| From The GIST Team |
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| Buongiorno and welcome to our first daily Olympic newsletter of the Milano Cortina Games. Every Monday through Friday, we'll be here breaking down the biggest storylines, tallying up the latest medal count (starting on Monday!), curating the can't-miss events, and so much more. The next viral chocolate muffin? Yep, we'll have that too.
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| Snapshots from Milano Cortina |
| 🏒 Defensewoman and friend of The GIST Laila Edwards made history in yesterday's tourney-opening 5–1 preliminary round win over Czechia, becoming the first Black woman to ever hit the ice for the U.S. Olympic women's hockey team.
⛷️ American skier Mikaela Shiffrin is officially narrowing her focus and will compete in three events these Games: the slalom, giant slalom, and slalom in the team combined event. That's half the races she entered in 2022, when she left the Winter Games without a medal. Eyes on the prize. 🥌 Power outages aside, it's been a perfect start for the red, white, and blue's mixed doubles curling team of Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin, who beat previously undefeated Team Canada 7–5 this morning. Rock on. 🏂 The 12-snowboarder men's big air final is set after yesterday's qualification round. Headlining the star-studded field? Reigning gold medalist Yiming Su of China, two-time X Games gold medalist Hiroto Ogiwara of Japan, and seventeen-year-old American Ollie Martin. Steezy. ⛸️ The fan favorite figure skating action begins with this weekend's team event, a three-day competition featuring 10 countries, including the reigning gold and silver medalists, the U.S. and Japan.
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| Olympic Deep Dive |
⛷️ Never back down Source: People.com The GIST: Thought gilded American skier Lindsey Vonn's comeback was over when she ruptured her ACL last week? Think again. With just two days until Vonn plans to compete for a fourth career Olympic medal, let's explain the stunning feat she has on deck. Olympians, they're not like us. 🤔 How can she ski on that injury?: When you hear "ACL injury," your mind might jump to athletes like college basketball star JuJu Watkins or Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who are sidelined for nine to 12 months.
⏰ It all goes down Sunday at 5:30 a.m. ET: Boasting an ironclad reputation as one of the greatest skiers of all time, 41-year-old Vonn has nothing left to prove — or if you ask her, she has nothing to lose. A medal favorite before the injury, now Vonn's ready for one more attempt at 90 seconds of glory. Simply legendary. |
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| From The Group Chat |
| Welcome to our new section on the culture of the Games, courtesy of The Group Chat. Here's what's buzzing in The GIST HQ's Slack channel as the Olympics get underway.
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| Presented By Unrivaled Source: Unrivaled and The GIST 🔥 It's time for The Heat Check, our weekly segment spotlighting Unrivaled's spiciest showdowns. Eight games will grace our screens over the next few days, each one offering the perfect mix of storylines and superstars, but one's topping our must-watch list: 🦉 Lunar Owls BC at 👟 Laces BC — Tonight at 8:45 p.m. ET — TNT
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