Olympic medalist Noelle Pikus Pace on sharing the light of the gospel by being a covenant keeper
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🗓️ 16 December 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Noelle Pikus Pace is an Olympic medalist, speaker, author, Gospel Doctrine teacher, wife, mother and member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Her faith and understanding of her identity as a child of God have helped her through all her Olympian experiences, both trials and wins. She won a silver medal at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, where she wore her Young Women necklace on the medals podium.
She joins Church News reporter Mary Richards to discuss the thrill and danger of skeleton racing, her recovery through faith amid massive setbacks, and how keeping on the covenant path has helped in every area of her life.
The Church News Podcast is a weekly podcast that invites listeners to make a journey of connection with members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints across the globe. Hosts Jon Ryan Jensen, editor of the Church News, and Church News reporter Mary Richards share unique views of the stories, events, and people who form this international faith. With each episode, listeners are asked to embark on a journey to learn from one another and ponder, “What do I know now?” because of the experience. Produced by KellieAnn Halvorsen.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast was recorded prior to the passing of President Russell M. Nelson, |
| 0:04.5 | 17th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
| 0:08.1 | Some edits have been made to note his passing and some interviews include remarks made before his death. |
| 0:32.6 | I know now that as I fully go all into my covenants, that the Lord is painting this beautiful canvas, whether I'm going through challenges or hardships or being shaped or molded in a way that I don't feel comfortable |
| 0:39.1 | in, I do know that it is who God needs me to be because I know that I'm a daughter of God. |
| 0:44.8 | So no matter what experiences I face, and even though it might take more time than I'd hope, |
| 0:51.6 | going through some of those hard, hard things and some of those blessings |
| 0:54.6 | won't come until the next life. And I know that. But in knowing that I am a daughter of God, |
| 1:00.2 | it helps me to strive to keep my covenants each and every day. And in keeping my covenants |
| 1:04.5 | each and every day, I know that my path can't go wrong. I know that it's going to be okay, |
| 1:10.0 | and it's going to be better than okay. And it's such |
| 1:12.4 | a blessing to know that we have this opportunity to make and keep covenants with a loving Heavenly |
| 1:18.4 | Father. This is Mary Richards, reporter at the Church News. |
| 1:29.3 | Welcome to the Church News podcast. |
| 1:31.3 | Today we are taking you on a journey of connection as we discuss news and events of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
| 1:39.3 | Noelle Picus Pace is an Olympic medalist, speaker, author, wife, mother, and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
| 1:55.0 | And while those labels are important to her, her faith in and understanding of her identity as a child of God have helped her through |
| 2:03.3 | a deluge of Olympian trials and blessed wins. As a silver medalist at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, |
| 2:11.7 | she proudly wore her young women necklace on the medals podium. And now in 2025, |
| 2:19.5 | she continues to live her faith, |
| 2:26.2 | sharing her light as an inspirational speaker, writer, gospel doctrine teacher, parent, and more. |
| 2:33.2 | She joins this episode of the Church News podcast to discuss everything from the thrill and danger of skeleton racing, her recovery through faith |
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