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Speaker 1: When you're standing on a podium, the world thinks it's

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Speaker 1: seeing your big defining moment, crowd roaring, metal shining, cameras flashing.

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Speaker 1: What we don't see are the mornings that started before

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Speaker 1: anyone else was awake.

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Speaker 2: It's really the quiet work that nobody sees, and it's

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Speaker 2: not glorified.

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Speaker 1: It's not glamorous the injuries you push through because stopping

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Speaker 1: wasn't an option.

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Speaker 2: If you do take a slam, if you have a

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Speaker 2: bad crash, you have to manage that.

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Speaker 1: But you can't really fall behind for the moment you

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Speaker 1: thought I'm done because the win that's just the highlight.

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Speaker 1: What I'm really interested in is the story behind it.

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Speaker 2: Hi.

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Speaker 1: I'm Renee Stubbs, former professional tennis player doubles world number one,

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Speaker 1: and this is Forging Gold, a new podcast from Ruby

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Speaker 1: Studio by iHeartMedia. On this show, we sit down with

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Speaker 1: elite athletes like track icon Allison Felix.

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Speaker 2: I remember just looking up at the scoreboard and seeing

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Speaker 2: my name, you know, in the second position, and feeling

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Speaker 2: like crumpling to the ground.

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Speaker 1: And freestyle skiing trailblazer Gus Kenworthy.

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Speaker 2: I feel like I have unfinished business and I want

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Speaker 2: to walk with my head health high, knowing that I

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Speaker 2: gave it everything.

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Speaker 1: People whose names you might recognize, whose headlines you've definitely read,

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Speaker 1: and whose stories you think you know. We'll explore what

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Speaker 1: it really takes to perform at the highest level. We'll

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Speaker 1: talk about career defining moments, sure, the winds, but also

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Speaker 1: the real setbacks that shape success. Because getting the gold

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Speaker 1: doesn't happen in an instant. It's forged day by day

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Speaker 1: until it's ready to shine. Forging gold Drops every other

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Speaker 1: week starting March twelfth. Be sure to follow and subscribe

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Speaker 1: so you'll never miss an episode. Listen on iHeartRadio, app,

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