The US Women's Hockey team are perennial favorites to win a gold medal every 4 years. Since 1998, the US squad has finished among the top 3 in every Winter Olympics. That’s in part thanks to retired American forward Julie Chu.This week on Disrupted, a conversation with the Connecticut native on breaking barriers and competing for gold at the Winter Games. Plus, a look at the biggest story lines coming out of Beijing.

GUESTS:

• Julie Chu - 4-time Olympian and former captain for the US Women’s Ice Hockey Team. She’s now the head women’s ice hockey coach at Concordia University
• Stephanie Apstein - Senior Writer for Sports Illustrated, covering the 2022 Winter Olympics from Beijing

This week's episode was produced by James Szkobel-Wolff, Zshekinah Collier, and Catie Talarski.

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