Christine Brennan

Thanks.

Yeah, you know what?

We're getting a little sick of each other, just the two of us, so it's good to have you join.

You certainly mentioned one right off the bat, Ilya Malinin, who is the quad god.

As you said, he is two-time world champ, four-time U.S.

national champ.

He is the prohibitive favorite to win the men's gold medal early in the Olympics, the first week.

So it's, in fact, the team competition is beginning on the same day as the opening ceremony.

So you'll see Ilya Malinin.

you know, probably quite early in the Olympics.

But as Brian knows well, you know, the winter sports by design are ice and snow.

And that means that they can be very slippery.

It's not like someone swimming in a pool.

And yes, something can go wrong for Katie Ledecky, but the odds are it's not going to be the elements.

And yet with ice, with snow, that skating is a slippery sport.

Delia Malinin, we're going to be keeping an eye on Amber Glenn, the three-time U.S.

Women's champ, and also Alyssa Liu, the defending world champion on the women's side.

And then, of course, there are the other sports, including skiing, two huge names, Michaela Schifrin and Lindsey Vonn.

So it's really, this is a stacked, power-packed U.S.

Brian, I agree with you on that.