It's Day 12 of the Beijing Winter Olympics! The drama continues on the skating rink, as reprieved ROC skater Kamila Valieva takes to the ice in the Women's short program. She also skates past all of the doping questions sent her way.

Jill reports from the last competition at Big Air, the men's snowboard. Did the competitors get big air? Nine meters seems pretty big.

On today's competition schedule:

• Alpine Skiing – Women's downhill
• Biathlon – Men's relay
• Bobsleigh – 2-man final heats
• Curling – Men's and women's round robin
• Figure Skating – Women's short program
• Freestyle Skiing – Women's freeski slopestyle, men's freeski slopestyle, men's aerials
• Ice Hockey – Men's qualification play-offs
• Nordic Combined – Individual Gundersen large hill/10K
• Snowboard – Women's and men's Big Air
• Speed Skating – Women's and men's pursuit

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It's Day 11 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics! It's Valentine's Day, and although love is in the air, not everyone loves the decision on the Kamila Valieva doping situation, which was announced today. There's still no team medal though, so this story isn't over.

We did have more drama on the ice with the Ice Dancing Free Dance competition. Plus, what are the medal ceremonies like in person? Jill went to some and reports back!

Today's sports schedule includes:

• Bobsleigh – Women's Monobob, heats 3-4; Men's Two-Man, heats 1-2
• Curling – Men's and Women's Round Robin
• Figure Skating – Ice Dance Free Dance
• Freestyle Skiing – Women's Freeski Slopestyle Qualifications, Women's Aerials
• Ice Hockey – Women's Semifinals
• Ski Jumping – Men's Team

For a transcript of this episode, visit: https://wp.me/pbRtIx-1G8

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It's Day 10 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, and TKFLASTAN has made the podium again! TKFLASTANI Erin Jackson competed in the Women's 500m long track speed skating event and won some hardware. What color is it, and (maybe more importantly) did she make Jill cry?

It's a winter wonderland at Beijing 2022, as all three competition sites got snow – which for some competitions, made for a very challenging day indeed. Did the mountain win again? Did the cold and the wind get to the competitors?

Today's sports schedule includes:

• Alpine Skiing – Men's Giant Slalom
• Biathlon – Men's and Women's Pursuit
• Bobsleigh – Women's Monobob
• Cross-Country Skiing – Men's 4x10K Relay
• Curling – Men's and Women's Round Robin
• Freestyle Skiing – Women's Aerials
• Ice Hockey – Men's Preliminaries
• Speed Skating – Men's Team Pursuit and Women's 500m
• Speed Skating – Short Track – Men's 500m, Women's 3000m Relay

At the end of the show, we feature tape from the mixed zone interviews with Erin Jackson's coach Ryan Shimbakuro and with Erin herself.

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It's Day 9 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics - and Alison's excited because it's the start of the ice dancing competition. Jill went to it - was it as good as she hoped?

Today's sports schedule includes:

• Biathlon – Men's 10K Sprint
• Cross-Country Skiing – Women's 4x5K Relay
• Curling – Men's and Women's Tournament
• Figure Skating – Ice Dancing Rhythm Dance
• Ice Hockey – Men's Prelims and Women's Quarterfinals
• Skeleton – Women's
• Ski Jumping – Men's Large Hill
• Snowboard Cross – Mixed Team
• Speed Skating – Women's Team Pursuit Quarterfinals, Men's 500m

For a transcript of today's episode, visit: https://wp.me/pbRtIx-1G4

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It's Day 8 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, and speed is key for today!

Today's sports schedule includes:

• Alpine Skiing
• Biathlon – Women's Sprint with TKFLASTANI Clare Egan
• Cross-Country Skiing – Men's 15K Classic
• Curling – Women's and Men's tournaments with TKFLASTANI John Shuster
• Ice Hockey – Men's prelims and Women's quarterfinals
• Skeleton – Men's finals
• Ski Jumping – Men's Large Hill
• Snowboard – Men's Halfpipe
• Speed Skating – Long Track – Men's 10000m
• Speed Skating – Short Track – various races

Plus, updates on the situation in figure skating, thoughts on country swapping, and Jill locks herself out of her hotel room.

For a transcript of this episode, see here: https://wp.me/pbRtIx-1G2

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It's Day 7 from the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, and skiers are starting to conquer the mountain, rather than the other way around!

Plus, Nathan Chen delivered a performance that got Jill and Alison in the feels, and Jill's come up with a new way to rate figure skating.

Today's schedule included:

• Alping Skiing - Men's Combined
• Cross-Country Skiing - Women's 10K Classic
• Curling - Men's and Women's tournament
• Figure Skating - Men's Free Program
• Freestyle Skiing - Team Aerials
• Ice Hockey - Men's tournament
• Luge - Team Relay
• Skeleton - Men's heats
• Snowboard - Women's Halfpipe and Men's Snowboard Cross
• Speed Skating - Women's 5000m

Plus, what officiating/volunteer job we'd like to do!

For a transcript of this episode, go to: https://wp.me/pbRtIx-1G0

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It's Day 6 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, and once again we have the question of who's the real winner: The mountain, or the Alpine skiers? Plus, it's not redemption for Lindsey Jacobellis, TKFLASTAN hits the halfpipe, and do we have another version of Elizabeth Swaney?

Sports on today's program:

• Alpine Skiing – Women's Slalom
• Curling – Men's tournament kicks off
• Freestyle Skiing – Men's Big Air
• Ice Hockey – Men's prelims
• Luge – Doubles
• Nordic Combined – Normal hill
• Snowboard – Men's and women's halfpipe; women's snowboard cross
• Short Track Speed Skating – Men's 1500m, women's 1000m, women's 3000m relay

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It's another great day of competition from Beijing 2022. Jill went to see figure skating - the men's short program - and the finals of mixed doubles curling.

Also on tap today:

• Alpine Skiing - Super G
• Biathlon - Men's Individual
• Freestyle Skiing - Big Air
• Ice Hockey - Women's prelims
• Luge - Women's Singles
• Snowboard - Parallel Giant Slalom
• Speed Skating

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Who's winning the Olympics? The mountains. Alpine Skiing proved to be a tough course, and getting down was a victory all in itself.

Jill went out to the biathlon range to watch TKFLASTANI Clare Egan in the Women's Individual race and witnessed a big day for the US Biathlon team.

It was also a big day for Canada on the ski jump and freestyle slopes, and Irene Wust became the first individual to win gold medals at five different Olympic Games. Take that in for a second. Five. Different. Olympics.

Sports on today's program:

• Alpine Skiing
• Biathlon
• Curling
• Figure Skating
• Freestyle Skiing
• Ice Hockey
• Luge
• Ski Jumping
• Snowboard
• Speed Skating – both short and long track

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It's Day 3 of the Winter Olympics, with so much action (even if races are postponed due to high winds)! Jill's in Beijing today, hanging out at the figure skating, speed skating and ice hockey rinks. Alison's got the news on a momentous medal win for the Silver Ferns of New Zealand.

Plus results from:

• Cross-Country Skiing
• Curling
• Figure Skating
• Freestyle Skiing
• Ice Hockey
• Luge
• Ski Jumping
• Speed Skating
• Snowboard

Plus, what officiating/volunteer job would we do and more!

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