Noelle Pikus Pace: The Price Paid to Become an Olympic Champion

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 5 August 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

It was "the moment of the games" and one that will be forever etched into Olympic history—the moment when skeleton athlete Noelle Pikus Pace cleared a barricade to jump into the stands and celebrate her silver medal victory with her family. What you may not know is the road that brought Noelle to that moment: a runaway bobsled, days and weeks spent away from her young family, a shoestring dragging on the ice, and a miscarriage that led to a decision to come back one more time to a sports she loves. This is Noelle Pikus Pace’s journey to a silver medal, a medal she says was “as good as gold.”

"I didn't lose the gold medal, I won the silver.”

Show Notes

1:57- Skeleton
5:54- Maintaining Focus
7:49- Adversity
11:37- We Never Lose
14:58- A Family Goal
20:07- “He is the Finish Line”
22:31- “Where You Look is Where You’ll Go”
25:33- A Bucket List
30:05- Competing Vs. Comparing
33:32- “Expect the Best”
37:24- What Does It Mean To Be “All In” the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

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0:00.0	If you watched the 2014 Winter Lumpet games, chances are you remember seeing the clip of
0:07.0	Noel Pikes pace clearing a barricade and jumping into the stands and into the arms of her
0:13.4	family to celebrate her silver medal run in the skeleton.
0:17.5	It was called the best moment of the games.
0:20.5	Shortly after her silver medal winning performance, Noel said, this is everything I could have
0:25.8	imagined and more, just to have my family here with me and all of the love and support
0:31.0	and cheers we've had and all of the trials we've had to overcome to come to this moment.
0:36.4	This is as good as gold.
0:38.5	Today we talk with Noel about the trials she faced on her road to the silver medal and
0:43.4	the role of her goals and her faith along the way.
0:47.4	Noel Pikes pace is a two-time Olympian and 2014 Olympic silver medalist.
0:53.7	She is also a two-time world champion as well as an author and motivational speaker.
0:59.1	She and her husband, Jansen, have been married for 18 years and are the parents of four children.
1:04.6	This is All-In, an LDS living podcast where we ask the question, what does it really mean
1:12.8	to be All-In the gospel of Jesus Christ?
1:15.5	I'm Morgan Jones and I am honored to have Noel Pikes pace on the line with me today.
1:20.6	Noel, welcome.
1:21.7	Thank you.
1:22.6	It's so good to be here, Morgan.
1:24.7	Well I have been a fan.
1:27.1	I own your book.
1:28.6	You should know that.
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