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5 Good Things: Meet the Olympic Athletes Already Making History

CNN 5 Things

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Daily News, News

3.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

The Milan Cortina Winter Games have begun, and some athletes have already made history.  We tell you how one state went from the bottom to the top for fourth grade reading and math. A project born out of a family’s loss hopes to save lives by publishing letters written by strangers with reasons to stay. This shellfish was extinct for over 200 years in Dublin Bay until now – and the reason it’s back might surprise you. Plus, a teenage boy is being called a hero after a family kayaking trip turned dangerous.  Host/Producer: Krista Bo Polanco  Producer: Eryn Mathewson, Joshan Chana Showrunner: Faiz Jamil  Senior Producer: Felicia Patinkin  Editorial Support: Samantha Lindell  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey there, welcome. I'm Krista Bo Polanco, and this is CNN Five Good Things. Happy Super Bowl weekend. Before we jump in, I wanted to give you a little extra goodness with an update on a story that we covered last week, which is that the father-daughter duo from Maryland won the Grammy for Best Children's album, making Miss Oravie the youngest Grammy winner ever. Here's some other stories that'll make you smile.

0:22.2

I'm a firm believer that if you pour into the teachers, they can pour into the students.

0:27.0

The state was one of the worst for a kid to get an education, and now it's one of the best.

0:31.5

Then you'll hear some stories from over the pond, like how this seafood delicacy can clean up more than your plate.

0:37.1

And this hopeful corner of the internet exists for people who feel hopeless.

0:41.3

And it all started with one brother's loss.

0:44.0

We've potentially stopped what happened to our family from happening to someone else's family.

0:49.1

That is one of the most incredible things that I will ever be a part of in life.

0:55.0

Plus, I just said, all right, not today, not today, not today.

0:59.4

I have to keep on going.

1:01.2

This teen channeled Thomas the Tank Engine to save his stranded family.

1:05.4

And we're all cheering on US ski star Lindsay Vaughn,

1:08.1

so when we come back hear about some other athletes making history

1:11.2

at the Winter Olympics.

1:19.5

The Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games are underway in Italy, and after more than a decade

1:24.3

on the bench, NHL players will be back on the ice.

1:45.6

The league's players have had to sit out the last two Olympics because of regular season conflicts and then because of COVID. So New York Rangers player Vincent Trocheck is pumped to play for Team USA. I think the NHL is the best league in the world and the best players in the world play in the NHL and you want to see the best on best just like you do in every other competition.

1:50.4

And these women will have already made history before the first medal is even handed out.

1:55.3

Layla Edwards from Cleveland, Ohio is the first black woman to ever compete on the U.S. Olympic hockey team.

1:56.8

On Thursday, she helped Team USA beat the Czech Republic 5 to 1 in its first pre-lim match.

2:01.6

The 22-year-old told CNN, this is a dream 12 years in the making, ever since she watched Team USA play their rival Canada in the final.

2:08.6

It just gave me chills.

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