Two North Texans are competing in the 2022 Winter Olympics. How to watch the Games
Dallas-Fort Worth will be watching local figure skating pair Ashley Cain-Gribble and Timothy LeDuc as they compete in the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing this month.
Their coaches will send them onto the ice with three words: Just be you, according to a Team USA profile.
“That’s the one thing we tell both of them, right before they skate,” Darlene Cain, Ashley’s mom and one of their coaches, said in the profile. “You don’t have to be in a certain mold to be a champion. So be yourselves, and be good enough to be that champion.”
After winning first place at the 2022 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Nashville last month, their second national title, Cain-Gribble and LeDuc qualified for the Winter Olympics.
This will be the first Olympics for the duo who have made headlines for breaking figure skating stereotypes.
“They are absolutely focused on doing their job on the ice,” Peter Cain, the skaters’ coach and Ashley’s father, said in the Team USA profile. “At the same time, it matters to them personally to be open about their identity.”
Learn more about Cain-Gribble and LeDuc, and how to watch them and others compete.
Who are Cain-Gribble and LeDuc?
Cain-Gribble, 26, who was born in Carrollton and raised in Coppell, began competing at 4 years old. She competed in single skating at the international level from 2011 to 2016.
LeDuc, 31, an Iowa native, is the first openly nonbinary athlete to compete in the Winter Olympics and has been competing alongside Cain-Gribble since 2016.
“(Ashley) has had to deal with a lot of body shaming, I’ve had to deal with queer phobia,” LeDuc said in the Team USA profile. “We’ve taken different paths. Seeing the whole journey and kind of where it led us, I would say to skaters: ‘Don’t be afraid to forge your own path and do things a little differently. Keep chasing your vision of what you can be.’”
The duo is coached by her parents, Peter and Darlene Cain. Her father, Peter, competed at the World and Olympic level in pair skating with his sister Elizabeth for their native Australia. They also won the bronze medal at the 1976 World Junior Championships. Her mother was a nationally ranked ice dancer.
How to watch the Olympic Winter Games
Check out your local NBC station for live coverage of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, from Feb. 4 to Feb. 20. You can also watch the Winter Games on CNBC, NBCSN, Olympics Channel and USA.
Want to use a streaming service? Use Peacock, NBC’s movie and television streaming service. Or, use any other streaming service you have and turn on one of the above channels.
If you’d prefer to watch it on your laptop, tablet or phone, go to NBCOlympics.com or download the NBC Sports app.
When to watch the Dallas-Fort Worth figure skating pair
To watch the figure skating competition with Cain-Gribble and LeDuc, tune into live coverage on Friday, Feb. 18, at 4:30 a.m., and Saturday, Feb. 19 at 5 a.m.
Take a look at the full schedule here.
