Trailblazers Head to Winter Olympics, Making History (Full Transcript)
[00:00:00] Speaker 1: History already being made even before the Winter Games Olympic Games kickoff. We're talking about Layla Edwards and Tallulah Prue. When Layla takes the ice, she will become the first black woman to ever compete on the U.S. Olympic hockey team. She's 22 years old, she's already a world championship MVP, even still she says this moment feels different. And a fun fact, the Kelsey brothers helped back the fundraising effort to get her whole family to the Games and they are going to be traveling 14 people deep. Then there's 17-year-old Tallulah Prue. She has dual citizenship in the U.S. and Philippines. She will be the first woman ever and youngest athlete ever to represent the Philippines at a Winter Olympics.
[00:00:48] Speaker 2: I can't even believe that I'm going. I don't think it's still fully hit me yet. I just want to show the Philippines and the whole world that Filipinas can do it.
[00:00:57] Speaker 1: Especially when you consider that the Philippines has never officially recorded any snowfall.
- Layla Edwards will be the first Black woman to play on the U.S. Olympic women’s hockey team.
- Edwards is 22 and already a world championship MVP; she notes the Olympics feel uniquely meaningful.
- Fundraising support helped enable Edwards’ extended family (14 people) to attend the Games.
- Tallulah Prue, 17, will be the first woman and youngest athlete to represent the Philippines at a Winter Olympics.
- Prue hopes to inspire Filipinas globally, underscoring representation even from a country without officially recorded snowfall.