The Podium

How long does it take to tell a story? The kind of story that has ups and downs, heroes and villains, hope lost and hope found?Cole Hocker’s gold medal winning 1500 meter run gives us a pretty accurat...

9 Aug 202414min

Discus thrower Valarie Allman and pole vaulter Sam Kendricks earned gold and silver, respectively, for Team USA only moments and yards apart. That parallels the tiny and often uncontrollable differenc...

8 Aug 202415min

Epic Olympic performances are said to be built “from the ground up” but in Paris, historic and novel ground surfaces are literally affecting the speed of sport. Track and field athletes Eleanor Patter...

7 Aug 20247min

Canoe Slalom bronze medalist Evy Leibfarth tells the podium why becoming one with the flow of water and paint helped her navigate these Games.Join host Zora Stephenson weekly and every day during the ...

6 Aug 202411min

Fencing at the Grand Palais is already grandiose, but the athlete presentation for finals takes it up a step, or more accurately down over 80 steps to the field of play. A grand entrance that eventual...

5 Aug 202412min

Track sprinters Andre De Grasse, Brendon Rodney and Duan Asemota help us see all the facets of sunglasses at the Olympics. From trying an iconic pair to describing the perfect fit, these fast men agre...

4 Aug 202412min

Matteo Jorgenson is a road cyclist, a sport that every four years demands its best to juggle the demands of two huge races, the Tour de France and the Olympic road race. With only 13 days between the ...

3 Aug 202412min

Nevin Harrison, Aaron Small and Jonas Ecker are masters at building and releasing tension in the water, in their muscles and in their incredibly close races. We join a practice with coach Shelley Oats...

2 Aug 202414min