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yeah. i didn t have the best training coming into finals. it wasn t over until the finish line. after i landed my last jump, you know, i was really proud of myself for the run that i did and i think that kind of showed in my reaction. absolutely. there have been some complaints about the warm weather. any challenges with that? well, at the beginning, it was very cold. the day we actually competed, it got really slushy, so they were a bit like holes that made it harder. the slushy snow did make it a bit of an issue. we did see a bit more crashes than you usually would. dara, can i ask you about your lucky charm i ve read about, that you always have a bracelet in the pocket. ....
Dara and you ve been at this for a while. what does this mean to you to bring this home? will you continue doing this sport? i m definitely going to continue doing this sport. i had a couple rough years with injuries, and to come back and actually no one really saw me at the olympics, and getting that medal is quite the reward. a big exclamation point to my return on skis, i would say. i want to ask you. i m a skier, nowhere near as good as you. but the thought of going between boarding and skiing i understand that you did both for a long time before you set your sights exclusively on skiing. that s correct. i started skiing at 2 1/2 and started snowboarding at 7. to me the mountain was just a playground. i m friends with a lot of snowboarders. i still enjoy hopping on my snowboard and get a few tricks down. dara, was there a point in your run that you just went, i nailed it! i know i did this. ....
Groovy reggae track called appropriately the bobsled song and it s going viral online. it was this team s qualification for the 1988 olympics in alberta that inspired the disney film cool runnings. lolo jones is reportedly none too happy about the current balmy temperatures in sochi. they completed their last practice runs today ahead of tuesday s women s bobsled competition. upset that she can t sport any of her stylish winter gear, apparently. jones says next time sochi should bid for the summer games. today s high there, 55 degrees. canada came on strong, getting its first nine medals at a furious pace. right now canada is in the top five. two of them came from a brand-new event. it s the women s slopestyle ski competition. joining me now are the two big winners, bronze medalist kim lamar and gold medalist dara howell. what an amazing experience for ....
You, i ve got to bet. how stoked are you? i couldn t be happier. it s been quite the journey since i ve gotten to sochi. bringing home this medal is very exciting. yeah. and you got the bronze. and for you, getting the gold. dara, what s that like? yeah, being the first person to ever do it, it s pretty amazing. and standing next to my teammate here, it s pretty awesome. yeah, that must be pretty awesome. what does that mean for the two of you? do you guys compete against each other? it s the olympics, you re rooting for each other. but let s face it, it s hard because it s an individual thing to win. and dara, you can answer that one. yeah. it s an individual sport. but, you know, we re out there having as much fun as possible. and cheering on each other. so yeah, individual sport, but we re all out there rooting for each other. absolutely. kim, i just want to say, you re just a couple years older than ....