<description>&lt;p&gt;Several Washingtonians are competing in the Olympic games in Italy&amp;hellip;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Speed skater Cooper McLeod is one of them.&amp;nbsp; He&amp;rsquo;ll be in his first race on Wednesday.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;He talks about how he's preparing for his first Olympic games.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.kuow.org/donate/seattlenow"&gt;Tap here&lt;/a&gt; to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at &lt;a href="mailto:seattlenow@kuow.org"&gt;seattlenow@kuow.org&lt;/a&gt;, leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or&lt;a href="https://www.kuow.org/feedback"&gt; leave us feedback online&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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"Super Cooper" speed skates from WA to the Olympic games

FEB 10, 202612 MIN
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"Super Cooper" speed skates from WA to the Olympic games

FEB 10, 202612 MIN

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Several Washingtonians are competing in the Olympic games in Italy…  Speed skater Cooper McLeod is one of them.  He’ll be in his first race on Wednesday. He talks about how he's preparing for his first Olympic games. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.  Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.