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Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom Live 20220213 10:44:00

American citizen. shf she was one of the women forging the way, allowing for women to have another medal opportunity. gender gap is closing. men have 51 events at these winter games, while the women now have 46, in large part thanks to kaill iie. she was chosen as flag bearer, but had to miss the opening ceremony. elana is one of the few athletes who was allowed to bring her child to these games. 2-year-old son nico, born deaf in both ears, diagnosed with down syndrome. she says raising nico and much better than any medal she could ever win. being nico s mom is the biggest achievement of my life. he is such a ray of sunshine, he s ball of joy, and i can t imagine life without him. and i can t believe i competed this long without him, because he just brings so much more passion to my sport, believe it or not, because i know that every day i go out there, i want ....

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Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom Live 20220213 08:25:00

First two runs. we got runs three and four on monday there in beijing. but there is so much more to her story. it s a really powerful one. elaina was one of the few athletes who was allowed to bring her child to the games. 2-year-old nico, born deaf in both ears, was diagnosed with down syndrome. she says raising nico is much better than any medal she can win. being nico s mom is the biggest achievement of my life. he is such a ray of sunshine, a ball of joy. i can t imagine life without him, and i can t believe i competed this long without him. because he just brings so much more passion to my sport, believe it or not. because i know that every day i go out there, i want to show him that it s possible to go after your dreams, it s possible to go after your goals. more so now than ever, i m doing this for a greater purpose. elana s words very, very powerful indeed. with that, i ll send it right ....

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