hopeful mariah bell. good to see you, adam, thanks for joining us. i do want to ask, the chinese government has warned athletes about censorship laws they have in china. they don t want any political comments during the games. generally have you heard from athletes that are concerned on limits of the speech? i think, like every games, there s going to be some sort of political talk. you can t avoid it at an olympics because you are on the world stage where everyone is watching. what i hope with the games is that, like, there s so much attention brought to the issues about human rights that it puts pressure on the chinese government to really address it. i know that, you know, when you think about it, you re like, why should the games even you know, why should you award the games to a country who has these things going on?
have an olympics after it was postponed and the athletes here are so focused on what their job is. and their focus is to have the best experience they can. and these athletes will. they showed up prepared. they re ready to go. you re in beijing because you re coaching mariah bell. her supporters are not able to be there with her. how is she doing? is she doing okay without family and supporters? yes. she is doing great. in the ladies event, it can be a really young event. there s a lot of teenagers. and my student, obviously, i have the oldest girl here. i was like, listen, being hold s amazing. when i say old, she is 25, and she is the oldest female skater from the u.s. to come to the olympic games in 94 years. if that doesn t make you want to drop dead on the spot, i don t