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🗓️ 10 February 2022
⏱️ 27 minutes
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The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics got underway last week with a lot of questions — questions about China, and about holding another Olympics during a global pandemic. But in the midst of all of that, we’ve seen Olympic athletes from around the world delivering some incredible performances. Today, we dive into some of the stories that have inspired us, shocked us, and made us laugh. Plus, the controversies and Covid-related challenges that have already surfaced during the first week of the Games.
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0:46.0 | The Beijing Winter Olympics began last week with a lot of questions. |
0:57.0 | Questions about the host country, China. Questions about holding another Olympics during a global pandemic. |
1:03.0 | But in the midst of all that and really despite all of that, we've seen Olympic athletes from around the world |
1:08.0 | putting together incredible performances. |
1:24.0 | Today we dive into the stories that have inspired us, shocked us, made us laugh, |
1:30.0 | and made things get a little bit dusty in the family room. |
1:34.0 | Plus the controversies and COVID related challenges that have already surfaced during the first week of the games. |
1:41.0 | From Wondering in the Athletic, I'm Tiffany Oshinsky. |
1:44.0 | And I'm Anders Kaltow. It's Thursday, February 10th, and this is The Lead. |
1:53.0 | So Tiff, it's time for another Olympics episode, which means two things. |
1:58.0 | First, my blood pressure has been skyrocketing as I watch skiing and figure skating in particular, hoping no one crashes or falls. |
2:04.0 | And number two, we are bringing in senior producer of the lead, Matt Strout. |
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