Episode Details

For Mental Health Awareness Month, we welcome back Jenny Sichel to talk about her experiences with being an elite athlete while managing Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Jenny is a coxswain who competed with both able-bodied and para rowing crews. We talked with her about being misdiagnosed for years, the work that went into taking control of her condition, and how it affected her as an elite athlete.

You can learn more about OCD at the International OCD Foundation: iocdf.org.

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Also on the program:

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The International Olympic Committee Executive Board met recently, and President Kirsty Coventry is getting the organization "Fit for the Future." We delve into all the ways you could see change at upcoming Games, whether the Youth Olympic Games will return, and if anyone at the IOC knows how a sport gets onto the Olympic program.

In news from Team Keep the Flame Alive, we hear from:

• Fencers Miles Chamley-Watson, Lee Kiefer, Maia Chamberlain, Alexander Massialas and Kat Holmes
• Former luger Maura Grogan
• Former figure skater Gracie Gold
• Filmmaker George Hirthler - to get tickets to "The Games in Black & White," visit TaraAtlanta's website.

For a transcript of this episode, please visit http://flamealivepod.com.

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