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Here we go, losee fans.
The Olympic Games are in a week.
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The team has made it to Beijing, they've gone through team processing, they've
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received all their amazing team us a
gear. Now the training begins on this
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challenging track. This is an extremely
special time. All our top US a
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lose athletes have worked tirelessly to get
to this point. Many made it,
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some did not, but there's no
question in my mind that each put their
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best effort into this season. To
Commemorate the two thousand and twenty two Olympic
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Games and celebrate this the fifty episode
of blank, we put together some special
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messages to the team in Beijing from
those who came before them and found themselves
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in the same exciting situation in the
past. The following are us a loge
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Olympic alumni, and no particular order, giving their best advice for our team
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and likely something that we can all
use in different areas of our lives.
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Thank you to all who made this
special recording happen enjoy. Hi, this
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is becky will ZAC brand. I
compete in the two thousand two Olympics in
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Salt Lake City. Congratulations to the
two thousand and twenty two Olympic team.
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Enjoy the next two weeks. I
know you're there to come pete, but
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taken all the Olympic experience has to
offer you. If I could give any
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other advice for my own experience,
it would be that you've worked really hard.
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You know what you're doing. You
made the Olympic team, so when
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it comes to race day, go
with your gut. Don't change things at
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the last minute. Believe in yourself. It's another day of sliding. Enjoy
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it. I look forward to watching
you. Hey there, thorpeer. Congratulations
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team. You guys got it easy. Now Your cruis and Olympic team,
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so count yourselves the best in the
world. Advice to use the same as
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it ever was. Take Dad,
aim on the competition, get them in
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your cross stairs and take him down. There's no reason you can't win to
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day. Good luck, slide fast, take chances. All the best.
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Hi Everyone, Matt Mortinson here.
I competed in the two thousand and fourteen
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and two thousand and eighteen Olympics.
My advice to you is to focus,
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but not too hard, keep it
simple and trust your got do everything that
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your mental checklist requires of you,
because ultimately, going into the Games.
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All you want to worry about is
sliding and not think about that little thing
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that might be bugging you that you
didn't do. Most of all, have
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fun and enjoy your experience. I
wish you all the best of luck and
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go team USA. Hi, this
is gory to sheer, ninety two,
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ninety four and ninety eight Olympian in
doubles, and my advice to the twenty
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two Olympians would be to first of
all, just stay on routine, don't
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change much and find calm in in
routine. And also, the second piece
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of advice is to at some point
look around and enjoy the fact that you're
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an Olympian and know that everyone here
at home is behind you and wishing you
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all the best. Julia Clukey,
two thousand and ten Olympian. Advice for
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the two thousand and twenty two Beijing
Olympic loose team is to have fun,
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support each other, celebrate yourself and
your teammates and embrace the experience. It's
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been a wild ride to get here
and you've all worked so hard and we
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can't reach to watch and cheer you
on back home. Hi, this is
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Brian Martin. I slid with Mark
Gramet for for Olympics from one thousand nine
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hundred and ninety eight through two thousand
and ten, and thinking of about this
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upcoming Olympic team. You know,
I think advice I'd give you is to
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be be courageous, slide fearless,
go like crazy and, you know,
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make sure that you're having a good
time while you're doing it. It's a
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special, special time and hopefully everything
falls your way. Hi, this is
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Jack Elder. Lose One thousand nine
hundred and seventy two support Olympic Games.
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We've seen all of you the very
best of competitions in that basing Olympic Games.
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And for those of you were in
your first year or your first time
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ever a being in the Olympic game, remember, once an Olympian, always
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Onlympan, never former, never pass
have a good day. By congratulations Olympic
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Louge team of two thousand and twenty
two. This is Bethany Bedford. I
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competed in the ninety four and ninety
eight Olympics. I guess I have a
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couple pieces of advice. The first
is don't live in the past. Take
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a moment to quickly reflect on the
season. Learn which you can from it
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and then move on. Second is
set aside all expectations, the ones that
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other people have of you and even
the ones that you have of yourself.
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Expectations can sometimes hold us back.
It'll set limits and, as I've seen,
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there are no limits at the Olympics. It's a new track, new
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day, new race, a race
that stands all by itself. Take it
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one run at a time, without
limitations as to how fast you can go
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and to what you can achieve.
Anyone who has worked as hard as all
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of you have to get to the
starting line just serves to be there.
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Remember to enjoy all of your Olympic
experiences and know that you have a dedicated
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loge fan base back in the United
States cheering all of you on. Focus,
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have fun and let a fly.
The best of luck. Hey,
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Luge team two thousand and twenty two, this is Aaron Warren and I was
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on the one thousand nine hundred ninety
four Winter Olympic team in the law orinry
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and the nineteen ninety eight Winter Olympic
team and not going to Japan, and
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my advice for you would be to
really enjoy the Olympic experience and being on
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that world stage and competing. It's
an experience like none other. That is
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all so well that all of you
so well deserved. And then, on
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the loose side, my advice would
be to keep it simple and go back
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to basics and remember that you're there
competing because you deserve to be there.
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You've done a great job, you've
put in the hard work and you're ready
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to compete, and so my advice
would be to just think about heads down,
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feet up and letting the sled find
the way down the track. You
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know you can do it. We
know you can do it, and just
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know that all of us are cheering
for you behind the scenes and wish you
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nothing but the absolute best. Go
USA. Hello, my name's Adam Height.
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I competed in one thousand nine hundred
and ninety eight and two thousand and
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two men singles lose. The best
advice I can give to the athletes,
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especially for their first Olympics, would
be enjoy the moment. It will definitely
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last a lifetime. Good luck the
USA. Hi everyone, this is Aaron
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Helen Hodge. Two Thousand and six, two thousand and ten, two thousand
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and fourteen, in two thousand and
Eighteen Olympian. I think the biggest piece
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of advice I would give everyone heading
to Beijing is just really soaking the moment,
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have fun and, yeah, enjoy
it. Know Fast. Christian Nikolm,
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two thousand and six, two thousand
and ten, two thousand and fourteen
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Olympian, I would say do what
you always do. You lay back,
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you relax and you let a fly. After that, enjoy some of that
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McDonald's in the athletes village. Good
luck everyone. Enjoy yourself. Hi,
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this is Courtney's a Blokei I competed
in the two thousand and two and two
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thousand and six Olympics, and my
advice to the athletes is to remember that
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the race is against yourself. Just
remember to have fun. Focus on that
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and good things will happen. Good
luck, and we'll be cheering you on.
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Hi, US lose team. Congrats
to all, especially the first time
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Olympians. This is tied Anka from
the eight hundred and eighty four teams.
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My advice just soaked it all in
and LFF and if everything falls into place,
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you too can join gordy sheer with
a plaque in a place of honor
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to lose office. Best of luck, guys. By Hi, my name
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is Megan Schaper, formerly Megan Sweeney. I competed in the two thousand and
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ten Winter Olympic Games and Whistler Four
Team USA, and my piece of advice
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for athletes is at this point you
have done everything you can to get to
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where you are, so celebrate,
enjoy, lean into this crazy process but,
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most of all, know that we
love you and we're so excited to
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see what you guys can do.
Hey, everyone, it's cameron miler.
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I wanted to congratulate you for making
the Olympic team and to wish you all
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the best for Beijing. Go Fast
and have fun. Having been to the
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Olympics in ninety eight and done plenty
of races, World Cups, World Championships,
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I guess the advice I would give
at the Games is don't treat it
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like training, don't treat it like
just another race, but approach it as
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though you are racing against yourself and
you're racing to do the best race that
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you possibly can and in that way
push yourself to to be the best racer
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on that day and obviously stay in
the moment, be in that moment,
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be present. That's the best I
can say. Thanks again to all the
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alums who took the time to give
their advice to our Olympic team. The
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next couple of weeks for the podcast
are going to be a little bit different
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and, to be honest, I
haven't quite worked out a schedule and how
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I'll be presenting the Olympic Games to
all of you. So make sure that
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you are subscribed wherever you listen to
podcasts, so that they come up automatically
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in your feed and you'll know when
they're up. I hope to have some
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really exciting news to report on to
our athletes over in Beijing. I'd like
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to echo what many of our Olympic
Alumni said. Have Fun, good luck
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and let it fly. Thanks for
listening to blink, the podcast about what
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it takes to win a louse race
in the blink of an eye.
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Here we go, losee fans.
The Olympic Games are in a week.
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The team has made it to Beijing, they've gone through team processing, they've
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received all their amazing team us a
gear. Now the training begins on this
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00:00:22.199 --> 00:00:28.559
challenging track. This is an extremely
special time. All our top US a
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00:00:28.600 --> 00:00:33.679
lose athletes have worked tirelessly to get
to this point. Many made it,
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00:00:33.799 --> 00:00:38.159
some did not, but there's no
question in my mind that each put their
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00:00:38.240 --> 00:00:43.399
best effort into this season. To
Commemorate the two thousand and twenty two Olympic
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00:00:43.439 --> 00:00:49.280
Games and celebrate this the fifty episode
of blank, we put together some special
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00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:54.799
messages to the team in Beijing from
those who came before them and found themselves
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00:00:54.840 --> 00:01:00.600
in the same exciting situation in the
past. The following are us a loge
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00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:06.280
Olympic alumni, and no particular order, giving their best advice for our team
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00:01:06.319 --> 00:01:10.920
and likely something that we can all
use in different areas of our lives.
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Thank you to all who made this
special recording happen enjoy. Hi, this
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is becky will ZAC brand. I
compete in the two thousand two Olympics in
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Salt Lake City. Congratulations to the
two thousand and twenty two Olympic team.
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Enjoy the next two weeks. I
know you're there to come pete, but
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taken all the Olympic experience has to
offer you. If I could give any
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other advice for my own experience,
it would be that you've worked really hard.
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You know what you're doing. You
made the Olympic team, so when
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it comes to race day, go
with your gut. Don't change things at
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the last minute. Believe in yourself. It's another day of sliding. Enjoy
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it. I look forward to watching
you. Hey there, thorpeer. Congratulations
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team. You guys got it easy. Now Your cruis and Olympic team,
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so count yourselves the best in the
world. Advice to use the same as
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it ever was. Take Dad,
aim on the competition, get them in
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your cross stairs and take him down. There's no reason you can't win to
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day. Good luck, slide fast, take chances. All the best.
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Hi Everyone, Matt Mortinson here.
I competed in the two thousand and fourteen
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and two thousand and eighteen Olympics.
My advice to you is to focus,
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but not too hard, keep it
simple and trust your got do everything that
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your mental checklist requires of you,
because ultimately, going into the Games.
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All you want to worry about is
sliding and not think about that little thing
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that might be bugging you that you
didn't do. Most of all, have
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fun and enjoy your experience. I
wish you all the best of luck and
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go team USA. Hi, this
is gory to sheer, ninety two,
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ninety four and ninety eight Olympian in
doubles, and my advice to the twenty
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two Olympians would be to first of
all, just stay on routine, don't
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change much and find calm in in
routine. And also, the second piece
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of advice is to at some point
look around and enjoy the fact that you're
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an Olympian and know that everyone here
at home is behind you and wishing you
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all the best. Julia Clukey,
two thousand and ten Olympian. Advice for
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the two thousand and twenty two Beijing
Olympic loose team is to have fun,
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support each other, celebrate yourself and
your teammates and embrace the experience. It's
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been a wild ride to get here
and you've all worked so hard and we
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can't reach to watch and cheer you
on back home. Hi, this is
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Brian Martin. I slid with Mark
Gramet for for Olympics from one thousand nine
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hundred and ninety eight through two thousand
and ten, and thinking of about this
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upcoming Olympic team. You know,
I think advice I'd give you is to
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be be courageous, slide fearless,
go like crazy and, you know,
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make sure that you're having a good
time while you're doing it. It's a
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special, special time and hopefully everything
falls your way. Hi, this is
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Jack Elder. Lose One thousand nine
hundred and seventy two support Olympic Games.
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We've seen all of you the very
best of competitions in that basing Olympic Games.
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And for those of you were in
your first year or your first time
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ever a being in the Olympic game, remember, once an Olympian, always
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Onlympan, never former, never pass
have a good day. By congratulations Olympic
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Louge team of two thousand and twenty
two. This is Bethany Bedford. I
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competed in the ninety four and ninety
eight Olympics. I guess I have a
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couple pieces of advice. The first
is don't live in the past. Take
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a moment to quickly reflect on the
season. Learn which you can from it
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and then move on. Second is
set aside all expectations, the ones that
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other people have of you and even
the ones that you have of yourself.
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Expectations can sometimes hold us back.
It'll set limits and, as I've seen,
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00:05:23.199 --> 00:05:25.720
there are no limits at the Olympics. It's a new track, new
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00:05:25.800 --> 00:05:29.279
day, new race, a race
that stands all by itself. Take it
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one run at a time, without
limitations as to how fast you can go
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and to what you can achieve.
Anyone who has worked as hard as all
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of you have to get to the
starting line just serves to be there.
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Remember to enjoy all of your Olympic
experiences and know that you have a dedicated
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00:05:43.120 --> 00:05:46.000
loge fan base back in the United
States cheering all of you on. Focus,
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have fun and let a fly.
The best of luck. Hey,
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Luge team two thousand and twenty two, this is Aaron Warren and I was
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on the one thousand nine hundred ninety
four Winter Olympic team in the law orinry
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and the nineteen ninety eight Winter Olympic
team and not going to Japan, and
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my advice for you would be to
really enjoy the Olympic experience and being on
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that world stage and competing. It's
an experience like none other. That is
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all so well that all of you
so well deserved. And then, on
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the loose side, my advice would
be to keep it simple and go back
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to basics and remember that you're there
competing because you deserve to be there.
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You've done a great job, you've
put in the hard work and you're ready
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to compete, and so my advice
would be to just think about heads down,
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feet up and letting the sled find
the way down the track. You
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know you can do it. We
know you can do it, and just
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know that all of us are cheering
for you behind the scenes and wish you
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nothing but the absolute best. Go
USA. Hello, my name's Adam Height.
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I competed in one thousand nine hundred
and ninety eight and two thousand and
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two men singles lose. The best
advice I can give to the athletes,
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especially for their first Olympics, would
be enjoy the moment. It will definitely
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last a lifetime. Good luck the
USA. Hi everyone, this is Aaron
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Helen Hodge. Two Thousand and six, two thousand and ten, two thousand
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and fourteen, in two thousand and
Eighteen Olympian. I think the biggest piece
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of advice I would give everyone heading
to Beijing is just really soaking the moment,
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have fun and, yeah, enjoy
it. Know Fast. Christian Nikolm,
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two thousand and six, two thousand
and ten, two thousand and fourteen
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Olympian, I would say do what
you always do. You lay back,
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you relax and you let a fly. After that, enjoy some of that
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McDonald's in the athletes village. Good
luck everyone. Enjoy yourself. Hi,
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this is Courtney's a Blokei I competed
in the two thousand and two and two
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thousand and six Olympics, and my
advice to the athletes is to remember that
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the race is against yourself. Just
remember to have fun. Focus on that
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and good things will happen. Good
luck, and we'll be cheering you on.
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Hi, US lose team. Congrats
to all, especially the first time
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Olympians. This is tied Anka from
the eight hundred and eighty four teams.
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My advice just soaked it all in
and LFF and if everything falls into place,
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you too can join gordy sheer with
a plaque in a place of honor
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to lose office. Best of luck, guys. By Hi, my name
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is Megan Schaper, formerly Megan Sweeney. I competed in the two thousand and
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ten Winter Olympic Games and Whistler Four
Team USA, and my piece of advice
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for athletes is at this point you
have done everything you can to get to
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where you are, so celebrate,
enjoy, lean into this crazy process but,
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most of all, know that we
love you and we're so excited to
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see what you guys can do.
Hey, everyone, it's cameron miler.
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I wanted to congratulate you for making
the Olympic team and to wish you all
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the best for Beijing. Go Fast
and have fun. Having been to the
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Olympics in ninety eight and done plenty
of races, World Cups, World Championships,
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I guess the advice I would give
at the Games is don't treat it
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like training, don't treat it like
just another race, but approach it as
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though you are racing against yourself and
you're racing to do the best race that
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you possibly can and in that way
push yourself to to be the best racer
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on that day and obviously stay in
the moment, be in that moment,
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be present. That's the best I
can say. Thanks again to all the
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alums who took the time to give
their advice to our Olympic team. The
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next couple of weeks for the podcast
are going to be a little bit different
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and, to be honest, I
haven't quite worked out a schedule and how
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I'll be presenting the Olympic Games to
all of you. So make sure that
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you are subscribed wherever you listen to
podcasts, so that they come up automatically
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in your feed and you'll know when
they're up. I hope to have some
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really exciting news to report on to
our athletes over in Beijing. I'd like
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to echo what many of our Olympic
Alumni said. Have Fun, good luck
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and let it fly. Thanks for
listening to blink, the podcast about what
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it takes to win a louse race
in the blink of an eye.
