Welcome to TKFLASTAN!
All guests on the show become members of Team Keep the Flame Alive (TKFLA), and let’s face it, with all those consonants, if we add “stan” onto the end of that, we’ve got our own country! But how do you pronounce TKFLASTAN? The dulcet tones of Jason Bryant explain on the audio track, but for visual learners, it’s pronounced TSHOOK-fla-stan (TKF).
Here are our TKFLASTANIs:
Abdi Abdirahman – Athletics – Distance Running
Alejandro Sancho – Greco-Roman Wrestling
Alex Diebold – Snowboard – Snowboardcross
Andrew Rock – Athletics – Relays
Bradley Wilson – Freestyle Skiing – Moguls
Bryan Fletcher – Nordic Combined
Cat Ariail – Author and Historian
Dr. Cathy O’Connor – Team Doctor, Women’s Ice Hockey
Cedric Essiminy – Parc Olympique – Montreal
Chellsie Memmel – Artistic Gymnastics
Chloe Kim – Snowboard – Halfpipe
Clare Egan – Biathlon
Dr. Claudia Reardon – Sports Psychiatrist
Connor Fields – Cycling – BMX Racing
Dan Kent – Weightlifting Officiating
Dawn Harper Nelson – Athletics – Hurdles
DeAnna Price – Athletics – Hammer Throw
Devin Logan – Freestyle Skiing – Slopestyle, Ski Halfpipe
Dominique Jones – 3×3 Basketball
Emily Cook – Freestyle Skiing – Aerials
Evan Dunfee – Athletics – Race Walking
Giles Long – Paralympic Swimmer/LEXI Graphical System
Grace Hahn – Translator, Interpreter
Hannah Brown – Archery Official
Houry Gebeshian – Artistic Gymnastics
Jackie Silva – Volleyball/Beach Volleyball/Activist
Jackie Wong – Figure Skating Analyst
Jacqueline Simoneau – Artistic Swimming (Synchronized Swimming)
Jake Dalton – Artistic Gymnastics
Jason Brown – Cross-Country Analyst
Jason Bryant – Wrestling Announcer – Book Club Guest
Jessie Lichtenberg – Sports Agent
Jessica Leclerc – Ice Hockey Referee
John MacLeod – Water Polo, Film Producer
John Register – Para Swimming/Para Athletics – Long Jump
Jon Becker – Olympic Auction Consultant
Josh Williamson – Bobsled, Beijing 2022 Olympic Hopeful
Kelly Claes – Beach Volleyball
Kikkan Randall – Cross-Country Skiing
Dr. Kristin Keim – Sports Psychology
Leslie Klein – Canoe/NGO Director
Madeline Manning Mims – Athletics – Distance/Chaplain
Madelynn Gorman-Shore – Taekwondo
Maura (Haponski) Grogan – Luge
Mark Clague – National Anthem Expert
Marnie McBean – Team Canada’s Chef de Mission
Martin Atock – Managing Director of Horse Transportation
Maryanne Daniel – Athletics – Race Walking Judge
Matthew Campelli – Sustainability Expert
Meagan Duhamel – Figure Skating
Michael Dobbins – City Planner
Michael Murphy – Para Alpine Skiing
Dr. Micheal Warren – Political Scientist
Michelle Carter – Athletics – Shot Put
Nate Bartholomay – Figure Skating
Ness Murby – Para Athletics – Discus
Pat Burdick – Special Collections Librarian
Pat Pearsall – Figure Skating Costume Design
Phillip Dutton – Equestrian – Eventing
Rebekah Dixon – Figure Skating Mental Coach
Robert Walsh – Paralympic Cross-Country Skiing & Biathlon
Samantha Achterberg Schultz – Modern Pentathlon
Sarah Hendrickson – Ski Jumping
Scott Riewald – US Olympic Committee
Sean Colahan – Video Journalist
Sherry Von Riesen – Team USA’s “Mom”
Susan Sokolowski – Sports Uniform Expert
Sydney Collier – Para Equestrian – Dressage
Tom Scott – Karate
Trevor Tiffany – Swimming Pools
Vickie Saunders – Athlete Branding Expert