It's Day -1 to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, and the action is heating up (but the weather isn't). Jill didn't pack her recording microphone before she headed out of the hotel, so enjoy the ambience of the Main Media Center. She has been out to the two other competition zones: Yanqing and Zhangjiakou, both of which involve immense planning to get to, and both of which are cold. Very cold.

Jill also went to the kickoff event of these Games: Mixed Doubles curling at the Ice Cube (formerly the Water Cube). Four games at once is kind of difficult to watch, but the play was exciting (although depending on the end, the British journalists often declared the Great Britain/Sweden game a "disaster." Great Britain won).

Our first TKFLASTANI competed! Jill saw moguls skier Brad Wilson compete in the first qualifying round for the men's moguls competition. Will he be able to make the finals?

Alison's got the scoop on the US women's first ice hockey game and a horrible break for our TKFLASTANI Brianna Decker.

What officiating/volunteer job do we want? Which TKFLASTANIs are competing next? Listen to find out!

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Want a transcript of this episode? Find it here: https://wp.me/pbRtIx-1FL

Thanks so much for listening, and until tomorrow, keep the flame alive!

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