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Our Athletes with Michael Rasile

Michael Rasile has conversations with athletes on their stories. From Gold Medal Winners to unfortunate injuries, for the amount of blood, sweat, and tears our athletes put in on a daily basis to be the best in the world, the least we can do is learn more about what they endure. Trials and tribulations, short comings and over coming the odds, these are the stories of Our Athletes from their mouth to your ears.

DISCLAIMER: Our Athletes is not endorsed by or affiliated with the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee.

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Our Athletes with Michael Rasile
Chris Mirabelli, USA Track and Field, Javelin Thrower, Olympic Hopeful from 2020-09-02T08:00

Chris Mirabelli joins Michael Rasile to discuss his chances for the 2021 Olympic Games with the extra year of preparation!

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Monica Abbott, USA Softball, Olympic Silver Medalist from 2020-09-01T18:04:12

Monica Abbott joins Michael Rasile to talk about how she is dealing with this extra year Waiting For Tokyo!

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Rudy Garcia Tolson, 5x Paralympic Games Medalist, USA Swimming from 2020-08-28T08:00

Rudy Garcia Tolson joins Michael Rasile on Our Athletes to discuss his disability, what he's been up to the last few years, and why during the COVID-19 Pandemic he decided to shoot for a 5th Par...

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Steven Benedict, Italian National Track and Field Team, Olympic Hopeful from 2020-08-27T13:47:14

Steven Benedict joins Michael Rasile on Our Athletes to discuss his time with the US National Team, his switch to the Italian National team, and what it has been like being a professional runner...

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Lex Gillette, USATF, 4x Paralympic Silver Medalist from 2020-04-07T12:00:28

Lex joins the show to tell us about his life in the world of track and field! He lost his vision at 8 years old and had a hard time coping with it from a young age. He was able to find mentors a...

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Steve Bitter, Athlete Branding Consultant from 2020-03-31T09:00

Steve joins the show to tell us about his life story and his new service where he helps athletes get better at social media!

Coming from the digital marketing world, Steve looks at social...

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David Verburg , USATF, Olympic Gold Medalist from 2020-03-24T23:02:41

David joins us to tell us all about his time in the track and field sport! He got his break when he was a bit younger and took total advantage of his situation. He has some great stories on how ...

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Lucas Kozeniesky, USA Shooting, 2x Olympian from 2020-03-09T10:00

Lucas has come back to tell us what he's been up to for the last 15 months! We had Lucas on the show back in November of 2018 and since then he has won a National Championship, Pan American Cham...

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Kaito Streets, Japan National Fencing Team, Olympic Hopeful from 2020-03-02T11:00

Kaito is an Olympic Hopeful for the Japan National Fencing Team and has spent some time on Team USA as well. Kaito has 2 US National Championships AND 2 Japan National Championship! He graduated...

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Jon Fish, USRowing, 1988 Olympian from 2020-02-24T13:35:20

Jon talks about how he developed his inclusive leadership and decision making style as an athlete representative, elected by athletes to:

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Jon Fish, USRowing, 1988 Olympian pt. 1 from 2020-02-19T21:48:11

Jon joins me to talk about his rowing career and how this whole crazy thing got started! After walking on at the University of Pennsylvania, Jon was able to start training with elite athletes on...

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Lindsey Napela Berg, USA Volleyball, 3x Olympian, 2x Silver Medalist from 2020-02-10T22:51:35

Lindsey joins the show to tell us about her Volleyball career and the THREE Olympics she had the opportunity to compete in. Growing up in Hawaii, Lindsey played volleyball starting at a young ag...

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Leslie Maxie, USA Track and Field, Olympian pt. 2 from 2020-02-04T14:02:17

Leslie and I finish up her story with post career career she has made for herself! Leslie has worked on air for may years, she has been the owner of multiple businesses, and has helped build bra...

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Leslie Maxie, USA Track and Field, Olympian from 2020-01-27T11:00

The lovely and wonderful Leslie Maxie joins me to talk about her Track and Field career! She started at the young age of 6 when her older cousins and siblings started and didn't stop until the O...

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Lisa Delpy Neirotti, George Washington University Professor from 2020-01-20T11:00

Lisa Delpy Neirotti joins me to discuss her life working in and being apart of the Olympic Games. Lisa has been to 19 Olympic Games and a multitude of other "mega events" giving her a unique per...

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Kate Ziegler, USA Swimming, 2x Olympian from 2020-01-13T13:40:35

The incredible Kate Ziegler joins the show to tell us about her journey through the swimming world. Kate started her international career at the age of 15 and eventually broke the longest standi...

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Kris Freeman, US Ski Team, 4x Olympian from 2020-01-06T16:34:22

In our first episode of 2020 we are honored to have 4 time Olympian Kris Freeman on the show! Kris was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 19 and was told he would never make it to the Olympic...

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Sage Donnelly, USA Canoe & Kayak, Olympic Hopeful from 2019-12-09T11:00

The amazing Sage Donnelly joins the show to talk about her living her life out of a Canoe and a Kayak! Sage has been in in a kayak since was 2 years old and her resume reflects that. She is a mu...

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Hannah Roberts, USA Cycling, BMX Freestyle, Olympic Hopeful from 2019-12-04T14:00

Hannah Roberts, 18 year old BMX Freestyle phenom, joins the show to talk about how excited she is for the sport she loves to be in the 2020 Olympics! Hannah has been competing in Freestyle for o...

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Chris Helwick, USATF, Decathlete, Olympic Hopeful from 2019-11-25T13:16:55

Don't call it a comeback! Chris Helwick joins the show to talk about is history within the track and field space. Chris retired in 2012 from his sport, but he was able to find himself and unders...

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Grant Parr, Mental Performance Consultant from 2019-11-18T13:01:48

Grant Parr joins the show to tell us what it's like working with some of the best athletes on earth to help improve their mental game! Understanding the things you can do better mentally when yo...

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World Athlete Series: Ruben Gonzalez, 4x Olympic Luger from 2019-11-11T11:00:07

Four time Olympic Luger Ruben Gonzalez comes on the show to tell us how he was able to make the Olympic games, and how you can too! Ruben is very humble when it comes to his luge abilities and h...

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Christine Reppa, Olympic Sports Agent from 2019-11-04T12:33:06

This episode we have Olympic Sports Agent Christine Reppa on the show to discuss the new Olympic Guidelines about how athletes can acknowledge their sponsors during the Olympics. This is a huge ...

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Nina Buitrago, USA Cycling, Olympic Hopeful from 2019-10-29T19:53:48

The unbelievable Nina Buitrago joins the show to tell us about her life as one of the first known female BMX freestyle riders. Nina has done everything necessary to bring women to the forefront ...

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Madisyn Cox, USA Swimming, Olympic Hopeful from 2019-10-21T15:13:02

The amazing and wonderful Madisyn Cox joins the show to tell us about her life in swimming! Madisyn crushed it in college at UT-Austin swimming for the Longhorns where she won 12 Big 12 Champion...

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Ned Lomigora, Bosnia, Luge, 1994 Olympian from 2019-10-14T16:28:06

The incredible story of Ned Lomigora is almost unbelievable. He did so much to make it to the Olympic Games in 1994 while his country was in civil unrest.


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Chantae McMillan, USA Track and Field, 2012 Olympian from 2019-10-07T10:01:43

The amazing Chantae McMillan joins the show to tell us about her life in the Track world. She tells us about the event that gave her the opportunity to join track, when she felt at home in her s...

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Reed Trimble, IGNT Consulting, eSports in the Olympics from 2019-09-30T10:00:42

Reed joins me on the show to talk about the prospects of eSports in the Olympic Games. In 2020, Intel will be holding the Intel World Open the week before the Olympics in Tokyo. This is in conju...

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Roald Bradstock, The Olympic Picasso, USA Track and Field, Olympian from 2019-09-25T09:41:11

Roald Bradstock, the Olympic Picasso, joins the show to tell us about his incredible career in sports and the arts. Roald was dealt a poor hand from the start needing to overcome multiple ailmen...

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Santia Deck, USA Flag Football, 2020 Olympic Hopeful with USA Rugby from 2019-09-06T10:07:01

The master of all trades Santia Deck joins me on the show to talk about her Olympic journey! She is a TV personality, talk show host, social media influencer, fitness expert, trainer, model, and...

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Kelly Claes, USA Beach Volleyball, 2020 Olympic Hopeful from 2019-08-26T20:53:20

The incredible and lovely Kelly Claes joins the show to tell us about her Olympic Dream! Kelly is an amazing Beach Volleyball player that won 3 national championships at USC during college and i...

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Kyra Condie, USA Rock Climbing, 2020 Olympic Hopeful from 2019-08-19T19:01:04

Our first Rock Climber ever joins the show! Kyra Condie joins us to tell us what it's like for her and the rock climbing community to know that it is an Olympic sport for at least the 2020 Games...

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Amy Bilquist, USA Swimming, Olympic Hopeful from 2019-08-12T12:47:49

The amazing and wonderful Amy Bilquist joins the show to tell us about her life in swimming! It's been a long one to say the leas with a few ups and downs along the way. Amy is constantly gettin...

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Kathleen Sharkey, USA Field Hockey, Olympian from 2019-07-24T12:08:44

2016 Olympian Kat Sharkey joins the show to tell us all about her life in Field Hockey! Kat does a great job at describing her sport, what she's been able to accomplish, and how much Field Hocke...

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Alyssa Manley, USA Field Hockey, Olympian from 2019-07-19T19:41:38

Alyssa joins the show to tell us about her life in Field Hockey and what it means to her! Alyssa has a great story about being relatively know, but once she was finally discovered she rose throu...

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World Athlete Series: Kennedy Justinen, Canadian Snowboard Association, Boardercross, Olympic Hopeful from 2019-07-15T13:27:48

Our first of many World Athletes to join our show! Kennedy Justinen comes on to tell us about her amazing story and what she's up to on the other side of the world. Kennedy is an amazing athlete...

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Andrew Urlaub, USA Ski Jumping, Olympic Hopeful from 2019-07-01T10:08:31

Andrew Urlaub joins the show to tell us about his entire life spent in Ski Jumping! He's only 18 years old, but he has been ski jumping his whole life and has gotten pretty good at it!


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Nahshon Garrett, USA Wrestling, #1 in the USA, Olympic Hopeful from 2019-06-24T10:00:45

Nahshon Garrett of USA Wrestling and number 1 in the country for his weight, joins the show to tell us all about his amazing life in the sport. Nahshon is wise beyond his years and was an absolu...

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Tara Geraghty-Moats, USA Nordic Combined, #1 in the World, Olympic Hopeful from 2019-06-17T10:00:39

Number 1 in the World, Tara Geraghty-Moats joins the show to tell us about her incredible life in skiing. Tara started skiing at a young age and eventually made her way into 4 different discipli...

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Ajai Dhadwal, USA Field Hockey, Olympic Hopeful from 2019-06-10T23:15:50

Ajai Dhadwal of USA Field Hockey joins the show to tell us about his life in a relatively unknown sport, Men's Field Hockey. He goes into his history of the game starting with his dad playing pr...

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Staci Mannella, USA Skiing, 2x Paralympian from 2019-06-03T10:24:25

The incredible Staci Mannella joins the show to tell us about what it's like to ski down a hill visually impaired! She teaches us a lot about the Paralympic Games and tells us what it was like t...

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Taylor Fletcher, USA Nordic Combined, 3x Olympian from 2019-05-27T14:21:32

Taylor joins the show to tell us about his entire life skiing Nordic Combined. Starting both cross country and ski jumping by the age of 5, Taylor has been able to hone his skills to get him inv...

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Jared Shumate, USA Nordic Combined, Olympic Hopeful from 2019-05-20T11:42:06

Jared Shumate joins the show to tell us about his story and path in USA Nordic Combined! Jared has been ski jumping and cross country skiing for a while so he saw an opportunity to put them toge...

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Kelsey Campbell, USA Wrestling, Olympian from 2019-05-17T21:03:37

The wonderful Kelsey Campbell joins the show to tell us about her career and life in wrestling! Kelsey didn't start until she was 17 and it was on a bet that she couldn't. I think after winning ...

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Chris Mirabelli, USA Track and Field, Javelin, Olympic Hopeful from 2019-05-13T10:00:09

Chris Mirabelli joins the show to tell us about his LIFE in Javelin. Chris' dad went to the Olympic Trials for Javelin and he did too! Chris suffered an injury which was compounded by finding a ...

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Casey Larson, USA Ski Jumping, Olympian from 2019-05-10T10:05:08

Our friend Casey Larson joins us on the show to tell us about his life in Ski Jumping! Growing up in Illinois (with all those giant hills) Casey learned how to ski jump and cross country ski. He...

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Arielle Gold, USA Snowboarding, Olympic Bronze Medalist from 2019-05-06T10:28:19

The incredible Arielle Gold joins the show to tell us about her life in snowboarding, why she switched over from skiing, and what it was like to win a Bronze Medal at the Olympic Games! Arielle ...

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Dalton Roberts, USA Wrestling, Olympic Hopeful from 2019-05-01T18:49:37

Dalton Roberts of USA Wrestling joins the show to tell us his unexpected jump into wrestling and his determination to make it to the top. Dalton tells us some of the differences in the sport, th...

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Gia Doonan, USA Rowing, Olympic Hopeful from 2019-04-29T13:37:09

The fantastic Gia Doonan joins the show to tell us about her start in rowing, her time at Texas (she brought them back), and what it's been like being on the US National Team! Gia has some great...

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Chris Barnard, USA Sailing, Olympic Hopeful from 2019-04-27T12:18:21

Chris Barnard joins the show to tell us about his recent win at the Princess Sofia Regatta and his life in Sailing! Chris helps us understand some of the differences in the disciplines, what his...

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Cody Pfau, USA Wrestling, Olympic Hopeful from 2019-04-24T14:18:13

Olympic Hopeful Cody Pfau joins the show to tell us all about her career in wrestling! She breaks down some differences between the men and women, how much she crushed the college game, and what...

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Hugh McAdam, USA Rowing, Olympic Hopeful from 2019-04-22T12:10:34

Hugh McAdam join the show to tell us all about his life in rowing! Hugh started his sport within the last 10 years and has made a considerable career for himself winning many different events an...

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Blake Haxton, USA Rowing, Paralympian from 2019-04-17T10:09:42

The amazing Blake Haxton joins the show to tell us about his life in rowing and an unfortunate event that changed his life forever.

Blake was being recruited as a D1 Rower to tOSU when a m...

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Sarah Anderson, USA Curling, Olympic Hopeful from 2019-04-15T10:17:25

Sarah Anderson joins the show to tell us all about her life in curling! She's been doing it from a very young age and has a great shot to make the next Olympic games in 2022.


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Peter Schmidt, USA Rowing, Olympic Hopeful from 2019-04-03T13:48:30

Peter Schmidt joins the show to tell us what it's like training for the Olympics while having a full time job at the same time! Peter explains his daily life, what his training looks like, and h...

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Thomas Rahimi, USA Taekwondo, Olympic Hopeful from 2019-04-01T15:12:25

Thomas joins the show to tell us about his life in Taekwondo and what his chances are for the 2020 games!

Thomas dives into his parents, how he almost fought for Afghanistan, and how havin...

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Eli Bremer, USA Modern Pentathlon, Olympian from 2019-03-27T10:08:52

Eli Bremer joins the show to tell us all about his time at USA Modern Pentathlon! He was one of the best in the world for an extend stretch and had a few injuries that cut his career back a bit,...

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Linnea Gonzales, USA Field Hockey, Olympic Hopeful from 2019-03-25T10:18:22

The incredible Linnea Gonzales joins us to tell us all about USA Field Hockey and what it's like being apart of the national team.

Linnea crushed it on the collegiate circuit and plans to ...

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Ben Davison, USA Rowing, Olympic Hopeful from 2019-03-20T10:05

Ben Davison joins the show to tell us about his goal of going to the 2020 Olympic Games! He was born and grew up in England where the sport is more prominent, but rows for the USA because of eve...

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Laura Wilkinson, USA Diving, 3x Olympian, Gold Medalist from 2019-03-18T14:59:55

Laura joins us to tell us about her 5 trips to the Olympic Games, 3 as an athlete and 2 as a reporter. She is also going to be gunning for the 2020 Games, too! Laura tells us about winning the G...

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Casey Andringa, USA Skiing, Moguls, Olympians from 2019-03-11T10:03:49

The incredible Casey Andringa joins the show to tell us about his life in Skiing and how he was able to make the Olympic Games without ever being apart of Team USA. Casey worked extremely hard, ...

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Dr. Lauren Tashman, USA Equestrian, Olympic Hopeful, Mental Performance Coach from 2019-03-07T11:15:55

Helping our Olympic Athletes and Hopefuls is important too! Dr. Lauren Tashman joins the show to tell us about her life as an Olympic Hopeful and her transition to her current career path. Laure...

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Spencer Belsky, USA Skiing, Moguls, Olympic Hopeful from 2019-03-04T11:20:24

Olympic Hopeful Spencer Belsky joins the show to tell us about his life in skiing and what it means to him. Spencer has a great outlook on life and really loves what he does. He gives us an unde...

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Jake Arnitz, USA Volleyball, Olympic Hopeful from 2019-02-28T11:04:36

Jake Arnitz joins the show to tell us what it's like training and competing with some of the best Volleyball players on the planet! Jake recently graduated from UCLA and is now playing overseas....

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Troy Murphy, USA Skiing, Moguls, Olympian from 2019-02-25T18:22:26

The fantastic Troy Murphy joins the show to tell us about his retired life! Troy has been skiing his whole life and just competed at the 2018 Olympic Games. Troy recently retired and he let us i...

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Tyson Gunter, USA Track and Field, Paralympian from 2019-02-21T11:02:55

The incredible Tyson Gunter joins the show to tell us about his time going to the 2016 Paralympic Games. Tyson debunks some myths about the Paralympics, what it was like representing his country...

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Lauren McDonald, USA Bobsled and Skeleton, Olympic Hopeful from 2019-02-18T11:00:52

The incredible Lauren McDonald comes on the show to tell us all about her journey into being an Olympic Hopeful! She went from track star, to teacher, to a member of USA Bobsled and Skeleton, th...

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Sakura Kokumai, USA Karate, Olympic Hopeful from 2019-02-14T11:01:36

The amazing and wonderful Sakura Kokumai joins the show to tell us about USA Karate and how excited she is now that Karate is apart of the Olympic Games! She describes her amazing journey from H...

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Carlo Valdes, USA Bobsled, Olympian from 2019-02-11T11:08:54

Carlo Valdes joins the show to tell us all about his time at the 2018 Olympic Games! Carlo had a long road to get to the games but he was able to make it and fulfill one of his dreams. It's unfo...

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Carmeita Jeter, USA Track, Olympian, Gold/Silver/Bronze Medalist from 2019-02-07T19:51:29

The Amazing Coach Jet joins the show to tell us all about her 2012 Olympic Games. Carmelita won a Gold, Silver, and Bronze medal all at the 2012 games, so you can understand that it's a pretty g...

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Georganne Moline, USA Track and Field, Olympian from 2019-02-04T20:31:39

The amazingly charismatic Geoganne Moline joins the show to tell us about her time with USA Track and Field. Georganne was a track start in high school and college and was able to work that into...

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Olivia Giaccio, USA Skiing, Moguls, Olympic Hopeful from 2019-01-31T23:41:15

Olivia joins the show to tell us all about her life in USA Skiing! She has a great story and came super close to the 2018 Olympic Games.

Olivia tells us what it's like being so young and s...

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Caleb Wakefield, USA Inline Skating, Olympic Hopeful from 2019-01-28T14:45:06

The amazing Caleb Wakefield joins the show to tell us about his life in Inline Skating! Caleb gives us great insight into the Inline Skating community, what it's like around the world, and ways ...

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Gracie Clapp-Taylor, USA Skeleton, Olympic Hopeful from 2019-01-24T11:18:10

Gracie joins the show to tell us about her amazing story into USA Skeleton and how when she got there she took full advantage!

Gracie was a track star and through the grapevine she found o...

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Colby Lange, USA Cycling, USA Skiing, Olympic Hopeful from 2019-01-23T11:08:04

Colby Lange joins the show to tell us about his interesting path to a potential Olympic Games! Colby was a skier growing up and was apart of USA Skiing for a young age. During the offseason he w...

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Jaelin Kauf, USA Skiing, Moguls, Olympian from 2019-01-21T10:58:55

Jaelin Kauf joins the show to tell us about her life in skiing and going to the 2018 Olympics! Jaelin is a young girl who has been crushing it for a long time and we get to hear all about her in...

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Sarah Scherer, USA Shooting, 2x Olympian from 2019-01-17T11:07:14

The 2x Olympian Sarah Scherer joins the show to tell us all about her time with USA Shooing! Sarah tells us about how she got into the sport, what it means to represent her country, and she expe...

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David Leggio, USA Hockey, Olympian from 2019-01-16T11:03:31

David Leggio joins the show to tell us about how he was able to represent the USA at the 2018 Olympics! With the NHL not allowing their players to participate in the Games, it opened the door fo...

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Sadie Bjornsen, USA Cross Country Skiing, 2x Olympian from 2019-01-14T11:04:56

The amazing Sadie Bjornsen joins the show to tell us about what they Olympics are like! Sadie has been to two Olympic Games and compares and contrasts them for us. She tells us what Cross Countr...

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Paige McPherson, USA Taekwondo, 2x Olympian, Bronze Medalist from 2019-01-10T11:11:45

Paige McPherson joins the show to tell us about her two trips to the Olympic Games!

Paige goes into what it's like winning a medal, beating the country favorite, having the crowd cheer fo...

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Mike Hixon, USA Diving, Olympic Silver Medalist from 2019-01-09T11:02:45

Mike Hixon joins the show to tell us about his time in USA Diving and winning a silver medal at the Olympic Games!

Mike goes into what he needs to do to make sure he's on top of his game, ...

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David Wise, USA Skiing, 2x Olympic Gold Medalist from 2019-01-07T11:07:15

The incredible 2x Olympic Gold Medalist David Wise joins the show to tell us about both his trips to the Games!

David is the only person to ever win a Gold Medal in his event because it ha...

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Jared Goldberg, USA Alpine Skiing, 2x Olympians from 2019-01-03T11:56:08

Jared Goldberg joins the show to let us in on his multiple trips to the Olympics! Jared tells us about all about Alpine skiing, and which ones he thinks are just a bit cooler than the others. Ja...

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Noah Hoffman, USA Cross Country Skiing, 2x Olympian from 2019-01-02T17:48:19

The energetic Noah Hoffman joins the show to tell us about both of his trips to the Olympics. He gives great insight on what it was like as a Cross Country Skier and what he needed to do to get ...

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David Meltzer, CEO of Sports 1 Marketing, USA Shooting Board Member from 2018-12-27T17:20:03

David Meltzer joins the show to tell us about his time helping get athletes sponsorship, becoming a board member of USA Shooting, and how aggregating athletes can help brands amplify awareness.<...

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Mariya Koroleva pt 2, USA Synchronized Swimming, 2x Olympian from 2018-12-23T11:53:46

2x Olympian, Mariya Koroleva joins the show to tell us about her life and trip to multiple Olympics Games.

Mariya has an amazing story starting with being an immigrant from Russia at a you...

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Mariya Koroleva pt1, USA Synchronized Swimming, 2x Olympian from 2018-12-23T11:47:25

2x Olympian, Mariya Koroleva joins the show to tell us about her life and trip to multiple Olympics Games.

Mariya has an amazing story starting with being an immigrant from Russia at a you...

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Meghan O'Leary, USA Rowing, Olympian from 2018-12-20T11:27:55

Meghan O'Leary joins the show to tell us about her incredible story and path to the games! Meghan has a great story and I really enjoyed talking with her. She played soccer in college, worked at...

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Ryan Wachendorfer, USA Snowboarding, Olympic Hopeful from 2018-12-19T11:28:51

Ryan Wachendorfer joins the show to tell us about his story and path to the Olympic Games! Ryan is a super chill dude and has done some great things in his life already. He's gunning for the 202...

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Tommy Biesemeyer, USA Skiing, Olympian from 2018-12-17T14:41:40

Tommy Biesemeyer joins the show to tell us about his story and path to the Olympic Games. Tommy has had some hardship along the way, but that hasn't dampened his spirits and he has a great outlo...

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Rosie Brennan, USA Cross Country Skiing, Olympian from 2018-12-13T11:29:50

The fun and fantastic Rosie Brennan joins the show to tell us about Cross Country Skiing, why she loves it, and the Olympic Games! Rosie has an awesome outlook on life and I enjoyed talking to h...

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Briauna Jones, USA Bobsled, Olympic Hopeful from 2018-12-12T11:18:15

The incredible Briauna Jones comes on the show to tell us about how she's gunning to make the Olympics. Briauna started out in track and eventually made her way to Bobsled after a killer tryout....

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Lucas Foster, USA Snowboarding- Halfpipe, Olympic Hopeful from 2018-12-10T11:08:44

Lucas Foster joins the show to tell us about to hopeful path to the Olympic Games. Lucas is on the USA Rookie Halfpipe team for Snowboarding, he's really good at it, and made the team without ev...

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Jessica Parratto, USA Diving, Olympian from 2018-12-06T11:30:24

The fantastic and amazing Jessica Parratto joins the show to tell us about her story and path to the 2016 Games! Jessica grew up in her sport and tells us about what that's like. She also lets u...

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Michael Mawn, USA Snowboarding, Team USA Member from 2018-12-05T11:41:26

The super cool Michael Mawn joins the show to tell us about his time with Team USA! Michael was gunning for the USA Rookie Halfpipe team but suffered a head injury and was told he could not comp...

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Mandy Marquardt, USA Cycling, Olympic Hopeful from 2018-12-03T11:27:12

The incredible Mandy Marquardt joins the show to tell us about her story and what she's doing to get amped for the 2020 Games!

Mandy tells us about getting into Cycling, being diagnosed wi...

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Faye Gulini, USA Snowboarding, 3x Olympian from 2018-11-29T11:14:33

The super fantastic Faye Gulini joins the show to tell us about her 3 trips to the Olympic Games! Faye gives us a great understanding of what Boarder Cross is, why she loves it, and some of the ...

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Haylie McCleney, USA Softball, Soon-to-be-Olympian from 2018-11-28T11:13:42

The amazing Haylie McCleney joins the show to tell us about her time with USA Softball and qualifying for the 2020 games! It will be Softballs first time in the games since 2008, so getting to t...

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Brian Hansen, USA Speed Skating, 2x Olympian, Silver Medalist from 2018-11-26T11:12:03

USA Speed Skating Brian Hansen joins the show to tell us about his story and path to 3 different Olympic Games! Brian is a cool guy who has done a lot in a little time. He's been on top of USA S...

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Maddie Bowman, USA Skiing, Olympian, Gold Medalist from 2018-11-22T11:00:54

The absolutely incredible Maddie Bowman joins the show to tell us about her dominance in the skiing world. Maddie won the first Gold Medal awarded in the inaugural event for Women's Halfpipe and...

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Joanne Reid, USA Biathlon, Olympian from 2018-11-21T11:29:29

The fantastic Joanne Reid joins the show to tell us about her story and path to the games! Joanne comes from a family of Olympians so it was understandable that she had aspirations to go, even t...

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Kaleigh Gilchrist, USA Water Polo/USA Surfing, Olympian, Gold Medalist from 2018-11-19T11:30:36

The amazing and talented Kaleigh Gilchrist joins the show to tell us about what it's like being a two sport athlete with Olympic aspirations in both! Kaleigh lets us know about her time on both ...

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Greg Billington, USA Triathlon, Olympian from 2018-11-15T11:06:33

Olympic Athlete Greg Billington joins the show to tell us about his life and path to the Games. Greg gives us an understanding on why how he got into competing in Triathlons, what it's meant to ...

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Emily Day, USA Beach Volleyball, Olympic Hopeful from 2018-11-14T11:35:38

The amazing Emily Day joins the show to tell us all about her journey in Beach Volleyball. She started Volleyball at a relatively old age, and didn't get into beach volleyball until college! Sin...

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Aubree Munro, USA Softball, Soon-to-be Olympian from 2018-11-12T11:35:17

USA Softball starting Catcher Aubree Munro joins the show to tell us about her incredible journey on qualifying for, and soon to be attending, the 2020 Olympic Games. Softball was taken out of t...

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Jamie Sinclair, USA Curling, Olympic Hopeful from 2018-11-08T11:34:43

Jamie joins the show to tell us about her interesting life in Curling! Such an awesome sport, Jamie gives us some insight into what it's like Curling for life. Jamie was potentially going to be ...

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Lucas Kozeniesky, USA Shooting, Olympian from 2018-11-07T11:40:56

Lucas joins the show to tell us all about his story and path to the Olympic Games! Lucas tells us about growing up and when he started getting into the sport of shooting. We go through his time ...

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Jacqueline Wiles, USA Skiing, Olympian from 2018-11-05T19:52:44

Team USA Skiing member Jacqueline Wiles joins the show to tell us about her story and path to the 2014 Games! Jacqueline is an awesome person who has a really great story. There are some ups and...

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Colton Brown, USA Judo, Olympian from 2018-11-01T10:11:51

Colton Brown joins the show to tell us about his amazing story and path to the 2016 games! He started with Judo at a young age, had an injury that almost took him out, and eventually went back i...

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Korey Dropkin, USA Curling, Olympic Hopeful from 2018-10-31T10:24:30

Korey Dropkin of USA Curling tells us about his story and path to the potential 2022 games! Korey and his team came very close to the 2018 games and he tells us the story of how that went down. ...

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Andrew Weibrecht, USA Skiing, 3x Olympian, 2x Medalist from 2018-10-29T10:23:52

The fantastic Andrew Weibrecht joins the show to tell us how he made it to 3 straight Olympics! Andrew grew up in Lake Placid and has always had the Olympics around. Andrew tells us about his ca...

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Keturah Orji, USA Track and Field, Olympian from 2018-10-25T11:20:41

The amazing Keturah Orji joins the show and lets us know what it's like being one of the best in the world at something! Keturah is a Triple Jump Champ and is even the American Record Holder at ...

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Tess Johnson, USA Skiing, Olympian from 2018-10-24T10:30:57

The fantastic Tess Johnson joins us to tell us about her story and path to the Winter Games! Tess' claim to fame early in her career was that she was the youngest member of Team USA by a long sh...

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Jerry Solomon, Olympic Athlete Agent from 2018-10-22T10:30

Olympic Sports Agent Jerry Solomon comes on the show to tell us about his life in the (Sports) Marketing world! Jerry has represented some of the most amazing Olympic Athletes of all time and is...

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Morgan Craft, USA Shooting, Olympian from 2018-10-18T10:25:40

Morgan Craft joins the show to tell us about her story and path to the 2016 Rio Games! Morgan gets into what it's like in a small sport like shooting, and what they have to do every day to make ...

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Dr. Kamali Thompson, USA Fencing, Olympic Hopeful from 2018-10-17T10:17:27

The absolutely amazing Kamali Thompson joins the show to tell us how she is becoming a doctor and trying to be the best fencer in the United States.


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Justin Wright, USA Swimming, Olympic Hopeful from 2018-10-15T10:06:33

Recent National Champion Justin Wright, of USA Swimming, joins the show to tell us about what he's been up to on his path to the games! Justin tells us about what winning the Phillips 66 Nationa...

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Taylor Seaton, USA Skiing, Olympic Hopeful from 2018-10-11T10:30:09

Taylor Seaton joins the show to tell us about what it's been like being on Team USA! Taylor has had a long life in skiing and gets into what it was like sleeping on couches and doing whatever it...

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Emery Lehman, USA Speedskating, 2x Olympian from 2018-10-10T10:34:05

Emery Lehman joins the show to tell us about his time representing us in two Olympic Games! Emery is still in college and has the unique situation of juggling life, school, and training all at t...

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Bethany Galat, USA Swimming, Olympic Hopeful from 2018-10-08T10:22

Bethany Galat joins the show to tell us what it's like on her path to potentially make the Olympic Games! Bethany is a great person with a huge heart and she goes into everything that makes her ...

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Evan Weinstock, USA Bobsledding, Olympian from 2018-10-04T10:12:18

Evan Weinstock joins the show to tell us all about his interesting path to Bobsledding and the 2018 Olympic Games! Evan started out as a star football player, then was a decathlete for the Untie...

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Shalaya Kipp, USA Track and Field Steeplechase, Olympian from 2018-10-03T10:03:22

The soon to be doctor, Shalaya Kipp joins the show to tell us how she made it to the Olympic Games! Shalaya is an awesome person and is very dedicated to many different parts of her life. It was...

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Paris Henken, USA Sailing, Olympian from 2018-10-01T10:42:22

Paris Henken joins the show to tell us all about her story and path to the Olympic Games! Paris was able to represent us in a brand new event at the 2016 Rio Games and gave us great insight into...

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Bobby Butler, USA Hockey, Olympian from 2018-09-27T10:23

Bobby Butler joins the show to tell us about his recent trip to the 2018 Winter Games! Bobby was in a unique position to go to the games because the NHL would not let their players go. He was on...

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Reese Hoffa, USA Track and Field Shot Put, 3x Olympian, Bronze Medalist from 2018-09-26T10:30:39

Reese Hoffa joins the show to tell us about his story and path to multiple Olympic Games. Reese was adopted at a young age and has faced adversity since. He's been able to overcome everything in...

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Monica Abbott, USA Softball, Silver Medalist from 2018-09-24T10:15:54

Monica Abbott joins the show to tell us all about her life from the Olympics in 2008 to getting back to the Games in 2020! As many people know, Softball was taken out of the Olympics after the 2...

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Kevin Bickner, USA Ski Jumping, Olympian from 2018-09-21T16:02:27

Kevin Bickner joins the show to talk about the ski jumping life and how much time he spends overseas. Ski jumping is a very popular sport in Europe, so he spends the seasons there so he can trai...

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Kaitlin Sandeno, USA Swimming, Gold/Silver/Bronze Medalist from 2018-09-19T16:30:04

The lovely and wonderful Kaitlin Sandeno joins the show to tell us about her life and the path she took to make it to multiple Olympic Games. Kaitlin is an amazing person with an awesome story o...

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Sarah Hendrickson, USA Ski Jumping, 2x Olympian from 2018-09-17T16:41:03

Sarah Hendrickson joins us on the show to tell us all about her ski jumping career and some of the amazing things she's been able to accomplish. She explains how ski jumping works and what to lo...

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Jeff Henderson, USA Track and Field, Olympic Athlete, Gold Medalist from 2018-09-14T13:01:25

Jeff Henderson joins Our Athletes to describe his life and tell us everything that he's been through. Jeff has a great story about growing up, his time at college, and what it took to get to the...

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Miranda Tucker, USA Swimming, Olympic Hopeful from 2018-09-13T16:04:19

Miranda Tucker comes on the show to tell us all about her life as a swimmer. She goes to school up in Michigan and explains to us how she juggles her life and swimming at this point in her life....

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Kami Craig, USA Water Polo, 3x Olympian, 2x Gold Medalist from 2018-09-12T15:17:55

Kami Craig joins us to tell us all about her story and how she was able to make it to 3 games, medal in all 3, and get a Gold Medal in 2! Kami had a very difficult path from a young age with a l...

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Chase Blackwell, USA Snowboarding, Olympic Hopeful from 2018-09-11T18:19:46

Chase Blackwell joins the show and tells us all about his journey through his life. Chase might be the chillest dude I've ever talked to and I thoroughly enjoy our conversation.


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Manteo Mitchell, USA Track and Field, Olympic Athlete, Silver Medalist from 2018-09-10T16:01:08

Manteo Mitchell joins Our Athletes to tell us all about his story and the moment he became even more famous. You might know Manteo from the 2012 games when he broke his leg mid-race but ended up...

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Kim Conley, USA Track and Field, 2x Olympian from 2018-09-06T16:02:41

Kim Conley joins the show to tell us about how to life has resulted in multiple trips to the games. She was not looked at as much of a hopeful, but her heart was set on it and she made the team ...

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Carly Margulies, USA Skiing, Olympic Hopeful from 2018-09-06T16:00:04

Carly Margulies (like Hercules) comes on the show to share with us her story of her life. She's done some pretty killer things so far at a very young age so the best is still expected to come. Listen

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Dustin Watten, USA Volleyball, Olympic Hopeful from 2018-09-04T16:05:20

Dustin Watten is an incredible dude and I'm extremely happy I had the opportunity to speak with him. He has a unique look on life that I wish more people had and what he's done so far is nothing...

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Darian Stevens, USA Skiing, Olympic Athlete from 2018-09-04T16:02:44

Darian Stevens joins the show to tell us about her story and path she took to go to the 2018 Olympic Games.

She has lived an incredible life, one which I would not be capable of living, an...

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Simon Lamar, USA Open Water Swimming, Olympic Hopeful from 2018-09-04T16:00:55

Simon Lamar joins the show to tell us about what it's like swimming open water and how he's going to Harvard!

Clearly a smart guy, this was a fun conversation I got to have with someone a ...

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Toby Miller, USA Snowboarding, Olympic Hopeful from 2018-09-04T16:00:21

Toby Miller joins the show to tell us about his life and how he got into snowboarding.

He shares how his relationship with Shaun White started and how they have been able to help each othe...

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Lauryn Williams, USA Track and Field AND USA Bobsledding, Gold Medalist and 2x Silver Medalist from 2018-09-04T15:55:44

Lauryn Williams, the first female athlete to medal at both games, joins the show to talk about her incredible path to both the Summer and Winter Games.

When opportunity knocks, Lauryn is ...

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Introduction: Our Athletes from 2018-09-03T23:44:48

Hello and welcome to Our Athletes! This is a show where I talk with Olympic Athletes and Hopefuls about their story and path to the games.

Each one has an incredible story and I was lucky...

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