Day 9: Stroke by Stroke
What just happened and what might happen are the two things an Olympic athlete can’t do much about. Getting past them, as we’ll hear, is a challenge at every level. To explore the mindset of taking th...
1 Aug 202115min
Day 8: Dancing Alone
Two sports new to the Olympics in Tokyo are based on imagination. Visualizing and then executing a sequence of movements in precise order and in total control are key to both Sport climbing and Karate...
1 Aug 202114min
Day 7: No Time to Lose
Time, it’s the measure by which most sports are played. For 3x3 Basketball and Olympic boxing, two sports with more prominent and lengthy versions, the lack of time plays a huge role in making every m...
30 Jul 202114min
Day 6: Stickhandling Change
Two countries with strong hockey ties look to begin new legacies of success in the summer sport by leveraging their history and history-making into participation and support back home. We’re joined by...
29 Jul 202115min
Day 5: After the Beep
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics are alive with beeps, from vending machines to the backing up of athlete transport shuttles. Most of us don’t think twice about the virtual birdsong of digital chirps around us...
28 Jul 202114min
Day 4 Extra: TODAY live from the Tokyo Olympics
We’re sharing an episode of the new TODAY podcast – live from Tokyo! Join Savannah Guthrie & Hoda Kotb each morning for all the insider news, history making moments, and great interviews from the Olym...
28 Jul 202134min
Day 4: Cloudy with a Chance of Medals
While participants at these Olympics are well-versed in guidelines, mother nature follows no such plans. As tropical storm Nepartak threatened to strengthen into a Typhoon and make landfall on July 27...
27 Jul 202110min
Day 3: Medal Level Unlocked
After failing to win a medal on the opening day of the Summer Olympics for the first time since 1972, the United States has secured its first podiums in Tokyo, unleashing a flurry of hardware for Team...
26 Jul 202112min
