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:
Adam Stirn – Ice Hockey Ice Technician
Alex Diebold – Snowboard – Snowboardcross
Andrew Rock – Athletics – 4x400m Relay
Bradley Wilson – Freestyle Skiing – Moguls
Bryan Fletcher – Nordic Combined
Dr. Cat Ariail – Historian & Author
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 – Psychiatrist
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
Giles Long – Paralympic Swimmer/LEXI Graphical System
Grace Hahn – Translator, Interpreter
Hannah Brown – Archery Official
Houry Gebeshian – Artistic Gymnastics
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 Athletics/Para Swimming
Jon Becker – Olympic Auction Consultant
Jordan Gray – Decathlon/Heptathlon
Kelly Claes – Beach Volleyball
Kikkan Randall – Cross-Country Skiing
Dr. Kristin Keim – Sports Psychology
Laura Berg – Softball/Coaching
Leslie Klein – Athlete Transitions/Kayak
Madeline Manning Mims – Athletics/Chaplain – 800m/4x400m relay
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
Dr. Micheal Warren – Political Scientist
Nate Bartholomay – Figure Skating
Pat Burdick – Special Collections Librarian
Pat Pearsall – Figure Skating Costume Design
Phil Andrews – CEO, USA Weightlifting
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
Tom Scott – Karate
Trevor Tiffany – Swimming Pools
Vickie Saunders – Branding Consultant