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<\/p>\nOhio native Philips posts shutout as United States beats Switzerland in Olympics<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAFTER THE HIGHS, IT FEELS KIND OF LIKE YOU’RE FLYING AND LOWS. I STARTED TO THINK LIKE, WHY AM I DOING THIS? OF TRAINING. THAT WAS REALLY TOUGH. THE WINTER OLYMPICS JUST WEEKS AWAY. THE PRESSURE IS WHAT REALLY PUSHES ME TO DO MY BEST. I’M GETTING USED TO IT. MEET THE ATHLETES AND THEIR BIGGEST SUPPORTERS, PLUS ALL THE EXCITEMENT AHEAD OF THE GAMES. JUST ENJOYING THE TIME THAT WE HAVE HERE ON THE ROAD TO MILAN. CORTINA 2026. THE WINTER OLYMPICS NOW JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AWAY FOLKS AND TEAM USA REALLY TAKEN SHAPE. THANKS A LOT FOR BEING WITH US HERE. I’M MIKE DARDIS GOOD EVENING TO YOU. I’M SHEREE PAOLELLO. SO DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES WE’RE GOING TO INTRODUCE YOU TO SOME OF THE ATHLETES WHO HAVE ALREADY SOLIDIFIED THEIR SPOTS. WE BEGIN WITH A THREE TIME OLYMPIAN WHO HAS MEDALED IN ALL THREE GAMES AND IS NOW LOOKING TO STRIKE GOLD. YEAH. LAWRENCEBURG, INDIANA’S NICK GOEPPER IS READY TO TAKE ON HIS FOURTH OLYMPIC APPEARANCE. HE MADE THE TEAM JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND WLWT NEWS FIVE STEVEN ALBRITTON SHOWS US HOW A NEW DISCIPLINE COULD HELP HIM REACH NEW HEIGHTS FOR THIS OLYMPICS. IT’S A REINVENTION. AFTER A SHORT RETIREMENT, NICK GOT THE COMPETITIVE ITCH AGAIN AND HOPES TO REMAIN ONE OF THE BEST, JUST ON A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SLOW. OH, HE’S GOING HAM FROM THE SLOPE. TO NOW THE HALFPIPE. TEACHING AN OLD DOG IN OLYMPIC TERMS. NEW TRICKS KIND OF BURNOUT FROM CONSECUTIVE OLYMPIC GAMES TOOK ITS TOLL ON THE 31 YEAR OLD. HE HUNG UP HIS SKIS AFTER THREE OLYMPICS AND EARNING TWO SILVERS AND A BRONZE. BUT LIKE SO MANY ATHLETES, THAT DESIRE WAS STILL THERE. I GREW A LITTLE RESTLESS AFTER I RETIRED FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND AND I DON’T KNOW, ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS WENT BY AND I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK THERE’S I THINK THERE’S MORE OUT THERE FOR ME. AND I THINK THERE’S A I COULD SWITCH IT UP A LITTLE BIT. AND SUMMER 2024, HE WENT ALL IN. I CALL IT ROLLERBLADE RANCH. HIS LOVE FOR COMPETITION AND CARPENTRY COMBINED A 40 ACRE NEVADA RANCH WITH HIS OWN HAND BUILT RAMP, DUBBED ROLLERBLADE RANCH. THEN I IMPORTED THIS THIS GIANT AIR BAG FROM CANADA, AND I TRAINED ON IT FOR LIKE FOUR WEEKS. AND I PRACTICED SOME OF MY MY NEWEST TRICKS INTO THAT, INTO THAT FACILITY, THE DEDICATION PAYING OFF. THERE’S A NEW TRICK THAT I’LL BE PERFORMING THIS WINTER THAT CAME FROM THAT PROJECT OUT THERE IN THE DESERT. SO NO ONE’S EVER DONE IT BEFORE. IT’S NEVER BEEN DONE IN THE HALFPIPE. IT’S CALLED A SWITCH. DOUBLE MISTY 1260. IN THE HALFPIPE, SIX WEEKS OF WOOD WORK, THEN A YEAR OF BLADE WORK FOR ONE TRICK TO PUSH FOR THE ONE THING HE DOESN’T HAVE AN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL. YEAH, IT TAKES TIME. IT TAKES TIME. IT TAKES PATIENCE AND IT TAKES, YOU KNOW, BELIEF. YOU GOT TO BELIEVE IN YOURSELF. I’M JUST READY, BABY. LET’S GO. GEPR ALSO SAYS WHAT MAYBE MEANS MOST TO HIM THROUGH THIS IS HAVING HIS PARENTS AND FAMILY BY HIS SIDE FOR ANOTHER OLYMPIC GAMES, AND FEELS PRIVILEGED TO GIVE THOSE WHO MEAN THE MOST TO HIM. ONE MORE OLYMPIC PARTY ON THE ROAD TO MILAN-CORTINA. I’M STEVEN ALBRITTON AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF HIGH FLYING EVENTS TO WATCH DURING THE WINTER GAMES. ONE OF OUR FAVORITES IS AERIALS. YEAH. ANDERSON TOWNSHIPS. QUINN DILLINGER SECURED HIS TICKET TO ITALY LAST JUNE. HEARST OLYMPIC CORRESPONDENT DEIRDRE FITZPATRICK SHOWS US HOW AERIALISTS LIKE QUINN TRAIN YEAR ROUND. BRIEF STOP OFF TO TALK TO THE COACH. WATCH THE LAST JUMP ON VIDEO AND THEN GO DO IT AGAIN. QUINN DELLINGER WASN’T ABOUT TO SEE A REPEAT OF WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE THE 2022 OLYMPICS. THEY SENT THREE GUYS. I WOULD HAVE BEEN THE FOURTH. I JUST DIDN’T HAVE THE RESULTS WHEN DILLINGER ON COURSE, BUT THIS TIME AROUND, I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT. THIS TIME. HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ATHLETES NAMED TO THE 2026 OLYMPIC ROSTER, QUALIFYING LAST JUNE. A GAME CHANGER THIS SEASON, JUST GOING INTO THE COMPETITION THIS YEAR, LIKE IF I GOT SICK OR HAD A MINOR INJURY OR SOMETHING, IT JUST KIND OF LIFTED A LITTLE BIT OF THE WEIGHT OFF THE SHOULDERS. AERIALISTS TRAINED YEAR ROUND AT THE UTAH OLYMPIC PARK, WHERE EVERY DAY IS A SKI DAY FOR THESE ACROBATS ON SKIS, WE GO OFF A SYNTHETIC PLASTIC SURFACE INTO A POOL, AND WE DO OUR FLIPS AND TWISTS INTO THAT POOL TO TRAIN THEM FOR WINTER, HIKE UP, SKI DOWN, LAUNCH, FLIP, TWIST, LAND, RINSE AND REPEAT. GOING INTO THAT JUMP AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND IT’S 14FT TALL AND 71 DEGREES. IT LOOKS LIKE A WALL OF ICE. ATHLETES RELY ON VISUALIZATION FOR PERFORMANCE AND SAFETY. YOU’RE VISUALIZING DROPPING YOUR ARMS IN A SPECIFIC SPOT SO THAT IT EITHER SPEEDS UP YOUR TWIST OR STOP YOUR TWIST, OR HELPS YOU SLOW DOWN YOUR FLIP. WERE YOU? OH YES. LIKE ONE OF THOSE KIDS WHO YOUR MOM WAS LIKE, GET OFF OF THAT. YEAH, YEAH, I WAS JUMPING OFF A LOT OF THINGS. AND I HAVE THREE BROTHERS, SO THAT ALSO JUST THE ENERGY BOUNCING OFF EACH OTHER, IT TENDS TO JUST MULTIPLY AND MULTIPLY. QUINN LIVES IN PARK CITY NOW, BUT HE GREW UP IN CINCINNATI, OHIO, SKIING AT PERFECT NORTH SLOPES, WHICH HAS BECOME A PIPELINE FOR AERIALISTS FOR AERIAL SKIERS ON THE NATIONAL TEAM, HAVE CINCINNATI TIES, AND THEY CREDIT THE SMALLER HILL FOR HIGH REPS THEY DID ON RAILS AND JUMPS. WHY DO YOU LIKE FLIPPING? BECAUSE IT ALLOWS ME TO FEEL LIKE I HAVE A SENSE OF FLYING. IT FEELS LIKE IT’S FALLING BUT IN CONTROL. THE ADRENALINE RUSH. I’M AN ADRENALINE JUNKIE. NEXT UP, TURNING ADRENALINE INTO GOLD AT HIS FIRST OLYMPICS. YOU ONLY GET ONE SHOT EVERY FOUR YEARS. YOU HAVE TO STEP UP IN THAT MOMENT. AND WITH A RECENT THIRD PLACE FINISH AT A WORLD CUP EVENT IN CANADA, HE’S READY TO GO. WHAT A JUMP ON THE ROAD TO MILAN CORTINA. I’M DEIRDRE FITZPATRICK. THEY SHOWED THE STADIUM DOWNTOWN. HE’S WEARING THE CINCY HAT. SO IF YOU SEE QUINN IN COMPETITION, NO MISTAKING WHERE HE’S FROM. HE LOVES REPRESENTING CINCINNATI, OFTEN FLASHING THE 513 AFTER A GREAT JUMP. YEAH, WE LOVE WATCHING HIM AND WE TALKED WITH HIM ABOUT THE SUPPORT HE FEELS FROM RIGHT HERE AT HOME. CINCINNATI HAS BEEN MASSIVE. ANYTIME I GO BACK, PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS ASKING ME HOW I’M DOING. HOW’S IT GOING? WHAT’S WHAT’S IT LIKE OUT THERE? AND THEN DEFINITELY WHENEVER I TALK TO PEOPLE SERIOUSLY ABOUT AERIALS IN CINCINNATI, LIKE MY BUDDIES AND STUFF, EVERYONE’S ALWAYS SO SUPPORTIVE AND JUST ROOTING ME ON TO THE FULLEST, AND I DEFINITELY FEEL THE SUPPORT FROM CINCINNATI. ANYTIME THAT I GO BACK AND IT’S SUPER SPECIAL. WHAT DO YOU MISS FROM HOME? I MISS SKYLINE AND I MISS GOING TO BENGALS GAMES, OF COURSE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY’RE WINNING PLAYOFF GAMES, RIGHT? ALEX HALL AND COLBY STEPHENSON MAKE SKIING LOOK LIKE ART IN MOTION. AND THEY CAPTURE EVERY FRAME OF THEIR HIGH FLYING FLIPS AND TWISTS ON CAMERA. HEARST OLYMPIC CORRESPONDENT JASON NEWTON SHOWS US HOW THEIR FILMMAKING KEEPS THEM SHARP BEFORE THE COMPETITION. IT’S A SCENE FIT FOR A BOND OPENING, BREATHTAKING FOR THE VIEWER AND THE SKIER. TWO OF THE BEST SLOPESTYLE BIG AIR SKIERS TREATING THE WORLD AROUND THEM LIKE A MOVIE SET. WHAT’S REALLY COOL ABOUT OUR SPORT IS THAT WE DO HAVE THAT CREATIVE SIDE. WE MAKE MAKE FILMS OUTSIDE OF COMPETITION, AND I THINK IT’S REALLY GOOD FOR US TO, LIKE, HAVE THAT FOCUS AND THAT OTHER OTHER THING WE CAN PUT OUR CREATIVE MINDS TO. AND YEAH, STAY INSPIRED. FOR COLBY, THE INSPIRATION COMES FROM MASSIVE BACKCOUNTRY PEAKS AND DROPS. HE SEES LINES THAT MOST PEOPLE DON’T. AS FOR ALEX, IT’S THE SNOWY, CONCRETE JUNGLE RAILS, STAIRWAYS AND CITY LANDSCAPES THAT ARE HIS CANVAS. IT KIND OF CHALLENGES YOU TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO SKI ON IT, AND THEN WHEN YOU COME TO A COURSE THAT’S PERFECTLY MANUFACTURED TO DO ALL THESE TRICKS ON, IN A WAY IT MAKES IT EASIER BECAUSE YOU’VE DONE TRICKS IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT’S A LOT TOUGHER. AND AS MUCH AS THEY’RE CHASING GOLD, THEY’RE ALSO CHASING THE NEXT GREAT SHOT. SQUEEZING IN SHOOTS BETWEEN COMPETITIONS. WE DO IT FOR THE PASSION, ESPECIALLY COLBY AND I. WE SQUEEZE, SQUEEZE EVERY MOMENT WE CAN. THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE COMPETITION AND THE FILMING, THEY’RE SO DIFFERENT THAT IT HELPS WITH BURNOUT. IT’S NICE. I DON’T THINK I COULD DO JUST THE EVENTS ALL YEAR BECAUSE I’D BURN OUT FROM THAT. SO HAVING THE BALANCE IS PRETTY SWEET. NOW BOTH MEN ARE LOOKING TOWARD MILAN CORTINA. ALL THAT CREATIVITY AND PASSION WHERE FILM FORGES A PATH TO OLYMPIC REALITY. I HOPE TO GO AND LAND THE RUNS. I PLAN TO DO AND AND TRY SOME NEW STUFF AND YEAH, MAKE MY FAMILY PROUD AND GIVE THEM A GOOD SHOW. ALEX HALL HAS ALREADY QUALIFIED FOR MILAN-CORTINA IN BOTH SLOPESTYLE AND BIG AIR. HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO MAKE TEAM USA, AND THIS WILL BE HIS THIRD OLYMPICS. COLBY STEVENSON EXPECTED TO MAKE THE TEAM AND THEN MAKE A SPLASH AT HIS SECOND GAMES, AND I’M SURE THEIR CAMERAS WILL BE ROLLING ON THE ROAD TO MILAN-CORTINA. I’M JASON NEWTON. THEY MAKE IT LOOK ROUTINE, RIGHT? EASY. JUST EASY. IT’S JUST WILD OUT THERE. HEY, MUCH MORE AHEAD, INCLUDING SPEED SKATING. PLUS, WE HAVE THE INCREDIBLE COMEBACK STORY OF ONE FIGURE SKATER. AND HE IS A SERIOUS OLYMPIC SKIER WITH A SILLY SIDE. YOU’RE GOING TO MEET ALEX TEAM USA OLYMPIC SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING TEAM IS SET. IT’S FAST, FURIOUS AND REBUILT. EIGHT MEN AND WOMEN WILL COMPETE IN MILAN. IN THIS SPORT IS A CROWD FAVORITE. 4 TO 8 PEOPLE DEPENDING ON THE RACE. ON THE LINE, THE GUN GOES OFF AND YOU CAN GO WHEREVER YOU WANT AS LONG AS IT’S WITHIN THE CONES. CRASHES ARE INEVITABLE. THEY’RE KIND OF LIKE SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN FOR THE SPORT TO BE EXCITING. SHORT TRACK? DEFINITELY. YOU DON’T EVER KNOW WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. SKATING IS A GOOD SPORT FOR KIDS THAT HATE LOSING. AND THIS YEAR’S TEAM HAS NO PLANS. BY THE WAY, TO LOSE IN MILAN IN LONG TRACK SPEED SKATING, ATHLETES RACE THE CLOCK AND EACH OTHER. THE DISTANCES RANGE FROM 500 TO 10,000M. TEAM USA ATHLETES CREDIT THEIR HOME ICE AT THE UTAH OLYMPIC OVAL FOR GIVING THEM AN EDGE. WHY DO THEY SAY THIS IS THE FASTEST ICE ON EARTH? PART OF IT HAS TO DO WITH BEING AT 4000FT ABOVE SEA LEVEL. I JUST REMEMBER COMING HERE AS A KID AND WALKING THE BUILDING AND LIKE FEELING THE GRAVITY OF THIS PLACE. SO THIS YEAR’S OLYMPIC TEAM IS MADE UP OF NEWBIES AND VETERANS, LIKE FOUR TIME OLYMPIC SPEED SKATER AND TWO TIME BRONZE MEDALIST BRITTANY BOWE. I’M STILL CHASING THAT ULTIMATE DREAM OF BECOMING OLYMPIC CHAMPION. I WANT NOTHING LESS THAN TO STEP ON THE TOP OF THAT PODIUM, BUT I’M GOING TO ENJOY THE PROCESS. I’M GOING TO ENJOY, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IT TAKES TO SET MYSELF UP FOR SUCCESS. THE WINTER OLYMPICS RETURNS TO UTAH IN 2034 AND WILL FEATURE VENUES FROM THE 2002 GAMES, LIKE THE UTAH ICE OVAL. IT’S CONSIDERED ONE OF THE STRONGEST U.S. FIGURE SKATING TEAMS EVER. 16 ATHLETES WILL HEAD TO ITALY. THE MEN ARE LED BY REIGNING FOUR TIME U.S. CHAMPION ILYA MALININ, WHO HASN’T LOST A SINGLE COMPETITION IN MORE THAN TWO YEARS. COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE QUAD GOD. ALSO MAKING THE CUT ANDREW TORGASHEV AND MAKSIM NAUMOV. THE WOMEN HAVE THEIR FIRST SHOT AT GOLD IN MORE THAN 20 YEARS. AMBER GLENN IS A THREE TIME U.S. CHAMPION. ALYSA LIU IS THE REIGNING WORLD CHAMP, AND ISABELLE LAVITO IS THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF THE TEAM AT JUST 18. IN PAIRS, THE REIGNING TWO TIME CHAMPIONS DID NOT MAKE THE CUT BECAUSE OF CITIZENSHIP ISSUES. THE U.S. WILL BE REPRESENTED BY BRONZE MEDALIST ELLIE KAMM AND DANNY O’SHEA, ALONG WITH SPENCER HOWE AND EMILY CHAN, AND OUR THREE ICE DANCE TEAMS ARE LED BY MADISON CHOCK AND EVAN BATES. THEY ARE THREE TIME REIGNING WORLD CHAMPS AND JUST WON THEIR SEVENTH NATIONAL TITLE. ALYSSA LIU STUNNED THE FIGURE SKATING WORLD WHEN SHE RETIRED AT 16. SO THE CALIFORNIA SKATER SHOCKED THE WORLD AGAIN LAST SEASON, THOUGH, WHEN SHE RETURNED TO THE SPORT AND WON A WORLD TITLE. OUR FIRST OLYMPIC CORRESPONDENT, DEIRDRE FITZPATRICK, TALKED WITH HER ABOUT THE POWER OF TAKING A BREAK. GO DO IT AGAIN BECAUSE YOU’RE GOING TO DO THIS AGAIN ANYWAY. C RIGHT, I THINK IT’S. I THINK WHOEVER SAID QUITTERS NEVER WIN, NEVER MET ALYSA LIU. I WAS DONE A YEAR BEFORE I QUIT. I KNEW I WANTED TO BE DONE WAY BEFORE I ACTUALLY ANNOUNCED MY RETIREMENT. 2022 WORLD CHAMPION BRONZE MEDALIST ON THE OUTSIDE, MISERABLE TEENAGER ON THE INSIDE. I DIDN’T CARE FOR MY CHOREOGRAPHY. THE DRESSES, EVERY. THAT WAS ALL KIND OF PICKED FOR ME. SO I STARTED TO THINK LIKE, WHY AM I DOING THIS? AND I JUST WANTED TO SEE MY FRIENDS, MY FAMILY. I WAS 16, HOMESICK. SHE RETIRED TO BECOME A TEENAGER, TRADING THE ICY COLD FOR THE WARMTH OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS, HIKING THE HIMALAYAS AND COLLEGE AT UCLA. I WOULDN’T EVEN STEP IN THE RINK. HONESTLY, I WAS LOW KEY, A LITTLE BIT TRAUMATIZED WITH THE ENTRANCE AND THE EXIT. BUT TWO YEARS LATER, THE ATHLETE WHO’D BEEN THE YOUNGEST U.S. FIGURE SKATING CHAMP AT 13 AND THE FIRST U.S. FEMALE FIGURE SKATER TO LAND A QUADRUPLE JUMP IN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION, UNRETIRED. NOT EVERYONE THOUGHT COMING OUT OF RETIREMENT WAS A GOOD IDEA, STARTING WITH HER COACH, I SAID, PLEASE DON’T, I REALLY DID. I SAID, PLEASE DON’T RESPECT YOUR LEGACY. PHILIP DEGUGLIELMO HAS COACHED ELISSA SINCE SHE WAS FIVE. WE HAD A ZOOM CALL FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS, AND THE STORY IS I HAD A LOT OF GLASSES OF WINE OVER THAT TWO HOURS, AND SHE TALKED ME INTO HER COMEBACK. JUST SEVEN MONTHS OF TRAINING AND A LOT OF SELFIES. LATER, ALYSA LIU WON A WORLD TITLE IN THE SPORT. SHE LEFT AS A CHILD, BUT RETURNED TO AS AN ADULT. NOBODY’S EVER TAKEN THIS TIME OFF, COME BACK AND WON THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. I HAVE A PERSPECTIVE THAT NOT MANY OF THE ATHLETES RIGHT NOW IN THE SPORT HAVE. SO MANY PEOPLE. THEIR GOAL IS OLYMPICS, AND WHEN THEY GET THERE AND IT’S OVER, IT’S LIKE THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO. YOU’VE KNOWN HER SINCE SHE WAS FIVE YEARS OLD. WHAT’S THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE NOW IN THE COACHING RELATIONSHIP? BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE A 20 YEAR OLD ADULT, MY FIVE YEAR OLD ALYSSA OR SIX YEAR OLD ALYSSA DIDN’T TALK BACK. SHE DIDN’T EVEN TALK. NOW SHE LIKES TO TALK BACK. NO, NOW SHE’S IN CHARGE. IT’S ABOUT ALYSSA SHOWING WHAT IT’S LIKE TO LOVE WHAT YOU’RE DOING SO MUCH THAT YOU BECOME THE BEST IN THE WORLD AT IT, THE BEST IN THE WORLD, WHILE ALSO BEING THE HAPPIEST GIRL ON THE ICE. PROVING TWO THINGS CAN BE TRUE. AND SOMETIMES QUITTING IS THE QUICKEST WAY TO WINNING AGAIN. ON THE ROAD TO MILAN CORTINA. I’M DEIRDRE FITZPATRICK, I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE HER THIS TIME AROUND. NOW, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT WE’VE ALL WANTED A LITTLE ESCAPE FROM REALITY, AND FREESTYLE SKIER ALEX FERREIRA HAS FOUND A WAY TO HAVE FUN WHILE ALSO DEALING WITH THE SERIOUS BUSINESS OF MAKING THE OLYMPIC TEAM FIRST. OLYMPIC CORRESPONDENT JASON NEWTON SHOWS US THE UNUSUAL WAY ALEX TAKES THE EDGE OFF, EVEN THIS DRIED UP OLD HOT DOG. I NEED YOUR PULSE. NO. THEY’RE MINE. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? THIS IS HOT DOG ON A GRAY HAIRED SKI BUM WHO LEAVES PEOPLE MORE WORRIED THAN WOWED. THAT’S UNTIL HE LAUNCHES MOVES FIT FOR PRO. A YOUNGER PRO, SOMEONE LIKE ALEX FERREIRA. BASICALLY BEING HANS. MY LIFE. ALEX IS SO INTENSE AND SERIOUS AND ON A RIGID SCHEDULE ALL THE TIME. DON’T BELIEVE HIM. EXHIBIT A EVERY DAY I EAT OATMEAL, TEN BLUEBERRIES, NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS. EXACTLY TEN. EXACTLY TEN. TEN IN THE FRIDGE. WHAT HAPPENS? WE GOT A PROBLEM. GO LIKE THAT. HANS IS A BIT MORE FREE. HE’S ALEX’S ALTER EGO. AND ALEX HAS LAYERS OF MAKEUP TO PROVE IT. A DEPARTURE FROM REAL LIFE TO LET LOOSE. BEING ABLE TO LET MY CREATIVE JUICES FLOW AND JUST RELAX FOR A BIT AND HAVE SOME FUN AND LET MY HAIR DOWN AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SAY BEING HANS IS I CAN FINALLY BE MYSELF A LITTLE BIT BEING HIMSELF A TWO TIME OLYMPIC MEDALIST IN THE FREESKI HALFPIPE, A DISCIPLINE NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART. IT LOOKS FUN, IT LOOKS SAFE. AND THEN WHEN YOU GET THERE IN REAL LIFE, YOU REALIZE WE’RE JUMPING OFF OF PURE ICE AND LANDING ON PURE ICE, AND WE’RE GOING REALLY HIGH IN THE AIR, AND IT’S VERY DANGEROUS. AND YOU’RE THINKING, WOW, THESE GUYS ARE OUT OF THEIR MINDS. CRAZY LIKE A FOX. GETTING AIR THESE DAYS IS ABOUT BEING GROUNDED. I’M STARTING TO TAKE MYSELF MUCH MORE PROFESSIONALLY AND REALLY JUST HONE IN AND FOCUS AND GET DOWN TO BUSINESS. AND THAT’S WHAT’S ENABLED ALL THESE AMAZING RESULTS. HEY OLD MAN, DO SOMETHING COOL. I’M LOOKING FOR SOME STYLE. JUST WAITING. SIMPLY AMAZING. JUST AS HANS OR MAYBE NOT. HANS. ASK ALEX. I MEAN, IT’S EXCITING. IT’S THE LAST TIME AROUND FOR ME, SO I’M TRYING TO ENJOY IT. ABSOLUTELY. TO THE MAXIMUM AND FEEL ALL THE FEELS. GET IT ALL IN THERE AND DO MY BEST. I’VE GOT THE BRONZE, I’VE GOT THE SILVER. IT’S TIME TO COMPLETE THE SET WITH GOLD, RIGHT AT FREESKI. HALFPIPE IS RELATIVELY NEW TO THE WINTER GAMES. IT DEBUTED BACK IN 2014, IN SOCHI ON THE ROAD TO MILAN-CORTINA. I’M JASON NEWTON. WHETHER IT’S VIDEOGRAPHY, RETIRING AND UNRETIRING OR ALTER EGOS, IT’S ALL TO AVOID. BURNOUT IS WHAT WE’RE SAYING. YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON. WELL, FROM SHOWING OFF TO SHOWING UP, THE HOCKEY PLAYER WHO’S NOW A HOCKEY MOM, PLUS HEADING TO HER FIFTH OLYMPICS. HOW LINDSEY VONN IS INSPIRING HER FELLOW U.S. SKI TEAM MEMBERS TO RETHINK THEIR CAREERS. 20-14…. AND ON THE WOMEN’S SIDE… TEAM USA IS HEADING INTO THE GAMES.. WITH 23 PLAYERS.. AND 11 OF THEM… HAVE OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE. WOMEN’S HOCKEY BECAME A WINTER OLYMPICS MEDAL SPORT, AT THE 19- 98 GAMES IN NaGANO . SINCE THE FIRST PUCK DROPPED…. TEAM U-S-A AND CANADA…. HAVE DOMINATED! COMBINED, THEY’VE WON ALL 7 OF THE GOLD MEDALS. HEARST OLYMPIC CORRESPONDENT FLETCHER MACKEL INTRODUCES US TO KENDALL COYNE SCHOFIELD … WHO’S REDEFINING THE TERM ‘HOCKEY MOM’. THE COLLEGE HOCKEY PLAYER OF THE YEAR, A 3 TIME OLYMPIC MEDALIST, THE FIRST WOMAN TO COMPETE IN AN NHL ALL-STARS SKILLS COMPETITION AND A CHAMPION IN THE NEW WOMEN’S PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE.KENDALL COYNE SCHOFIELD HAS DONE IT ALL ON THE ICE. kendall coyne schofield: hockey has been a part of my life my entire life. when you look at kendall’s social media it’s easy to see how much hockey means to herbut the sport is now secondarybecause her new one true love, is her son drew kendall coyne schofield “motherhood has provided me with so much more patience and perspective. COYNE SCHOFIELD IS NOW FAMOUSLY REDEFINING THE TERM “HOCKEY MOM” WITH MOM BEING THE MOST IMPORTANT PART. kendall coyne schofield: no matter what, win lose draw, every day you walk in the door and see your son, he doesn’t care, he’s just so happy to see his mom he doesn’t care how hockey went MARRIED TO RETIRED NFL OFFENSIVE LINEMAN AND SUPER BOWL CHAMPION MICHAEL SCHOFIELD, WE HAD TO KENDALLWHAT SPORT WILL YOUNG DREW PLAY? <kendall coyne schofield: we said we’ll let him find his own way, weather that’s in sports, art, music, whatever it may be, obviously if he wants to play football or hockey mom or dad may be able to provide some tips here and there but if he doesn’t like either, that’s fine too. we’ll support whatever he does because that’s what our parents did for us and that allowed us to reach the pinnacle of our sports.> WELL SAID, ON THE ROAD TO MILAN CORTINA, I’M FLETCHER MACKEL. MAKING THE TEAM ISN’T ENOUGH. ALPINE SKIER LINDSEY VONN WANTS TO WIN IN MILAN CORTINA. THE 41-YEAR OLD’S RETURN TO SKIING… AFTER A FIVE YEAR RETIREMENT.. IS CHALLENGING “WHAT’S POSSIBLE” IN WINTER SPORTS. HEARST OLYMPIC CORRESPONDENT DEIRDRE FITZPATRICK… SHOWS US… IT’S CHANGING HOW OTHER ATHLETES, LOOK AT THEIR OWN CAREERS. nats of competition LINDSEY VONN MAY BE THE GREATEST SKIER OF ALL TIME. BUT SHE WASN’T GREAT AT RETIREMENT. IN HER COMEBACK SEASON AFTER A FIVE YEAR ABSENCE–VONN FINISHED SECOND IN THE FINAL WORLD CUP RACE. SHE HEADS INTO OLYMPIC QUALIFYING FOR MILAN – CORTINA AT THE AGE OF 41 IN A SPORT WHERE THE AVERAGE FEMALE COMPETITOR IS 26. Deirdre Fitzpatrick\/Hearst Olympic Correspondent: I have really loved watching Lindsey Vonn coming back in. Probably because I’m older than she is. I am curious what influence this is having on the 20-30 somethings in the sport now? Are people looking at the sport in a different way? Bryce Bennett\/2-Time Olympic Skier: Someone like Lindsey was dealing with so much injury throughout her career . She probably stepped away, got healthy and was like I haven’t felt this good in forever. IN HER 2022 MEMOIR “RISE: MY STORY” — VONN TALKED ABOUT YEARS OF INJURIES. BUT IN 2024 — A PARTIAL KNEE REPLACEMENT CHANGED EVERYTHING. Vonn has shared the experience with her 2.6 million instagram followers about her rehab, her crazy strength workouts and determination to find out what’s possible after age 40. AJ Hurt\/Olympic Skier: I think it’s so amazing. I, we, I think girls specifically, I’ve been told especially us, I’ve been told we peak at 21 athletically, which I think is so bizarre. And I’m and totally wrong. And if you look at not even just Lindsey, I mean, she’s kind of an outlier, but the top girls in giant slalom right now are all over 30, or most of them are over 30. Keely Cashman\/ Olympic Skier: a lot of times we feel the time cap or you’re peaking when you’re 25 to 30 and there’s this expectation that if you’re not doing it as this point you’re never going to do it and i think that Lindsey has completely shattered that for everyone, it’s pretty awesome. MILAN CORTINA WOULD BE A FIFTH OLYMPIC TEAM FOR LINDSEY VONN. A JOURNEY ALL SEEM TO ADMIRE…BUT NOT ALL WANT TO REPLICATE. Bryce Bennett\/2-Time Olympic Skier: I applaud her. I won’t be 40 years old ski racing I guarantee that. ON THE ROAD TO MILAN-CORTINA, I’M DEIRDRE FITZPATRICK. THE CLOCK IS TICKING DOWN… TO THE OPENING CEREMONY ON FEBRUARY 6TH. OUR HEARST OLYMPIC TEAM… WILL ONCE AGAIN BE ON THE GROUND… COVERING ALL OF THE ACTION FOR YOU. SO KEEP IT HERE ON WLWT… FOR ALL THE UPDATES.. AS WE TAKE YOU ON THE ROAD TO MILAN CORTINA. THANKS FOR JOINING US.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Ohio native Philips posts shutout as United States beats Switzerland in Olympics<\/p>\n
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