Winter Olympians Behind the Spotlight in Beijing

Olympic gold medalist Julia Mancuso and silver medalist Gretchen Bleiler might not be competing in the 2008 Olympic Summer Games in Beijing, but they are certainly in the midst of the action. Both have taken on journalist assignments for the duration of the Games.

Mancuso, Gold Medal winner in Torino, Italy, in 2006, is a lifestyle correspondent for NBC's Olympic lead-in show called "The Ozone," which airs Monday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET. Her segment, entitled "Julia's Beijing Must List," follows her around as she explores Beijing as a winter Olympian at the Summer Games for the first time.

Bleiler, recently named Best Female Action Sports Athlete at the 2008 ESPY awards, isinterviewing athletes and providing morning wrap-up sessions at 9:00 a.m. ET daily for the online Yahoo! Sports Olympic Wrap-Up.

Mancuso's segments also will be available online at NBCOlympics.com and she will be updating her blog regularly.

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