We're still in the QISE prelims, so there's not a lot to report today. Brianna Decker, a member of the US Women's Hockey team, had a bad leg injury in their first game, taking her out of QISE. Would she have gotten injured if she had been able to train normally, instead of in an isolated COVID bubble? Hard to say. We know that athletes are terrified of getting a positive COVID result, as it will dash their QISE hopes. In some cases, athletes can't even board a plane to go to Beijing. We'll see how this affects QISE as a whole.
Tonight, NBC dropped their first prime time show of the games. Mike Torico leads it off at the faux-ski chalet, talking about all of China's political issues. Then it's off to the Moguls--cowabunga, dude--and the start of the over-produced skating program. We learned how Tara and Johnny will show off their fashion--in a proper studio, using tall chairs like you would see on the Today show. For a moment, I thought I had accidentally switched over to E!
Well, I'm going to bed early, in order to catch the Opening Ceremonies at 6:30a. If you're a sleepyhead, you can see it again in prime time, but expect a lot of edits, as well as various packages setting up pre-planned US storylines.