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#ICYMI - Olympic Alpine Skiing, with Erin Mielzynski and Andrew Weibrecht

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🗓️ 22 February 2018

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

We’re going downhill, fast. Hosts Gary O’Reilly and Chuck Nice descend into the world of Olympic alpine skiing with Olympic skiers Erin Mielzynski (Team Canada) and Andrew Weibrecht (Team USA), physicist John Eric Goff, and Jake Stevens, the US Race Director at Rossignal. NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can watch or listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://www.startalkradio.net/all-access/olympic-alpine-skiing-with-erin-mielzynski-and-andrew-weibrecht/

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0:00.0

I'm Gary O'Reilly. And I'm Chuck Nice. This is playing with science. So okay, people

0:15.8

once again. It's time to suit up, strap in and ski like you stole it. Because this

0:21.5

show is going to go downhill like the opening of a bond movie. Oh, that's very exciting.

0:26.4

Like that. Well, people will be turning around and shooting at one another while they're

0:29.1

skiing because that you never know. You know, Alpine skiing has everything science technology,

0:35.2

tenacity, technique, and of course, snow. Plus the ever-present danger that comes when

0:41.3

you play with gravity. Yes. And who better to bring the science of skiing than the author?

0:46.7

Of gold medal physics are very good friend, Professor Eric Gough from Lynchburg College

0:51.8

in Virginia. Whilst we bring you a masterclass from two-time Olympians, Tim Canada's fabulous

1:00.1

Aaron Malsinsky and team USA's Warhorse himself Andrew Vibrict. And if that is not enough

1:06.1

for you, a close will have on Jake Stevens, the US race director at Rosignor, one of if

1:14.0

not the leading ski manufacturer in the world. Yeah. So let's get stuck. Shall we come out

1:23.7

of the gates right now? How do you start a heat there, Aaron? What's it called when you start a heat?

1:30.5

For dual, you say attention and then it starts beeping and go. And for what I do, it's just race

1:36.4

you're ready. Go. Race ready. Go. So let's do that. Okay. So for those of you who are wondering who

1:42.8

that wonderful voice is, this is Aaron Malsinsky. She is part of Tim Canada's ski team down in South

1:49.6

Korea, a Pyeongchang. You've been to the Olympics twice before. So is this going to be something

1:57.7

that you feel right? I've been here. I understand we go forward with this or is it still, it's the

2:03.7

Olympics are nervous. I think it's always going to be it's still in picks and you're going to be

2:09.1

nervous with that. But I think with each year, I get a little bit more comfortable. I know what to

2:13.8

expect. I know what I'm capable of. And I mean, I've had success and I've had failure and I've

2:19.0

learned from each. And so I'm excited to kind of bring that forward as a more mature athlete. Of

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