals aren't actually gold. 121 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 1: I always thought maybe they were biting metals because they 122 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,360 Speaker 1: look like cookies, but maybe not. We got to take 123 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 1: a break when we come back. We had to the kickers, 124 00:05:51,279 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 1: rails and jumps stick around welcome back slices. So after 125 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:05,280 Speaker 1: the media center this morning, we walked over to the 126 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:07,800 Speaker 1: free ski slope style hill to check out the very 127 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 1: first medal event of our Olympic eventor which was really exciting. 128 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 1: It's fun to go to those preliminary things for hockey 129 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 1: and the early days of the team figure skating, but 130 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 1: this one we knew we were going to see at 131 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 1: the end of the day somebody winning a gold medal 132 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 1: in the Olympics, which was my first time and it 133 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:27,039 Speaker 1: was really fun and the winner was Switzerland's mattield Grimald. 134 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 1: She won gold. She defended her Olympic title from four 135 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 1: years ago in Beijing. China's Eileen Goo won her second 136 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 1: straight Olympic silver medal in the event, and the only 137 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 1: change from the twenty twenty two medal podium was actually 138 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:40,839 Speaker 1: the bronze. Canada's Megan Oldham earned her first Olympic medal 139 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 1: after she missed the slope style finals by just one 140 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 1: spot in Beijing and then took fourth there in her 141 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:49,359 Speaker 1: other event, big Air. So after the competition she was 142 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:51,599 Speaker 1: just so thrilled to have nailed her runs and gotten 143 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 1: a medal. Now, if you have not seen slopestyle before, 144 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 1: I guess kind of picture an obstacle course of sorts, 145 00:06:57,400 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 1: but down a hill. It's a really big course at 146 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:03,159 Speaker 1: sections three rail sections at the top, followed by three 147 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 1: jumps at the bottom, and competitors come out of the 148 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 1: little gate and do different tricks onto or off of 149 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 1: the rails and then fly into the air off of 150 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 1: each of the hills, twisting and flipping and sometimes landing forward, 151 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 1: sometimes landing backward, which is called switch. And then they're 152 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 1: evaluated based on the individual tricks they do in each section, 153 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 1: as well as the impression of the run, scored on 154 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 1: everything from execution and difficulty to flow and variety. This 155 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:28,679 Speaker 1: is not about speed, This is about doing tough tricks 156 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 1: and looking cool doing them. And in the final, each 157 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 1: competitor gets to take three runs, but only the best 158 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 1: score counts to the final result, so if they screw 159 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 1: up kind of early in the run, they're just taking 160 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 1: it easy to finish the hill. They don't want to 161 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 1: waste their energy or potentially get injured doing tough stuff 162 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 1: if they know that run is not going to be 163 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 1: a great score and the winner. Actually, Mattild in her 164 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 1: final run had already been guaranteed gold, so she affixed 165 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 1: the Swiss flag to her back and did some fun 166 00:07:55,840 --> 00:08:00,200 Speaker 1: tricks and did this insane, huge Superwoman style jump off 167 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 1: the last hill with the flag flying behind her, sort 168 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:05,040 Speaker 1: of to put a punctuation on the wind. Knowing that 169 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 1: the run and the score didn't count, she already had 170 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 1: it in the bag, which was really really fun, especially 171 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 1: for all the Swiss fans in the crowd going crazy. 172 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 1: It was sort of a back and forth between Goo 173 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 1: and Grimaud Mattild Grimaud. Goo took the lead up for 174 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 1: the first run she had an eighty six point five eight, 175 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 1: and then Matild bumped ahead of her on run two 176 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 1: and then got that victory lap because Goo fell on 177 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 1: her third and final run and wasn't going to surpass her. 178 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 1: Alex any big takeaways from watching those two battle or 179 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 1: just the whole competition in general. 180 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I'm not a slop style expert. I'm 181 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 2: not a free skiing expert, and it all looked impressive 182 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 2: to me, but it was hard for me to kind 183 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 2: of judge how this competition compared to other competitions in history. 184 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 2: And it was really interesting because I leaned Goo was like, 185 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 2: that was my best run ever, and that was Mattild's 186 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:54,320 Speaker 2: best run ever, and I wanted to know from Mattild 187 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:57,280 Speaker 2: does she agree? So I asked her that, yeah. 188 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 3: I mean, I think he's the best run if I've 189 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:01,839 Speaker 3: ever done in my my care so couldn't be heavier. 190 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 1: I just love anytime anyone can say that my Olympic 191 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 1: effort was the best I've ever had, Like what a 192 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:10,599 Speaker 1: perfect time and what a perfect moment, and when or 193 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:12,840 Speaker 1: not you get to walk away being satisfied, but to 194 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:14,400 Speaker 1: know you did your best to win gold or in 195 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 1: Eileen's case, I did my best and got silver, and 196 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: that's okay because that's the best I've ever done. That 197 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 1: feels really good. I'd read an article about both Matilde 198 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 1: and Eileen Goo suffering from anxiety and depression after the 199 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two games because you know, Alex. Multiple other 200 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 1: athletes we spoke to from this competition talked about looking 201 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 1: up to Eileen and Matild, how they were like the 202 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:37,439 Speaker 1: gold standard, no pun intended, and I wondered how the 203 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 1: two very best at what they're doing, who everyone else 204 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 1: is looking up to, including young athletes just dreaming of 205 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 1: the Olympics one day, would give them perspective on something 206 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:48,200 Speaker 1: that brings them so much joy and so much sadness. 207 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 1: How do you tell people, even at the very top, 208 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:53,720 Speaker 1: this sport is a lot of ups and downs. And 209 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:57,800 Speaker 1: so I asked Matild that she gave an incredibly thoughtful answer, 210 00:09:58,000 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 1: and so here's a little bit of what Matild had 211 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: to say. 212 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:06,080 Speaker 3: It's really inspiring that athletes are using the platform to 213 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:08,560 Speaker 3: tell everyone, Hey, it's not easy for anyone, but like, 214 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 3: if we can do it, you can do it as well. 215 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 3: And I think that's the biggest and coolest inspiring thing 216 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 3: that we can do and we should do. And because 217 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 3: it's not easy for anyone, I think I want to 218 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 3: just show what I'm going through and be honest and 219 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:27,600 Speaker 3: authentic and if I'm feeling shit, I'm feeling shit, and 220 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 3: I think it's super important to be honest with the 221 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:33,960 Speaker 3: people around you, and that's how you learn the most, 222 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 3: probably and hopefully you can help someone learn and you 223 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 3: can give a bit of inspiration. 224 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 1: And yeah, I mean, I think when you have someone 225 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:44,960 Speaker 1: with as much success as she's had and she is 226 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 1: going to say at every turn, whenever it's accurate, I'm 227 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:51,200 Speaker 1: not okay, I feel like shit, I'm struggling, that is 228 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:53,040 Speaker 1: an example that she sets for everyone else to be 229 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:55,080 Speaker 1: able to say the same, and that is a little 230 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 1: door opening for those who might still have some stigma 231 00:10:57,480 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 1: about it or not feel comfortable talking to people. 232 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 2: Definitely, I think that what we have seen from kind 233 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:05,959 Speaker 2: of this next generation of athletes in terms of speaking 234 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,760 Speaker 2: up about mental health and saying I'm not okay is incredible. 235 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:10,880 Speaker 2: And I think when the two people that are leading 236 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 2: a sport are able to do that, that's a really 237 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:16,440 Speaker 2: good example for the people that are following in their footsteps. 238 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:20,560 Speaker 1: I asked Eileen gu the same question, and while she 239 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:24,120 Speaker 1: didn't exactly answer my question, she did give a really 240 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 1: thoughtful and great answer to another question, maybe one about 241 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 1: inspiring girls in sport. I think she really zeroed in 242 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:32,120 Speaker 1: on the part of the question where I asked about 243 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:35,520 Speaker 1: what young up and coming skiers might learn from hearing 244 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 1: that they struggle even at the top. And that was 245 00:11:37,679 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 1: more of what she talked about, but I still wanted 246 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 1: to play some of that. So here's Eileen. 247 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:43,240 Speaker 4: My biggest goal has always been to bring the sport 248 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:45,199 Speaker 4: to more young people, especially girls. I give my first 249 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 4: speech on Title nine and women's sports when I was eleven, 250 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:50,559 Speaker 4: and so I've been a pretty consistent person this whole time, 251 00:11:50,559 --> 00:11:53,200 Speaker 4: which is an interesting thing because now I'm twenty two 252 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:56,080 Speaker 4: and I've done things that I wouldn't have never imagined 253 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 4: possible when I was giving that first speech. And yet 254 00:11:57,960 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 4: and in a lot of ways, also, I'm the same 255 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 4: person on my court. So a rising tide raises all boats. 256 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:06,959 Speaker 4: And so I'm honored and privileged to have the platform 257 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:08,920 Speaker 4: that I do, and I take it with great responsibility. 258 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 4: And my hope is that, you know, first of all, 259 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 4: I'm honored that people care about me and care to 260 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:16,920 Speaker 4: watch me and care to follow me on social media 261 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:19,080 Speaker 4: or pay attention to what I have to say or do. 262 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 4: But I hope that I get to use my platform 263 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:24,480 Speaker 4: in a way that is meaningful. I've never wanted to, 264 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 4: you know, like fame was never my goal. It's more 265 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:29,680 Speaker 4: about introducing the sport to more people. 266 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:31,840 Speaker 2: Eileen is a talker. 267 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:35,960 Speaker 1: She is a talker, and it's interesting. I saw her 268 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:38,160 Speaker 1: do an interview sit down maybe twenty five thirty minutes 269 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:40,040 Speaker 1: at an espnW summit in New York a couple of 270 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 1: years ago, and she didn't have a specific thing to promote. 271 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 1: She wasn't responding to a specific event. She was just 272 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:49,520 Speaker 1: chatting about her life and her career and her incredible 273 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 1: I mean, if you don't know Eileen Goo, we're not 274 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 1: going to belabor all the amazing ways that she dominates life. 275 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:57,680 Speaker 1: But she's a model. She goes to Stanford, She's made 276 00:12:57,679 --> 00:13:01,320 Speaker 1: twenty three million dollars because she competes for China. She's 277 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:05,160 Speaker 1: this massive star over there. She's just great at everything, 278 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 1: and sometimes she is so over prepared almost or maybe 279 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:15,840 Speaker 1: prepared media trained, that it's not as accessible as that 280 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 1: espnW sit down. I saw. That was what really had 281 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 1: me fall in love with her as a person and 282 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:23,560 Speaker 1: be so impressed with her, because she was thoughtful and 283 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:27,320 Speaker 1: funny and quick and authentic and intentional, and sometimes in 284 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:29,120 Speaker 1: these kind of pressers it does feel a little bit 285 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:31,840 Speaker 1: more like she knows exactly what to say every time. 286 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:34,960 Speaker 2: I don't think I've ever met an athlete like her, 287 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 2: if I'm being totally honest, who is both extremely successful 288 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:43,400 Speaker 2: on the field of play. Because just a quick refresher here, 289 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:47,440 Speaker 2: she won three medals in Beijing, where she was competing 290 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:50,720 Speaker 2: for the host nation, was the biggest athlete there. She 291 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 2: won two gold medals, one in big air, one and 292 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 2: half pipe. Most athletes don't compete in both of those. 293 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:58,000 Speaker 2: She is the only person that is doing the three 294 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:00,640 Speaker 2: events in free ski and. 295 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 1: She's twenty two this year. 296 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:07,920 Speaker 2: Yes, to me, she feels like the least relatable person 297 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:10,600 Speaker 2: I have ever met. You know, there are definitely some 298 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:13,440 Speaker 2: moments where you're like athletes, they're just like us. Like me, 299 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:16,520 Speaker 2: when I spilled coffee on myself, I'm like, hey, Maddy Mastro, 300 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:20,000 Speaker 2: she did that on the way to the opening ceremony twice. 301 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 2: You've done it twice so far. Place Sarah's been there 302 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:25,160 Speaker 2: with a napkin both time. 303 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 1: My good mom. 304 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 2: But you know, it's it was interesting to me because 305 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:33,920 Speaker 2: this juxtaposition of Aileen talking about wanting to inspire people 306 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 2: while simultaneously, you know, to me a thirty three year 307 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 2: old her seeming so unrelatable. I'm like, how do you 308 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:42,080 Speaker 2: inspire people when you are on just such a higher 309 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 2: pedestal than the rest of us. So I asked her 310 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:45,720 Speaker 2: about that today, I. 311 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 4: Think it's only unrelatable because I got good at them. 312 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 4: Everybody has passions, right, Like everybody has goals and dreams 313 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:54,560 Speaker 4: and things that they like. I think what was ridiculous 314 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:57,040 Speaker 4: was that I found three things that were like seemingly disparate, 315 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:01,400 Speaker 4: totally unrelated, no career for intential really for all three 316 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:03,400 Speaker 4: of them coming together, and yet made a career out 317 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:06,240 Speaker 4: of that. Like, that is the ridiculous thing. And so 318 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:09,520 Speaker 4: what I think is relatable about that is that it's 319 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 4: always impossible until it's done. And another point about that is, 320 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 4: especially for young people, maybe the narrative of like, oh, 321 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:21,200 Speaker 4: when I'm older, I will X y Z right, once 322 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 4: I go to college and once I get you know, 323 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 4: put this at this on my resume, then I can 324 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 4: feel justified to enter the room and raise my voice 325 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:31,480 Speaker 4: and speak up. At no point will you feel fully ready, Like, 326 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 4: at no point will you feel fully I was not 327 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:35,840 Speaker 4: ready in really Olympics. I showed up at ten pm 328 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 4: the night before the Olympics because I was in Austria 329 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:39,640 Speaker 4: training on the airbag because I couldn't do a single 330 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 4: double and today I did two in a row. So well, 331 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 4: the point I'm trying to make is like, especially for 332 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:48,240 Speaker 4: young people, don't wait until you're older, don't wait until tomorrow. 333 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 4: Do it now. 334 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 1: I'm trying to scan my brain for a single celebrity 335 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 1: or a person of great acclaim that could possibly try 336 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 1: to compete with her resume, and I'm struggling. I'm sure 337 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 1: later tonight I'll think of someone. But I mean, even Matilde, 338 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:05,120 Speaker 1: who has now twice beaten her for gold, seemed to 339 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:07,600 Speaker 1: think she was incredibly unrelatable. Just take a listen to 340 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 1: her answer when she was asked about a rivalry between 341 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 1: her and Eileen. 342 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:12,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think we have. 343 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 1: We have a big rivalry. 344 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:18,240 Speaker 3: We exchanged a little bit, but I wouldn't say we're 345 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:23,040 Speaker 3: really close. I would think it's a fact that I'm 346 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 3: closer with all the other girls and Eileen is a 347 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:28,760 Speaker 3: bit more doing her thing. I think she has the 348 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 3: craziest life out of everyone, so I'm really not part 349 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 3: of that, but it's it's it's really great to have 350 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:41,080 Speaker 3: such a strong opponent, like really pushing me, and yeah, 351 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 3: she kind of brings out the best out of me 352 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:47,880 Speaker 3: in competition days like today, and she is not giving up, 353 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 3: so I should not either. 354 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:52,440 Speaker 1: Like truly, saying Eileen has the craziest life out of 355 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:54,960 Speaker 1: everyone is the most accurate quote of the Olympics so far. 356 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 1: And you know, Alex, that brings me back to the 357 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:00,920 Speaker 1: article that I read about Eileen and trying to figure 358 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 1: out in the years between the twenty twenty two Games, 359 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:06,240 Speaker 1: which was such a massive success for her and these games, 360 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 1: how she wanted to get herself going again for the 361 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:11,239 Speaker 1: next big competition. You actually asked her about that. 362 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 4: I think it took a ridiculous amount of self belief, 363 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:19,000 Speaker 4: personal work, and just old fashioned grit. 364 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:22,280 Speaker 2: Again, that feels like kind of an unrelatable answer. I'm like, 365 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:24,639 Speaker 2: just work hard and do it like, oh okay, but 366 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:26,120 Speaker 2: what does that look like Eileen. 367 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:28,400 Speaker 1: I'll take her word for it that she's at work 368 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:30,760 Speaker 1: in the competition and everyone else. 369 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:34,399 Speaker 2: On earth truly, And when Sarah says everyone else on earth, 370 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:36,359 Speaker 2: she mentioned before we had to wait a while to 371 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:39,399 Speaker 2: speak to the athletes, which is normal, but it was 372 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 2: quite interesting. There was a huge Aileen Goo contingent which 373 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:45,280 Speaker 2: included both a lot of fans that had China flags, 374 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:47,520 Speaker 2: but also you know, a Stanford flag. She has a 375 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 2: lot of different folks that she's representing, and in between 376 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:55,160 Speaker 2: coming to the print reporters, she stopped and visited with them, 377 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 2: and it reminded me of the Pope when the Pope 378 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:00,679 Speaker 2: like steps out on the balcony to greet peace people below. 379 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:03,119 Speaker 2: It was like she was just standing there and like 380 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:06,840 Speaker 2: waving to her supporters. I was like, is this royalty? 381 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:10,280 Speaker 2: Also she paused to take photos with some volunteers. Yes, 382 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 2: she just knows what she's doing. I was impressed in 383 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:16,399 Speaker 2: awe surprised that Eileen just wanted to keep talking and 384 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 2: talking and talking. 385 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 1: I wasn't. It's very relatable. I just she just became relatable. 386 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:22,879 Speaker 1: Oh my god, she loves to talk. She just became 387 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:26,600 Speaker 1: relatable coming from your loquacious scal over here who is 388 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:29,000 Speaker 1: often told time to wrap it up, stop talking. We 389 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:31,719 Speaker 1: got to get out of here by her husband, family members' friends, 390 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:35,040 Speaker 1: herself in her sleep. Me and Eileen Goo Stars, they're 391 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:38,119 Speaker 1: just like us. Producer Bianca is holding it down for 392 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:39,880 Speaker 1: US Stateside, keeping us up to date and what people 393 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:42,680 Speaker 1: are saying back there, anything on this women's free sky 394 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 1: slopestyle from back in the States. 395 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:48,840 Speaker 5: Well on Peacock you could really hear the drone during 396 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:49,600 Speaker 5: the broadcast. 397 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:51,359 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, did you see it? 398 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 1: Yes, I kept saying. I keep thinking someone's ad is 399 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:56,919 Speaker 1: flying off in the middle, like their helmets flying off, 400 00:18:56,920 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 1: because you'd just see from our angle the when they'd 401 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:02,919 Speaker 1: go down the last the second to last two hills, 402 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:05,080 Speaker 1: they would just disappear, and then you'd see them fly 403 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:06,879 Speaker 1: up when they came out, and then you'd see the 404 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:09,400 Speaker 1: drone and it would look like something had flown off 405 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 1: them in flight. 406 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:13,080 Speaker 5: Well, I was wondering because you know, when a fly 407 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:16,280 Speaker 5: is in your ear, that's the quintessential annoying thing. So 408 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 5: I didn't know if that impacted the athletes at all. 409 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:21,680 Speaker 1: Actually, Banka, you know, we haven't mentioned yet, but there 410 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:25,960 Speaker 1: was an American in this competition, Avery Crume. She overall 411 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:28,280 Speaker 1: had a great Olympics in the sense that she qualified 412 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:30,760 Speaker 1: for the finals. She's just seventeen years old. It was 413 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:32,920 Speaker 1: a great feat for her to advance to the finals. 414 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 1: She didn't have a great finals though she had a 415 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:37,560 Speaker 1: fall in her final run, just seemed very disappointed and 416 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:38,879 Speaker 1: when we talked to her in the mixed zone. You 417 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:41,560 Speaker 1: could see her face was kind of stained with tears. 418 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 1: She was having a rough kind of reaction to not 419 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:46,480 Speaker 1: doing her best at the biggest stage. I actually made sure, 420 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 1: like the first thing I said when she walked up 421 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:49,920 Speaker 1: was like, oh my gosh, congrats, I'm making to the finals. 422 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:51,720 Speaker 1: You should be so proud, because I just want her 423 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:54,960 Speaker 1: to feel like that perspective first before being asked about 424 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 1: the fall or anything else. But she was asked about 425 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:00,400 Speaker 1: the drones, and here's what she to say. 426 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 6: No, I feel like when you drop in, you sort 427 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:05,680 Speaker 6: of just your mind goes to a different place. And 428 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:08,040 Speaker 6: I didn't notice it at all. I personally could be 429 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:11,560 Speaker 6: with music on, so I don't hear anything except for that, 430 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 6: and even when I'm competing at kind of augo's blank. 431 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:17,560 Speaker 1: But no, it was good. So of course when anyone 432 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:19,159 Speaker 1: says they're listening to music, we have to follow up 433 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:23,440 Speaker 1: and ask what. And she said, Rihanna's Monster is her 434 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:26,440 Speaker 1: go to And I can hear you all at home 435 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:31,800 Speaker 1: right now, Rihanna, It's Rihanna. Megan Oldham, the bronze medalist, 436 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:34,840 Speaker 1: also mentioned that she's always got music in her ears 437 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:38,120 Speaker 1: and hers is Odessa, which is like this electronic sort 438 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:40,400 Speaker 1: of EDM duo. She said she just likes the good 439 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:42,680 Speaker 1: chill vibes, like something that sort of sets the tone 440 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 1: for her to like just be calm. So I loved 441 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:48,199 Speaker 1: getting the chance to talk to all of them. We 442 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:49,480 Speaker 1: did have to wait a long time, but it was 443 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:49,879 Speaker 1: worth it. 444 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:52,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, one final note, I'll just add on the drones, 445 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:56,320 Speaker 2: which got this whole conversation started. Thanks Bianca Is. It 446 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 2: was new for me to see drones at the venue. 447 00:20:59,119 --> 00:21:01,920 Speaker 2: In the past, drone have not been allowed because they 448 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:05,320 Speaker 2: crashed so often and they didn't want the athletes to 449 00:21:05,359 --> 00:21:08,600 Speaker 2: get hurt, and so it was new for me to 450 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:10,439 Speaker 2: even see them. I kind of assumed that they were 451 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:12,800 Speaker 2: still using those cameras on strings and the strings had 452 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:13,640 Speaker 2: just gotten. 453 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:16,320 Speaker 1: Faster or whatever. Shout out to Alyss Ironic because we 454 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:19,719 Speaker 1: ended up watching the whole competition with her and Alex 455 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:22,200 Speaker 1: is still my Olympic Shirpa, but Alyss Ironic was like 456 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:24,320 Speaker 1: a little mini Shirpa on these events because she's been 457 00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:26,919 Speaker 1: doing since her eleventh Olympics, and she's been doing X 458 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,800 Speaker 1: games and winter sports like this for a long time 459 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:32,399 Speaker 1: and focuses on it all the time, and so she 460 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:34,399 Speaker 1: was just like a really cool resource to talk to 461 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:36,879 Speaker 1: about things. One of the most interesting things was what 462 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:38,439 Speaker 1: she said about the judges and the athletes. 463 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:41,879 Speaker 2: Yeah, so I had no idea about this, but Alyssa 464 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:44,199 Speaker 2: said that it's pretty common for athletes and judges to 465 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:47,520 Speaker 2: talk to each other, you know, like after a competition, 466 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 2: for the athlete to say, hey, what were you looking 467 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:52,600 Speaker 2: for and to get their feet back so that they 468 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:55,480 Speaker 2: can evaluate and change what they're doing moving forward, which 469 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 2: news to. 470 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:59,159 Speaker 1: Me well and totally different from something like maybe a 471 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:02,440 Speaker 1: figure skating You imagine, and this is a total stereotype 472 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 1: for me and might not be true. I keep going 473 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:05,639 Speaker 1: back to the Russian judge, which I don't even think 474 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:08,439 Speaker 1: we have Russian judges anymore because we don't have Russian athletes, 475 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:10,480 Speaker 1: at least not competing for Russia. But I think of 476 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:14,200 Speaker 1: this like pinched face older woman who never skated a 477 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:15,959 Speaker 1: day in her life and is just really good at 478 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 1: noticing whether someone's skate was in the right position and 479 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:21,639 Speaker 1: giving them a little finger like wag like no, you 480 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:25,720 Speaker 1: weren't turned quite right in that one. Whereas with this event, 481 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:28,800 Speaker 1: Alyssa said, most of the judges are former snowboarders and 482 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:32,320 Speaker 1: skiers themselves. They are around the athletes all the time 483 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 1: and have a relationship, so it feels comfortable for them 484 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 1: to go up and be like, Hey, what are you 485 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:37,520 Speaker 1: looking for? And what am I doing wrong? And what 486 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:38,480 Speaker 1: can I do better next time? 487 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 2: Yes, though I will point out that it is still 488 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:45,080 Speaker 2: extremely male dominated. I was looking at the names of judges. 489 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:48,000 Speaker 2: I didn't look up all of them, but pretty sure 490 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,840 Speaker 2: that of the field of about eight to ten, only 491 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 2: one was a woman. And so we see this time 492 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:57,520 Speaker 2: and time again in the snow sports, where there is 493 00:22:57,560 --> 00:22:59,399 Speaker 2: a lot of gender equity when it comes to the 494 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:02,359 Speaker 2: athletes that competing, the events that they're competing in, the 495 00:23:02,359 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 2: prize money that is awarded, not always the amount of 496 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:09,000 Speaker 2: sponsorship opportunities, but it's pretty equal. And then when you 497 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 2: start looking at the coaches and the officials and the 498 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:14,679 Speaker 2: people that are making decisions, it's almost entirely men. And 499 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:16,879 Speaker 2: it just makes me curious, right, Like, we think about 500 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:19,520 Speaker 2: how our perspective has changed when women are in the room, 501 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 2: and so it makes me curious for these athletes where 502 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 2: if it was a female judge or that panel skewed 503 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 2: more heavily towards women who had previously competed. How would 504 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:30,159 Speaker 2: what they were looking for change. I don't know the 505 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 2: answer to that, but I want to know. 506 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:33,680 Speaker 1: Well, one thing I want to say, one final note 507 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:37,479 Speaker 1: about this incredible competition was it was my very first 508 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:40,840 Speaker 1: free ski slope style and apparently I got to watch 509 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:44,520 Speaker 1: the best women's free ski slopestyle competition in the history 510 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:47,120 Speaker 1: of the sport that came from multiple athletes and other 511 00:23:47,119 --> 00:23:49,960 Speaker 1: folks watching. So we're pretty lucky. We are. 512 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:52,760 Speaker 2: We are. And we got lunch today. 513 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,720 Speaker 1: God, yes we did. We finally got some pizza, my 514 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:59,600 Speaker 1: first pizza, my second pizza, second pizza. But yeah, y'all, 515 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:02,200 Speaker 1: we had a meal, a whole meal. We sat down. 516 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 1: It's wonderful, uh not wonderful misogyny, and we got to 517 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:10,200 Speaker 1: talk about it when we come back. Men are brave, 518 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:22,080 Speaker 1: women are selfish. Let's talk Lindsay Vaughn stick around, Welcome 519 00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:24,440 Speaker 1: back slices. You know, Alex and I were here last night. 520 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:26,600 Speaker 1: We had dinner last night too. Look at us, two 521 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:29,840 Speaker 1: meals in two days. We're freaking killing it. But we 522 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:32,560 Speaker 1: were talking about how to address the things that people 523 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 1: are talking about back home, especially things that seemed to 524 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:39,639 Speaker 1: get spun around and reacted to over and over whether 525 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:44,719 Speaker 1: or not they're really valid. For instance, penises, that hyaluronic 526 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:47,920 Speaker 1: acid in your penis situation turns out was never even 527 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 1: an allegation about any specific team or federation. It was 528 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 1: instead a suggestion from one reporter about how one might 529 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:57,560 Speaker 1: try to game the system, and then because WADA and 530 00:24:57,560 --> 00:24:59,879 Speaker 1: the IOC had to respond to it, it became this 531 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:03,320 Speaker 1: aggregated thing that's spread everywhere, and it turned out no 532 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:07,080 Speaker 1: penises have been accused of being manipulated. Or say, Donald 533 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:10,679 Speaker 1: Trump responding to one of the men's either skier or snowboarder, 534 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:13,480 Speaker 1: who said, you know, he loves representing America, but he's 535 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:15,440 Speaker 1: not always representing all of it, Like when he's out 536 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:18,439 Speaker 1: there representing the flag, he's representing the things that are 537 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:21,440 Speaker 1: meaningful to him. And of course Trump patagone truth social 538 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:24,639 Speaker 1: and post about it. So now there's all these idiotic 539 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:30,200 Speaker 1: headlines about snowboarder incites rage with his disrespectful, anti patriotic 540 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:31,840 Speaker 1: and they're not real stories. 541 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 2: They're stories. 542 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:35,359 Speaker 1: Should we talk about them because everybody's hearing them and 543 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:37,800 Speaker 1: they should hear our perspective, or should we leave them be? 544 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:39,439 Speaker 2: And for the most part, we're both kind of like 545 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:41,960 Speaker 2: leave it be, even though we're a lot of headlines 546 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:45,880 Speaker 2: like IOC tells fans not to boot JD Vans, that 547 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:48,600 Speaker 2: is a stretch compared to what was said at the 548 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:54,280 Speaker 2: actual press conference. And so it's really frustrating when when 549 00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:58,760 Speaker 2: we see these stories just take off and people not 550 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:02,200 Speaker 2: reading the actual text, and to the reporters that are 551 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:06,240 Speaker 2: advancing those narratives because it gets them clicks, which in 552 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:08,840 Speaker 2: some ways helps them keep their jobs. It's just a 553 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:09,359 Speaker 2: bad system. 554 00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:11,520 Speaker 1: It's frustrating. And you and I talked about this because 555 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:13,479 Speaker 1: all of the information you gave me about the difference 556 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:16,040 Speaker 1: between the NBC sports feed that people are watching back 557 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:18,760 Speaker 1: home versus the in arena feed that people are watching 558 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:21,359 Speaker 1: at events here gives so much context and why the 559 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:24,560 Speaker 1: people watching the opening ceremony back home didn't see the 560 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,760 Speaker 1: cutaway to JD Vance and the booze simultaneously the same 561 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:30,639 Speaker 1: way we in person did and people whose countries carried 562 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 1: the in arena feed did. So we're seeing headline after 563 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:38,760 Speaker 1: headline of NBC claims it didn't edit Opening Ceremony footage. 564 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:41,720 Speaker 1: It probably didn't edit it out. Their cameras caught something different. 565 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:44,080 Speaker 1: Their cutaway wasn't time to the booze, and so it 566 00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:45,959 Speaker 1: wasn't paired for the audience back home the same way 567 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:49,680 Speaker 1: it was here, not necessarily because of an intentional whitewashing 568 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:52,120 Speaker 1: to appease the government, but because that's not what their 569 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:54,560 Speaker 1: coverage looked like at the time. And you could keep 570 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:56,320 Speaker 1: banging your head against the wall trying to correct it, 571 00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:58,320 Speaker 1: or you can just say, all right, some people are 572 00:26:58,320 --> 00:26:59,880 Speaker 1: going to be interested enough to dig in and find 573 00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:01,919 Speaker 1: the real facts, and some are going to read the 574 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 1: aggregated headlines that grab your eye. 575 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:06,920 Speaker 2: And then they'll comment on the post anyway. 576 00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:09,399 Speaker 1: And they will comment anyway. But there was one that 577 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:11,439 Speaker 1: we did want to spend just a quick moment with, 578 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:13,679 Speaker 1: and that was the Lindsay Vaughn commentary. And we actually 579 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:15,760 Speaker 1: didn't catch a lot of it out here. Most of 580 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:18,720 Speaker 1: the folks out here were just thrilled and excited about 581 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:22,400 Speaker 1: her competition and then really bummed. After we checked into 582 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:24,919 Speaker 1: our hotel just a couple hours after her crash, and 583 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:28,280 Speaker 1: the woman checking us in Sylvia was like, did you 584 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:30,000 Speaker 1: see Lindsay Vaughn And we were like, yeah, we were 585 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:31,879 Speaker 1: watching it. We stopped at a coffee shop to like 586 00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 1: stream it on our phones. And so everyone here is 587 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:37,679 Speaker 1: just talking about what happened. Meanwhile, back home, there were 588 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:41,160 Speaker 1: a bunch of op eds and social media posts accusing 589 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:44,679 Speaker 1: her of being selfish, of taking away an opportunity for 590 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:47,119 Speaker 1: someone else to compete, that she should have known that 591 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:49,720 Speaker 1: after her acl injury, she wasn't going to be capable 592 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:53,440 Speaker 1: of doing anything. And I saw this thread's post from 593 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:58,119 Speaker 1: at Jody bond in or Guard and it said, interesting, 594 00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:02,240 Speaker 1: how we celebrate men for playing through pain but criticized 595 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:06,040 Speaker 1: Lindsay Vaughn for doing the same. That double standard is exhausting. 596 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:09,840 Speaker 1: She's not reckless, she's brave, and she's a role model. 597 00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:13,399 Speaker 1: And that summed it up to me. I do not 598 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:15,960 Speaker 1: think that there would be a similar case of one 599 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:21,000 Speaker 1: of the most celebrated, popular accomplished athletes of our time, 600 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:24,359 Speaker 1: that was a man who had had such success in 601 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:27,480 Speaker 1: a return from a lengthy retirement and who was going 602 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:31,480 Speaker 1: for one last let's get after it run, that then 603 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 1: would have been accused of taking someone's spot or being selfish. 604 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:38,080 Speaker 1: If I just can't think of a single man of 605 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:41,040 Speaker 1: Lindsay Vonn's stature that would receive that kind of blowback. 606 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:44,400 Speaker 1: This is very specifically to me rooted in misogyny. Absolutely. 607 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:47,040 Speaker 2: I think over and over again we see that men 608 00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:49,760 Speaker 2: are allowed to do things that women are criticized for, 609 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:53,760 Speaker 2: whether it's in the movies or in sports. And one 610 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:56,880 Speaker 2: response I saw and shout out to my friend Lina, 611 00:28:57,080 --> 00:29:01,080 Speaker 2: longtime colleague, who published this on her and I'm a 612 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:05,280 Speaker 2: quoter here, but she wrote, quote, My Lindsay Vaughn hot 613 00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:07,840 Speaker 2: take is that it is truly thrilling to live in 614 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:09,880 Speaker 2: a world where a forty one year old woman can 615 00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:12,240 Speaker 2: make her own decisions about her own body because she 616 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:15,440 Speaker 2: wants to. If this type of freedom offends you, I 617 00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:18,480 Speaker 2: feel like that's a you problem. Ooh, that's a bar 618 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:23,200 Speaker 2: end quote. And I'm like, yes, yes, yes, a thousand 619 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:23,720 Speaker 2: times yes. 620 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:27,080 Speaker 1: And before she even competed, a doctor decided to write 621 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:30,440 Speaker 1: an op ed for USA Today about how it's not 622 00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:32,960 Speaker 1: really recommended and she won't be able to do anything 623 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:34,920 Speaker 1: on that. Nie and I love that. Friend of the show, 624 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:37,800 Speaker 1: Nancy Armore wrote an op ed in response to that 625 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:41,480 Speaker 1: and was like, basically, asketf up and let her do 626 00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:44,880 Speaker 1: her thing, and Lindsay did as well. She was like, 627 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:47,120 Speaker 1: thank you for your experience as a doctor. Here's my 628 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:50,480 Speaker 1: experience as an actual competitor and what I've seen myself 629 00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:52,240 Speaker 1: be able to do even in my training runs and whatever. 630 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:55,520 Speaker 1: One last thought was from Charlotte Clymer. If y'all don't 631 00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:58,360 Speaker 1: follow her, you absolutely should. But she wrote about waking 632 00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:01,400 Speaker 1: up early to watch live, and she said she watched 633 00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:04,440 Speaker 1: the crash and then quote I observed stunned as people 634 00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:07,080 Speaker 1: who didn't watch the event talked out their ass online 635 00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:10,360 Speaker 1: about Lindsey Vonn's quote unquote hubris in competing and why 636 00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:11,960 Speaker 1: her coaches shouldn't have led her and why it was 637 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:13,880 Speaker 1: wrong for her to quote unquote steal a spot from 638 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:16,880 Speaker 1: a younger athlete. Lindsay Vonn didn't crash because of her ACL. 639 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:19,120 Speaker 1: She crashed because she took a hard line and her 640 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:21,560 Speaker 1: arm and ski pole caught a gait. She crashed because 641 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:23,440 Speaker 1: she was competing to win. If she were in her 642 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:25,720 Speaker 1: early twenties and hadn't torn her ACL, the same damn 643 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:28,480 Speaker 1: thing would have happened. Sometimes shit just happens. It turns 644 00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:30,960 Speaker 1: out the laws of physics don't have any empathy for 645 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:35,480 Speaker 1: a courageous and talented athlete. End quote. And yeah, we 646 00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:38,000 Speaker 1: were talking about this again today. That wasn't about her 647 00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:41,920 Speaker 1: knee that was about just a miscalculation. Lindsay Vaughan goes 648 00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:43,840 Speaker 1: one hundred and eighty percent every time, and this time 649 00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:46,280 Speaker 1: when she did it, she miscalculated on the first gate, 650 00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:48,680 Speaker 1: caught her arm and that's what took her down, not 651 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:52,000 Speaker 1: her knee failing her. And that's perhaps even more frustrating 652 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:54,280 Speaker 1: than if she had been midway through, tried to correct 653 00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:56,640 Speaker 1: and had her need not be strong enough to do so. 654 00:30:57,080 --> 00:30:58,560 Speaker 1: She just made a mistake. 655 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:01,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, but why should we have all the information 656 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:02,880 Speaker 2: before we jump to conclusions? 657 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:05,840 Speaker 1: So I ever do that? Similarly, speaking of having all 658 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:08,239 Speaker 1: the information and then jumping to maybe you share it. 659 00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:11,120 Speaker 1: We had an interesting conversation about how the hospital treating 660 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:14,240 Speaker 1: Lindsay Vaughn decided to release a statement about a fracture 661 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:16,240 Speaker 1: to her leg and a surgery that she underwent, even 662 00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:19,680 Speaker 1: as Lindsay Von's own team and the USOPC and all 663 00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:23,320 Speaker 1: the comms people for her events were electing not to 664 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:24,560 Speaker 1: yet make a comment. 665 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:27,000 Speaker 2: You know, I think injuries are really tricky territory, right, 666 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:32,400 Speaker 2: because it borders on this balance between like media and 667 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:36,520 Speaker 2: somebody's private health. And so to see the hospital release 668 00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:38,880 Speaker 2: a statement, I just had so many questions when I 669 00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:42,800 Speaker 2: saw that, like, what gave them the authority to do 670 00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:44,880 Speaker 2: that if it wasn't signed off on by her team. 671 00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:46,480 Speaker 2: And it turns out that it wasn't signed off on 672 00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:50,120 Speaker 2: by her team, And so I hope that moving forward 673 00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:53,800 Speaker 2: she has more control over what information is released and 674 00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:56,440 Speaker 2: what isn't. And I don't always feel that way in 675 00:31:56,480 --> 00:31:58,880 Speaker 2: reporting in general, right, Like I think that reporters have 676 00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:01,480 Speaker 2: a right to serve information that I think when it 677 00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:04,320 Speaker 2: comes to the timeline on which something is shared in 678 00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:07,000 Speaker 2: somebody's condition, like it should be coming from them and 679 00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:07,920 Speaker 2: their team, right. 680 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,520 Speaker 1: And also in this case, nothing changes whether you find 681 00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:13,600 Speaker 1: out about Lindsay's fracture yesterday or two days from now. 682 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:16,200 Speaker 1: Of course we're all curious, and they'd already put out 683 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:18,560 Speaker 1: a statement that she was stable, and they'd already put 684 00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:20,480 Speaker 1: out a statement that she was in good hands. That's 685 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:23,360 Speaker 1: what you needed to know as a worried public. The 686 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:25,960 Speaker 1: rest is nosiness in a perfectly fine way. We're all 687 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:28,600 Speaker 1: nosy and interested in exactly what happened, but there's not 688 00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:31,160 Speaker 1: a need to know situation here for the public when 689 00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:33,920 Speaker 1: it comes to the details, and we actually inquired and 690 00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:36,440 Speaker 1: you found out that alleged the Italian hippolaws are actually 691 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:39,000 Speaker 1: even like stronger than American So I don't know if 692 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:43,080 Speaker 1: someone's getting canned over at that hospital, but I hope 693 00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:45,360 Speaker 1: they're taking care of her better than they are taking 694 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:48,080 Speaker 1: care of their secrets. We always love that you're listening, 695 00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:49,160 Speaker 1: but we want you to get in the game every 696 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:50,920 Speaker 1: day too, So here's our good game play of the 697 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:54,400 Speaker 1: day slices. Please keep sending us any big storylines they're 698 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:57,360 Speaker 1: going on on the NBC sports coverage back home, stuff 699 00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:58,760 Speaker 1: that we might not have touched down or might not 700 00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:00,680 Speaker 1: have heard about out here. We want to comment on 701 00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:02,160 Speaker 1: it and get to know some of the stories you're 702 00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:04,200 Speaker 1: hearing you might want to hear more about. Also, tell 703 00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:06,600 Speaker 1: us your favorite social follows during the games. We asked 704 00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:08,400 Speaker 1: you that yesterday, but we want to keep hearing them 705 00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:10,000 Speaker 1: so we can ad them to our list. I shared 706 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:11,760 Speaker 1: that mine is Matti Mastro, so make sure you go 707 00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:12,239 Speaker 1: follow her. 708 00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:13,640 Speaker 2: And I know a lot of you guys are from 709 00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:17,760 Speaker 2: the US, but for the Canadians, akaa are maple bacon slices. 710 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:20,600 Speaker 2: We want to hear what the CBC coverage is like. 711 00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:23,760 Speaker 2: So no matter where you live, if you're seeing interesting 712 00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:26,240 Speaker 2: things in how the Olympics are covered. Make sure to 713 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:26,600 Speaker 2: let us. 714 00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:29,080 Speaker 1: Know, yeah, whether it be jd Vance, Booze or otherwise. 715 00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:31,680 Speaker 1: Seems like there's already been some very different coverage on 716 00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:35,800 Speaker 1: the CBC versus FBC Sports. Also, please keep sending us 717 00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:39,520 Speaker 1: on missions. We got our first mission, Alex, you got 718 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:40,280 Speaker 1: it on Blue Sky. 719 00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:43,720 Speaker 2: Kara on Blue Sky rode in with a question. They 720 00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:47,520 Speaker 2: included a quote from a chech curler in which the 721 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:52,600 Speaker 2: athlete talked about how the Olympic Village is perfect. Quote, 722 00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:55,440 Speaker 2: there's so much good food, there's a gym, there's the 723 00:33:55,520 --> 00:33:58,920 Speaker 2: check lounge, which is amazing, there's beer. We're not missing anything. 724 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:02,080 Speaker 2: We're living the best life. End a quote. And Caro 725 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:04,920 Speaker 2: wanted to know do they actually have beer in the 726 00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:07,600 Speaker 2: Olympic Village. If so, is it free, what kind is it? 727 00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:10,200 Speaker 2: And is it just beer or is it a full bar? 728 00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:15,720 Speaker 2: And we actually got a glimpse of the Olympic Village 729 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:18,160 Speaker 2: beer when we were touring the village in Milan. 730 00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:21,680 Speaker 1: We can answer your question without going on a separate mission, Kara, Kara, 731 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:25,400 Speaker 1: and that is that we saw the Corona Zero chalets. 732 00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:27,440 Speaker 1: We mentioned those are the places with all the plants 733 00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:29,440 Speaker 1: you can adopt the plant. You can lie down and 734 00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:32,480 Speaker 1: get a zen experience. You can also get hammered, because yes, 735 00:34:32,640 --> 00:34:36,120 Speaker 1: there is beer in the Olympic village. Haven't checked in 736 00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:38,440 Speaker 1: on the full bar sitch, We're not allowed in anymore. 737 00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:41,640 Speaker 1: There were very limited visits to the athlete village. I'm 738 00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:43,239 Speaker 1: in there over now, so we'll have to get an 739 00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:46,280 Speaker 1: inside person to tell us about the full bar situation. 740 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:49,359 Speaker 1: But Corona is a massive sponsor here. You see their 741 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:53,800 Speaker 1: signage everywhere, and actually at the Hockey Games the bars 742 00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:56,600 Speaker 1: are Corona chalets as well. And the number one complaint 743 00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:59,280 Speaker 1: I've received from folks not working who are just enjoying 744 00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:01,960 Speaker 1: their Olympic exp and partying down is that the beers 745 00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:04,920 Speaker 1: are way too small. They are like little mini Coronas. 746 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:07,480 Speaker 1: I don't know if that's a standard size for Europe, 747 00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:10,440 Speaker 1: sort of like their coffees being thimble sized, and if 748 00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:12,600 Speaker 1: America is just used to pound in a bigger drink. 749 00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:16,360 Speaker 1: But uh yeah, Coronas are everywhere, the small ones, and 750 00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:20,200 Speaker 1: the athletes of course before, during, after competition, whatever gets 751 00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:20,600 Speaker 1: them going. 752 00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:23,719 Speaker 2: Yes, I mean it feels very curling that it was 753 00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:25,879 Speaker 2: a curler was hitting up the bar. 754 00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:27,200 Speaker 1: We're living our best lives. 755 00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:30,800 Speaker 2: Getting hammered, Oh hammer, that's a curling term. We'll discuss 756 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:33,880 Speaker 2: it next week. Does Sarah, what a tease? I can't 757 00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:34,359 Speaker 2: wait to. 758 00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:37,359 Speaker 1: Hear what getting hammered and curling is. We always love 759 00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:39,200 Speaker 1: to hear from U slices, so keep them. Come and 760 00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:41,600 Speaker 1: hit us up on email good game at wondermedianetwork dot 761 00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:43,680 Speaker 1: com or leave us a voicemail at eight seven two 762 00:35:43,719 --> 00:35:46,919 Speaker 1: two four fifty seventy. 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