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Emma Bates On The Teamwork By Team USAs Marathoners At Worlds & Finishing 7th + Joe Klecker On Getting Used To Global Competition
"I had no idea how much this meant to people. I knew how much this meant to me, Sara and Keira. For the outpouring of support, you would think that we swept the podium. It's so cool that people appre…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Comedian Michelle Wolf May Be A Bigger Track and Field Fan Than You
"I feel like I'm at Disney World. I'm so embarrassed because I'm such a fan girl. I follow all these people on Instagram in a way that I'm like, 'I gotta get more friends...I love track. It's the mos…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Rai Benjamin Explains Why This Year's 400m Hurdles World Championship Silver Medal Means So Much To Him + Running For President
Chris Chavez, Kyle Merber and John Anderson speak with Rai Benjamin after earning a silver medal in the men's 400m hurdles. In this episode, he explains why the silver medal means so much to him in a…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
400m Hurdles World Championship Bronze Medalist Trevor Bassitt Is One Of The Best Stories In The Sport
"One of my favorite things to say now is that Jud (Logan) was not much of a runner in his day as a hammer thrower but he runs those races with me. I did go back and look back at the race from my fian…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Grant Holloway Defends His World Championship 110M Hurdles Gold Medal, Unpacking The "Fiasco" Of Devon Allen's False Start
"I just came into this year, worked my tail off and worked hard. The two goals that I've had, even when we were at New Balance Indoors, I said I wanted to win the World indoor title and I wanted to c…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Malcolm Gladwell On Legacy Of Speed & Telling The Full Story Of The 1968 Olympic Protest by John Carlos And Tommie Smith
"It's about the iconic 1969 Mexico City Olympic Games photograph of Tommie Smith and John Carlos on the victory stand of the 200m with their fists raised, black socks and no shoes with their heads bo…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
Keira D'Amato After Finishing 8th At The World Championships Marathon Off Less Than Three Weeks Of Training
“The caption I kept seeing was ‘Women supporting women.’ … I could feel Sara Hall & Emma Bates. You know that dance move where someone throws out a fishing line? I could see them and I felt like they…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
Robert Griffin III, Trayvon Bromell and Marvin Bracy On The Resilience To Get Back To The Top And Inspiring Their Respective Communities
"This moment and stuff like this means a little bit differently because of where we come from. When I was growing up, Baylor is not an easy school to get into. When my coach came with the grades, the…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
2x Olympic Champion Ashton Eaton Opens Up On How He Navigated The Workforce Market After Retiring At 28 Years Old + Advice For Other Athletes
“Personally, I never identified as just an athlete. I did sport my whole life. It was the only thing I knew but I’ve always been the kind of person that’s not necessarily that thing that I’m doing. I…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
12x Gold Medalist Michael Johnson On The State of Track and Field in America, How To Improve Athlete Storytelling
"The athletes are great and they're the best. We do need to highlight them and not have them hidden. We need the best of the best to stand alone by themselves so that they are highlighted but we have…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago