TORCH TALK DAY 6: ATHING MU ENDS A 53-YEAR DROUGHT FOR GOLD, SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN LOWERS HER WR, MONDO SCARES THE WR + CHRIS RAN TODAY
The kids are alright! The evening session of day 5 did not disappoint with a jam-packed schedule that included four finals. This episode, Chris, Kyle and Dana unpack a near world record by Mondo Dupla...
4 Aug 202155min
TORCH TALK DAY 5: KARSTEN WARHOLM & THE GREATEST RACE EVER?; BRITTNEY REESE DESERVES MORE LOVE; 1,500M DRAMA BEGINS
WE ARE SPEECHLESS – BUT NOT ACTUALLY BECAUSE THIS IS A PODCAST. Chris, Kyle and Dana try to process the men's 400-meter hurdle final, which may go down as one of the greatest Olympic final races ever....
3 Aug 202151min
TORCH TALK DAY 4: THE GREATEST 10 MINUTES IN ITALIAN TRACK AND FIELD HISTORY, YULIMAR ROJAS' WR, SIFAN HASSAN GETS KNOCKED DOWN BUT GETS BACK UP AGAIN
The golden hour of track and field on Day 4 included shared gold medals between friends Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Barshim, a world record in the triple jump by Yuliar Rojas and a former long jumper ...
2 Aug 202158min
TORCH TALK DAY 3: WE STAN RAVEN SAUNDERS, JAMAICAN SWEEPS THE 100, SURPRISES AND SCARES IN THE SPRINTS + KYLE SAW OBAMA
It was as a spicy day of qualifying madness and heart-wrenching finals! But what feels like it should be an Olympic event that isn’t? Dana keeping Chris and Kyle on track. Some favorites getting the j...
1 Aug 202155min
TORCH TALK DAY 2: GIVE IT UP FOR GRANT FISHER IN THE 10K; SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN ISN'T MESSING AROUND; CLAYTON MURPHY HAS OUR ATTENTION; A MID-OLYMPICS DOPING CASE
The first track and field medals of the Tokyo Olympics were decided with Selemon Barega winning gold in the men's 10,000 meters to put Ethiopia back on top of the event for the first time since Keneni...
31 Jul 20211h 7min
TORCH TALK DAY 1: OLYMPICS FINALLY ARRIVE! STEEPLECHASE SURPRISES + ATHING MU SHOW IN TOKYO + HISTORICALLY FAST 100s
The first track and field session at the Tokyo Olympics is finally here! Chris Chavez, Dana Giordano and Kyle Merber reunite to cover the Games. The first session did not disappoint. – We had the fas...
30 Jul 202139min
Bowerman Track Club's Karissa Schweizer Tackles A Historic 5K and 10K Double At the Tokyo Olympics
"If you look in the past at world championship races that have been in this type of humidity you never know what can happen and that kind of excites me. I know that racing in hot and humid conditions ...
27 Jul 202142min
Nike Founder Phil Knight On Legacy and His Perspective on the Track and Field's Present State and Future
Phil Knight is the co-founder of Nike, which he started back in 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports with his college coach Bill Bowerman. I know…I’m also a bit surprised this happened. During the Olympic Trial...
21 Jul 202136min
