1 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:03,560 Speaker 1: Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, the show that 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:06,960 Speaker 1: from now on and forever we'll be calling the Olympics 3 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:08,480 Speaker 1: sports tapists. 4 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:12,320 Speaker 2: Thank you disco utters on Twitter. 5 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:15,360 Speaker 1: On today's show, we'll get into all the biggest headlines 6 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: after a busy weekend at the Paris Games. We'll give 7 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 1: love to some old folks still getting after it and 8 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 1: try to stump producer Alex with your Olympic questions. It's 9 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 1: all coming up right after this. Welcome back, Hope you 10 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 1: had a great weekend. Here's what you need to know today. 11 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 1: On the track, the women's one hundred meter final took 12 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:39,839 Speaker 1: center stage on Saturday night, Americans Shakerrie Richardson and Melissa 13 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:43,559 Speaker 1: Jefferson both competing in their Olympic debut when silver and 14 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 1: bronze respectively. But we absolutely have to give flowers to 15 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:50,879 Speaker 1: gold medalist Julian Alfred, who upset gold medal favorite SHAKERI 16 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 1: to give the Caribbean nation of Saint Lucia it's first 17 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 1: ever Olympic medal of any color. The island nation has 18 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: a population of just one hundred and seventy nine thousand. 19 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: If you haven't seen him, google the videos of folks 20 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 1: back in her home country watching and celebrating the win. 21 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: So cool and if you think Saint Lucia is small, 22 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 1: let's sail about ninety miles north to another island nation, 23 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 1: Dominica population seventy two thousand, which also won its first 24 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:20,959 Speaker 1: ever Olympic medal. On Saturday night, Theo Lafon Gadsen claimed 25 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:23,400 Speaker 1: gold in the triple jump on behalf of the Caribbean 26 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 1: island nation of that. In swimming, Katie Ledecki, who just 27 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:31,199 Speaker 1: last week became the most decorated female athlete in US 28 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:34,959 Speaker 1: Olympic history when she won her thirteenth medal, made even 29 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:38,120 Speaker 1: more history this weekend. On Saturday, she claimed gold in 30 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 1: the eight hundred meters, becoming the first woman from any 31 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:44,320 Speaker 1: country in any sport to win four gold medals in 32 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:47,560 Speaker 1: the same individual event. She's only the second swimmer to 33 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: do that, joining the goat Michael Phelps. Over the weekend, 34 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 1: Simone Biles won her tenth career Olympic medal, claiming gold 35 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 1: on the vault. Brazil's Rebecca Andrage took silver, and American 36 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 1: Jade Carey took braun. In the uneven bars finals, Sunny 37 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 1: Lee captured her third medal of this Olympics, taking bronze 38 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 1: behind Kalia Namore of Algeria and Chochia of China. Now 39 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 1: you'll remember our guest last week, Ari Sapperstein, who came 40 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 1: on to talk gymnastics, told you keep an eye on 41 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 1: Khalia and we hope you watched it because it was 42 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 1: a beautiful routine. She also becomes the first Olympic medalist 43 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 1: in gymnastics from not just Algeria, but all of Africa. 44 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: Very very cool to watch. Gymnastics concludes today with the 45 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 1: balance beam and the floor apparatus finals. Simone Biles will 46 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 1: compete on both. She'll be joined by Sunny Leon Beam 47 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 1: and Jordan Chiles on floor. We're pumped for that. 48 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 2: To basketball. 49 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 1: Three x three basketball concludes today and somehow the US 50 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:47,640 Speaker 1: are competing. If you listen to last Thursday's group chat, 51 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:49,640 Speaker 1: you know that we didn't really have high hopes for 52 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:52,359 Speaker 1: the US team when they started the games with three 53 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:53,679 Speaker 1: straight losses. 54 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 2: But you know what, shame on us because they turned 55 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 2: it around. 56 00:02:57,960 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 1: You know what, not shame on us, We're gonna take 57 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:02,959 Speaker 1: credit for Thank you for listening, ladies. I'm glad our 58 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:06,359 Speaker 1: disappointment in you and our demand for a whole new 59 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:10,239 Speaker 1: set of players inspired you to turn things around, because Yeah, 60 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:12,919 Speaker 1: after their terrible start, team USA came back in won 61 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 1: four straight. They finished pool play at ranked third out 62 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: of eight teams, and even though they missed out on 63 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 1: a bye, they made quick work of their playing game opponent, 64 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 1: defeating China twenty one to thirteen on Saturday. So they'll 65 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:27,919 Speaker 1: now play Spain in Semi final number one today, that's 66 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:30,799 Speaker 1: at eleven thirty am Eastern, and then Germany and Canada 67 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:33,079 Speaker 1: go head to head in Semi Final number two at 68 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: twelve thirty pm Eastern. The bronze medal and the gold 69 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 1: medal games will follow, beginning at three pm Eastern. 70 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 2: Good luck, ladies. 71 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 1: Glad you took our shitting' on you and turned it 72 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 1: into a positive. 73 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 2: Are bad? 74 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 1: In soccer, the US booked a spot in the semifinals 75 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 1: with a one nil extra time win over Japan on Saturday, 76 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 1: Trinity Rodman scoring an absolute banger of a goal for 77 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 1: the win. Please look that up if you didn't watch it. 78 00:03:57,640 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 1: Next up for the US is Germany. That game is 79 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: two day at twelve pm Eastern. Germany booked its spot 80 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: with a penalty shootout win over Canada, ending dronegate at 81 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: least on the play side. I'm sure plenty of news 82 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 1: still to come, and Brazil and Spain are playing in 83 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: the other semi final. Now, you remember ahead at this 84 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 1: USA Germany game that US already beat Germany four to 85 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 1: one in pool play earlier in the tournament, so they're 86 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 1: very familiar with the Germans and presumably they'll head into 87 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:25,039 Speaker 1: this match with a little bit of confidence. Also, one 88 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 1: other soccer update that we needed to give you after 89 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 1: talking about it last week. You remember that Marta, the 90 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: Brazilian legend, got sent off with a red card in 91 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:35,720 Speaker 1: Brazil's final game of group play. Usually that means you're 92 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:37,800 Speaker 1: missing the next game, so we were worried we might 93 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: not see her in international play ever. Again, Marta told 94 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 1: us before this Olympics this was it for her in 95 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:46,360 Speaker 1: Green and Yellow. But Brazil pulled off the win without her, 96 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 1: and we all celebrated more Marta until we learned via 97 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 1: the athletics Meg Linahan that Marcha's red was earned from 98 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:57,159 Speaker 1: a quote serious foul play, so she was docked two 99 00:04:57,240 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 1: games and she'll have to miss Brazil's semi final game 100 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 1: against Spain as well. Brazil is appealing that, but the 101 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:06,840 Speaker 1: good News is whatever happens, Marta is guaranteed one last 102 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 1: Olympic game. Even if Brazil loses in the semis, they'll 103 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:12,840 Speaker 1: still play in the bronze medal match, and assuming all 104 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 1: goes well, we'll get to see her one last time finally. 105 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 1: Boxing News boxers Cindy Nagamba will soon become the first 106 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 1: member of the Olympic refugee team to claim a medal. 107 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:26,359 Speaker 1: She won her quarterfinal round on Sunday and secured a 108 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,039 Speaker 1: spot in the semi final, and if she wins, she'll. 109 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:29,479 Speaker 2: Fight for gold. 110 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:32,599 Speaker 1: If she loses, she'll take home bronze. The Sport of 111 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 1: Boxing awards bronze medals to both semifinal losers. Now. Nagomba 112 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:40,160 Speaker 1: was born in Cameroon, but she can't return home because 113 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 1: she's gay and homosexuality is outlawed in the country, so 114 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 1: she lives in England. But per the Athletic she's repeatedly 115 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 1: been denied British citizenship despite winning three national titles and 116 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 1: receiving support from Great Britain Boxing. So she competes for 117 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 1: the refugee team and she'll be winning them a medal. 118 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:00,120 Speaker 2: Such a cool story. 119 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:04,719 Speaker 1: One of the things I've loved most about watching this Olympics, 120 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 1: and really any Olympics, is how many different examples of 121 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:12,560 Speaker 1: greatness we get to see. We see big, small, tall, short, fast, strong, young, 122 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:16,280 Speaker 1: and old, And I especially like the old, as the 123 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:18,640 Speaker 1: only person on the show alive for the death of 124 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:22,719 Speaker 1: John Lennon and the birth of MTV and apparently, based 125 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 1: on pre show, the only one who knows the reference 126 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 1: A dingo ate my baby. I appreciate the olds are 127 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 1: still getting it done. In the words of another eighties baby, 128 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:36,680 Speaker 1: the great Diana Tarasi in the twenty twenty one ESPN 129 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 1: doc one forty four, why can't old people dream too? 130 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:41,920 Speaker 2: It's like, why can't old people dream too? 131 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:42,840 Speaker 1: What? 132 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:45,039 Speaker 2: There's an age limit to being great? 133 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 1: And we're not talking Simone Biles old here, golden girls, 134 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 1: my ass y'all are children. You're Misha's age, Simone. We're 135 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:58,840 Speaker 1: talking actually old for sports people, you know, like the. 136 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 2: Meme you I'm only thirty five. I have my whole 137 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 2: life ahead of me. 138 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 1: Sports broadcaster, here comes the oldest player in the league. 139 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:11,600 Speaker 1: He's thirty two. A miracle so speaking to thirty somethings, 140 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 1: and as the only person at good Game who remembers 141 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 1: the hit show thirty something whatever, whatever, let's just start 142 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 1: with the youngest old. On Sunday, thirty one year old 143 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 1: Kristin Faulkner won gold in cycling's road race, marking Team 144 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 1: USA's first women's road cycling medal in forty years. 145 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:29,920 Speaker 2: Now. 146 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 1: She's not actually old, thirty one is just getting started. 147 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:34,200 Speaker 1: But do you ever watch when they do those athlete 148 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 1: features with the home video footage of the gold medalist, 149 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 1: like playing their sport as a three year old, and 150 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 1: you think, wow, you know, guess if I wanted to 151 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 1: be an Olympic medalist in skateboarding or soccer or gymnastics, 152 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 1: should have started training as soon as I could walk. 153 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 2: Well, that is not Faulkner's story. 154 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 1: She only started cycling seven years ago, at age twenty four. 155 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 1: It's kind of where her relatability ends, though, because she 156 00:07:57,520 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 1: grew up in Alaska, road at Harvard, moved to New 157 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:01,720 Speaker 1: York to take a job in venture capital, you know, 158 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:05,040 Speaker 1: like normal things. But after going to a free intro 159 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 1: to cycling lesson, she started biking around Central Park for 160 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 1: her morning workouts. Didn't even pursue cycling full time until 161 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:14,320 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one. Wasn't even supposed to compete in the 162 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 1: road race at these Olympics. She only clinched the spot 163 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 1: after one of her US teammates gave up the spot 164 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 1: to focus on triathlon, so Falkner entered as the true 165 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 1: underdog's underdog coming into Sunday's race, But with three kilometers 166 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 1: left in the race and still hanging with the lead pack, 167 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 1: she made a risky move and decided to leave the 168 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:35,720 Speaker 1: peloton behind. It sprint for gold, and she won. So 169 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:40,199 Speaker 1: to the baby of our group of olds. Congratulations. Okay, 170 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:42,679 Speaker 1: but Misha's really the only one here who considers thirty 171 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:45,640 Speaker 1: one old, so let's talk like actually old for an 172 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 1: Olympic athlete. Fifty five German dressage writer Isabelle Verirth became 173 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:53,080 Speaker 1: the oldest woman to win Olympic gold in one hundred 174 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:55,839 Speaker 1: and twenty years when Team Germany claimed the top prize 175 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:58,480 Speaker 1: in team dressage on Saturday. Now that's according to those 176 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 1: Olympic nerds over at OLYMPDA. With that gold, she also 177 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 1: became the first person to win a gold medal at 178 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: seven different Olympics. By the time producer Misha was born, 179 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 1: birth was already a four time Olympic medalist. 180 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 2: Also shout out American Laura Kraut, who at. 181 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:16,840 Speaker 1: Age fifty eight, became the oldest US medalist in seventy 182 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 1: two years when she won silver and team. 183 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 2: Jumping last week. 184 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 1: And by the way, did you guys see the venue 185 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:27,280 Speaker 1: for these equestrian competitions Chateau de Versailles? Absolutely unreal, Like, 186 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 1: even if you're not interested in watching any equestrian stuff, 187 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 1: which you should be based on how we've established ourselves 188 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:34,960 Speaker 1: as the primary source for horse news, you should just watch. 189 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 2: Some of it. For the venue, It's unbelievable. 190 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:39,320 Speaker 1: Also, I once cursed at a man in French outside 191 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 1: Versailles because he cut the entire two and a half 192 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 1: hour line with this family by pretending to be on 193 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 1: the phone. And when I started getting mad at English, 194 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 1: she pretended he didn't understand me, even if you might have. 195 00:09:47,679 --> 00:09:49,439 Speaker 1: So then I started swearing in French and that's when 196 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:52,760 Speaker 1: things really picked up. Anyway, let's get to the next 197 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:56,600 Speaker 1: old Seeing Seng was a rising table tennis star in 198 00:09:56,640 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 1: the nineteen seventies and eighties and even went pro at 199 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:02,960 Speaker 1: age twelve, making the Chinese national team at sixteen, but 200 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:05,560 Speaker 1: then a rule change derailed her game and she retired 201 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:09,240 Speaker 1: when she was only twenty. She moved on, making her 202 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 1: way to Chile in nineteen eighty nine, opening a furniture 203 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:14,320 Speaker 1: store and only briefly dabbling in the sport in the interim, 204 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 1: But she decided to pick up her paddle again during 205 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 1: the pandemic, and last week she played in her first 206 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 1: Olympic match at age fifty eight. Even better, it was 207 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 1: a sixty one year old former teammate who's also competing 208 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 1: this year that inspired her to come back. It's not 209 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 1: too late for us, y'all. Pickleball, Brisbane, twenty thirty two. 210 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 1: I'll see you there. I probably won't because I'm actually 211 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:43,240 Speaker 1: getting tired just thinking about competing at my advanced age. 212 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:47,040 Speaker 2: Let's take a quick break and towel off. I'm fatigued. 213 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 2: When we come back, we're going to answer your Olympic 214 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:57,040 Speaker 2: questions with Alex. Welcome back, everybody. 215 00:10:57,200 --> 00:10:59,360 Speaker 1: If you're enjoying the Olympics as much as I am, 216 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 1: despite still being a little bit confused about a lot 217 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,240 Speaker 1: of things, and based on some of your questions, you 218 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 1: are so our expert Alex is going to answer your 219 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:11,560 Speaker 1: questions and we'll see if we can Stumper. 220 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:13,199 Speaker 2: Let's start with Eve. 221 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:16,439 Speaker 1: This is from an email she sent us, she asked, 222 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:20,360 Speaker 1: why does the coach question mark stand near the uneven 223 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:22,400 Speaker 1: bars for women? Is it to catch them in case 224 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 1: of a fall or to provide something to spot So 225 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 1: what's happened there? 226 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:30,440 Speaker 3: Alex, Yeah, I love this question. So it is similar 227 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:32,520 Speaker 3: to what happens at a gym. If you're doing a 228 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:34,839 Speaker 3: bench press, you better have a spotter because you don't 229 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:36,839 Speaker 3: want to be the person that ends up not being 230 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:40,120 Speaker 3: able to get the weight off of your chest. And 231 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 3: in gymnastics they're doing dangerous things all the time, and 232 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 3: so what is interesting to me is that it is 233 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 3: only on uneven bars that athletes are allowed to have 234 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:53,840 Speaker 3: a spotter without an automatic deduction. And so jimnasts typically 235 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 3: have their coach because it needs to be somebody that 236 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 3: knows their routine and is also accredited and allowed on 237 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:02,720 Speaker 3: the floor of the bit competition who stands underneath them 238 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:05,840 Speaker 3: because if they lose the bars when their head is 239 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:08,920 Speaker 3: towards the floor, that could obviously end very badly for them. 240 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 3: But one story I just want to flag, I'll link 241 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:14,960 Speaker 3: to it in the show notes. Diana Moskovitz of Defector 242 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:17,560 Speaker 3: actually wrote a great story last year about how Biles 243 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:20,560 Speaker 3: when she was training the yr chinko double pike, chose 244 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 3: to get a deduction to have her coach spot her. 245 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 3: It was a point five deduction, which you know in 246 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:28,240 Speaker 3: gymnastics is a lot thoughnut for Simone Biles, and so 247 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:30,000 Speaker 3: I think that there's a question to be asked in 248 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:32,959 Speaker 3: the future of should gymnasts be allowed to have a 249 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:35,080 Speaker 3: spot her all the time for all four apparatus. 250 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it feels like in the middle of 251 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:39,440 Speaker 1: a vault it would be dangerous for both of them. 252 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 1: But you have seen Simone's coaches during warmups be on 253 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,640 Speaker 1: the edge of the map to kind of cushion her 254 00:12:47,679 --> 00:12:49,559 Speaker 1: if she's going to fall at the end of those 255 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: massive vaults. 256 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:53,280 Speaker 3: Well, one thing I'll add to that too is I 257 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:58,320 Speaker 3: love watching gymnastics and diving with other athletes because me, 258 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:01,439 Speaker 3: as a normal human, I'll be shocked when the person 259 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:04,560 Speaker 3: falls when they actually fall, But jimnasts note that the 260 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 3: person is going to fall like a whole five seconds 261 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:09,440 Speaker 3: in advance, and so their coaches are the same. When 262 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:12,280 Speaker 3: you've seen an athlete do something one hundred times, you 263 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 3: know from the get go that they're in the wrong place, 264 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 3: the wrong spot in the air. They're not doing that 265 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 3: twist fast enough and so while it is dangerous for 266 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:23,280 Speaker 3: someone to be there, the coach certainly knows better than 267 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 3: anyone else. Oh, I need to step back because she's 268 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 3: about to fly into me. 269 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:28,439 Speaker 2: Yeah for sure. 270 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:28,920 Speaker 3: Yeah. 271 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:30,960 Speaker 1: I mean I kind of had a feeling about those spotters, 272 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 1: but I did never think about the fact that they 273 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:35,119 Speaker 1: don't allow them for any other parts of the routine. 274 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 1: All right, let's go to Laurna on Twitter. What are 275 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 1: those random boxes the medalists receive. 276 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:42,880 Speaker 3: This one's quick and easy. It is the official poster 277 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:46,320 Speaker 3: of the Olympics. And as someone who decorated her college 278 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 3: dorm room with unofficial printed off of the Internet posters 279 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:52,000 Speaker 3: of the Olympics, I'm pretty jealous. 280 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:52,880 Speaker 2: Oh my gosh. 281 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 1: I thought those were like carrying cases for the medals, because, 282 00:13:57,600 --> 00:14:02,880 Speaker 1: as someone who's won two Emmys, what happens when you 283 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:05,079 Speaker 1: win an Emmy is they give you this giant box 284 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 1: to put it in and to take home with you. 285 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:10,080 Speaker 1: But then they also give you like luggage to put 286 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:11,960 Speaker 1: the box in, because they presume that you didn't have 287 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,079 Speaker 1: room in the original luggage that you brought to like. 288 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 2: Get it home. 289 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:17,680 Speaker 1: So I thought, oh, they probably have like some sort 290 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 1: of like long skinny box with like clasps on it 291 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 1: that you put the metal in, and that that's what 292 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 1: they were holding. 293 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 2: Do they have that separately? 294 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 3: That's actually a great question. I don't think that they 295 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 3: give them a carry in case for their Olympic medal. 296 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:32,440 Speaker 3: Maybe Sarah stumped me, right. 297 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:34,440 Speaker 1: They don't even get like a little Crown Royal velvet 298 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:35,320 Speaker 1: pouch to put it in. 299 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 3: I know I used to keep my ski goggles in 300 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 3: a Crown Royal velvet pouch. Those are the best. 301 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:43,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, maybe if you anticipate getting a medal, you should 302 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 1: bring a Crown Royal pouch with you. Because I'm not 303 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 1: raw Dog in my Medal. You got to wrap that 304 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:49,880 Speaker 1: thing up before you take it home. If you're not 305 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 1: going to wear it all night on your neck, you 306 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:53,480 Speaker 1: got to have a plan for it, is all I'm saying. 307 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:55,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, honestly, I think if you win an Olympic medal, 308 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:57,720 Speaker 3: mandatory you have to wear it through security. 309 00:14:57,960 --> 00:14:59,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean agreed for sure. 310 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 1: I also think think it's mandatory that we call this 311 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:05,560 Speaker 1: episode raw Dog in your Medal, because that's just gonna 312 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:06,200 Speaker 1: have to happen. 313 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:08,280 Speaker 2: Moving on, Beth hool. 314 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 1: Asks does the caddy get a gold in golf too? 315 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:15,240 Speaker 1: I love this question because I saw someone post that 316 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 1: horses should get the medals because the riders are really 317 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:20,800 Speaker 1: more like the coaches, which was hilarious to me. But 318 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:23,480 Speaker 1: I didn't really think about the caddies. Are caddies getting medals? 319 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 3: They are absolutely not getting metals, which apparently is something 320 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:28,920 Speaker 3: that golf is like all up in arms about and 321 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:31,400 Speaker 3: has been since the sport was added back in twenty sixteen. 322 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 3: To me, it's not that wild, given that coaches don't 323 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:36,440 Speaker 3: get metals in any Olympic sports. 324 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:38,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, caddies are basically coaches. 325 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, coaches don't get medals, horses don't get metals. 326 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:43,280 Speaker 3: But I agree with you. I think the horse should 327 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 3: maybe get the metal over the human. 328 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 2: For sure, or at least both, at least both. This 329 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:50,840 Speaker 2: question is from Nick. Why are some surfers wearing helmets? 330 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:55,840 Speaker 3: So it is because of how dangerous that venue is. 331 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 3: So ahead of the Olympics, Surfing's International Federation actually advised 332 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 3: that surfers wear helmets. Most of them did not listen, 333 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 3: but one of them, Joe On de Fay of France, 334 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:13,160 Speaker 3: she actually crashed, had a super nasty wipeout, got thrown 335 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:16,160 Speaker 3: into the coral reef that is below that break, and 336 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 3: when she came back after getting four stitches, she was 337 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:21,720 Speaker 3: wearing a helmet. I also got a question from Nick 338 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 3: about helmets in skateboarding, because some athletes are wearing them 339 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 3: and some aren't. And in skateboarding it's actually an age thing. 340 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 3: So if you're under eighteen, you have to wear a 341 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 3: helmet no matter what event you're in, and if you 342 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:34,960 Speaker 3: compete in the park event, you also have to wear 343 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 3: a helmet. But for athletes that are competing in street 344 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:39,840 Speaker 3: and are over the age of eighteen, they can decide 345 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 3: to do whatever they want. 346 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:44,080 Speaker 1: Interesting, I'm always seeing people riding around Chicago on those 347 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:46,360 Speaker 1: we call them divvy bikes, I think their city bikes 348 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 1: in New York, and they're like, clearly they don't know 349 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:50,960 Speaker 1: how to ride a bike and they don't have a helmet, 350 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 1: and I think it's just a safety issue for all 351 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 1: of us. I think at any age, you should be 352 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 1: required to wear a helmet on a city bike. I've 353 00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 1: also seen stories of them ending up on Lake Shore 354 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,240 Speaker 1: Drive in the middle of Chicago, which not great. 355 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:03,280 Speaker 2: Not great. 356 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:07,199 Speaker 1: Somebody else on Twitter wants to know what gives with 357 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:09,600 Speaker 1: the repechage round in track and field. So can you 358 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 1: explain who and why they get to run in that 359 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:13,879 Speaker 1: if they don't make it via their heats. 360 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:17,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure. So even Olympic nerd alex Azi had 361 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:19,440 Speaker 3: to do a double take when I saw that track 362 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:23,639 Speaker 3: and Field had represchage rounds. So represchage is actually a 363 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:27,040 Speaker 3: French word. Loosely translated, it means second chance. It's something 364 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:30,080 Speaker 3: that has existed in rowing probably forever. Don't fact check 365 00:17:30,119 --> 00:17:33,199 Speaker 3: me on that. And what happens is that in the 366 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:35,720 Speaker 3: individual events from the two hundred to the fifteen hundred, 367 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:38,880 Speaker 3: if you don't advance out of your heat, you are 368 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:40,920 Speaker 3: given a second chance to try to make it into 369 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:43,639 Speaker 3: the semi finals. So it's all the losers competing against 370 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:45,720 Speaker 3: each other. I don't know if I love the idea 371 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:48,280 Speaker 3: hate the idea, but I guess we'll see how it goes. 372 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 2: I tend to love the idea. 373 00:17:50,119 --> 00:17:53,359 Speaker 1: I think any chance you have to prove that you 374 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:56,160 Speaker 1: belong and make it. If you then do that, I'm 375 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:58,320 Speaker 1: here for it because it's so heartbreaking to me when 376 00:17:58,359 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 1: someone just like something goes wrong or they're just this 377 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:03,159 Speaker 1: closed or something I don't know. I just for the 378 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,400 Speaker 1: most part, I believe in that as long as ultimately 379 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 1: everybody gets that fair shake in the end at the 380 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:08,800 Speaker 1: final Absolutely. 381 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 3: The only thing I'll add to that is you have 382 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 3: to actually finish. If you record a DNF for whatever reason, 383 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 3: I'm pretty sure that doesn't actually qualify you for the 384 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 3: repechage round. 385 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:20,680 Speaker 1: Oh that's the kind of incident where I want them 386 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 1: to have a second yit darn it all, all right, Alex, 387 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:27,440 Speaker 1: I feel like I did, in fact stump you because 388 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:31,240 Speaker 1: I did ask about whether they get a metal condom, 389 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 1: and so I get a prize, right, That's what you said, 390 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:36,960 Speaker 1: if someone stumps you, they get prize. 391 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:37,200 Speaker 2: Yeah. 392 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 3: And I think my family also gets a prize because 393 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 3: they asked me a question today that I thought I 394 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:42,760 Speaker 3: knew the answer to you, and then I realized I 395 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:44,800 Speaker 3: maybe don't actually know the answer to it. 396 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:45,600 Speaker 2: What was that? 397 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:49,600 Speaker 3: So we were watching fencing and they were curious about 398 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:52,040 Speaker 3: the tethers. One of them asked. They were like, oh, 399 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:53,800 Speaker 3: is that so the coach can pull them back? I 400 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 3: was like, that's a really funny visual, Like imagine your 401 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 3: coach just gets to like pull you back like you're 402 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:01,399 Speaker 3: on a support climbing hall or something. But the tethers 403 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:05,159 Speaker 3: are there because they're electronic equipments to determine whether or 404 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:08,280 Speaker 3: not they make the touch. Oh, just because the weapon 405 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 3: is moving so fast that the human eye probably can't 406 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 3: detect that. 407 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:13,280 Speaker 2: That totally makes sense. 408 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:15,720 Speaker 3: Right, And I think it's existed for like probably as 409 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 3: long as electricity. Again, don't fact check me. So then though, 410 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:22,040 Speaker 3: they ask me, is it possible for one fencer to 411 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:28,399 Speaker 3: electrocute another fencer? And I immediately was like no, And 412 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:32,320 Speaker 3: then I stopped because blind confidence is my least favorite 413 00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:35,399 Speaker 3: quality in a human and I'm pretty sure the answer 414 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:37,199 Speaker 3: is no. But I was like, I've never asked a 415 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:39,920 Speaker 3: fencer that, and then I started googling myself and I 416 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,040 Speaker 3: end up on Reddit where somebody's like I was sweating 417 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:44,480 Speaker 3: and I felt a small shock while fencing, And granted 418 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 3: that's like some amateur anyway, just reminds you you always 419 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:49,000 Speaker 3: need to ask the question. 420 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:51,320 Speaker 1: You just don't know. It's always good to ask the question. Okay, 421 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:53,119 Speaker 1: and speaking of that, I have one more question for you. 422 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:54,960 Speaker 1: Let's see if I can stump you at this. Okay, 423 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:59,080 Speaker 1: let's hear it should male Olympic pole vaulters hire drag 424 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:02,480 Speaker 1: queens to teach them how to tuck before they compete, 425 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:06,399 Speaker 1: so they don't limited themselves competition with their natural gifts 426 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:09,040 Speaker 1: down below, and not talking about any particular incident at all. 427 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 2: This is a total hypothetical. 428 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 3: I love a good hypothetical question. Answer more. Drag queens 429 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:15,600 Speaker 3: always all the. 430 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:18,480 Speaker 1: Time, absolutely, and I do think you know, add it 431 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:19,359 Speaker 1: to the coaching staff. 432 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:21,120 Speaker 2: It can't hurt. Also, shout out to my. 433 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:24,080 Speaker 1: Girl, Renee Stubbs for the ingenious idea of a drag 434 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:27,880 Speaker 1: queen coach teaching these guys how to tuck. I say, 435 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 1: get the queens from the opening ceremony, or you know, 436 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:32,680 Speaker 1: call my girl Lucy Stewell from here in Chicago. 437 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:35,400 Speaker 2: Shout out Lucy Stewell. Everybody look her up. 438 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:38,120 Speaker 1: I think it's wise for us to take another break here. 439 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:40,680 Speaker 1: When we come back, we'll talk about some things we wish. 440 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:45,520 Speaker 1: We're set in stone. 441 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 2: You're back. We're back, and it's time for yes. And 442 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:54,200 Speaker 2: let's talk about statues, y'all. 443 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:57,320 Speaker 1: In January twenty twenty one, the University of South Carolina 444 00:20:57,359 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 1: Athletics put up a statue of Las Vegas Ace and 445 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:04,120 Speaker 1: tmusa basketball superstar Asia Wilson in front of Colonial Life 446 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:05,880 Speaker 1: Arena to commemorate. 447 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:08,159 Speaker 2: Her absolutely legendary college career. 448 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:11,879 Speaker 1: The Hopkins South Carolina native and twenty seventeen National champ 449 00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 1: was the first black woman to have a statue solely 450 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:18,480 Speaker 1: in her honor on SC's campus, and as Asia pointed out, 451 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:21,640 Speaker 1: it was the same campus that her late grandmother wasn't 452 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:23,960 Speaker 1: even allowed to step foot on in her youth due 453 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:27,400 Speaker 1: to racism. The moment was so well deserved and got 454 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:30,119 Speaker 1: a lot of attention around the sports world. In fact, 455 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:32,359 Speaker 1: considering the tear that Asia has been out in the 456 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:36,879 Speaker 1: WNBA and internationally, wouldn't surprise me if she had another statue. 457 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:37,920 Speaker 2: By the time her career is over. 458 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:41,280 Speaker 1: But Asia's one of very few women athletes with a 459 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:45,040 Speaker 1: statue of their likeness. Some others include Gold medalis Sunni Lee, 460 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:47,280 Speaker 1: who has one in her hometown of Saint Paul, Minnesota, 461 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 1: four time WNBA champ, Simone Augustus who has one at LSU, 462 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:53,399 Speaker 1: Brandy Chastein and the ninety nine ers who are immortalized 463 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:55,920 Speaker 1: at the Rose Bowl, and Venus and Serena Williams, who 464 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:57,879 Speaker 1: have a statue honoring them at the National Museum of 465 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:02,600 Speaker 1: African American history and culture in Washington and now, as 466 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:06,280 Speaker 1: of this past July, three time Olympic gymnast Dominique Dawes 467 00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:09,280 Speaker 1: has one at a recreation center in Montgomery County, Maryland, 468 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:12,600 Speaker 1: where she grew up. Dominique Dawes one of my favorite 469 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:16,760 Speaker 1: Olympic athletes ever. We are so excited for her and 470 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 1: for the athletes you mentioned so yes, and the fact 471 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:24,520 Speaker 1: remains that there are so many female athletes who have 472 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:27,920 Speaker 1: not received their statues or frankly, the attention and appreciation 473 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:30,880 Speaker 1: they deserve. And it's much bigger than just female athletes 474 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:31,960 Speaker 1: not getting their recognition. 475 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:34,280 Speaker 2: It's women in general. 476 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:37,119 Speaker 1: Did you know that, according to research by University of 477 00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:41,440 Speaker 1: Wisconsin lacrosse professor Sierra Rooney, only six percent of all 478 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:46,320 Speaker 1: American monuments feature actual female historic figures as their subjects. 479 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:48,760 Speaker 2: And according to nonprofit Monument Lab. 480 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:51,000 Speaker 1: In the US, you're more likely to find a sculpture 481 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 1: of a mermaid than of any American born woman who 482 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:54,920 Speaker 1: actually existed and. 483 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:55,680 Speaker 2: Did something cool. 484 00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:58,359 Speaker 1: Because I bet you've seen a lot of those stone 485 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:01,679 Speaker 1: tittied fountain ladies fountain water, but not a lot of 486 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:06,080 Speaker 1: statues dedicated to real, actual accomplished women, and this is 487 00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:08,919 Speaker 1: the way we've immortalized men in this country for centuries, 488 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:12,160 Speaker 1: both athletes and otherwise. So it's about time we start 489 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:16,120 Speaker 1: keeping that same energy for greats of any gender. Put 490 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:19,359 Speaker 1: it in stone or clay or whatever the hell you 491 00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:21,439 Speaker 1: make a statue out of, except for butter, because that 492 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:24,320 Speaker 1: Kaitlin Clark butter statue was super awesome. But if you 493 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:27,480 Speaker 1: could nuke a statue and it melts doesn't count. 494 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:28,680 Speaker 2: It was cool though. 495 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:31,960 Speaker 1: Okay, we love that you're listening, but we do want 496 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:33,480 Speaker 1: you to get in the game every day too. So 497 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:36,240 Speaker 1: here's our good game play of the day. What athlete 498 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:39,080 Speaker 1: in women's sports do you want to see immortalized in. 499 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:42,600 Speaker 2: Bronze or clay or copper or not butter? 500 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:46,040 Speaker 1: Pick one person. Okay, we do not want lists. We 501 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:49,440 Speaker 1: want one person, only one athlete in women's sports you 502 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:50,679 Speaker 1: would like to see a statue of. 503 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:51,719 Speaker 2: Next. Thank you. 504 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:55,359 Speaker 1: Hit us up on email, good game at wondermedianetwork dot com, 505 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:57,800 Speaker 1: leave us a voicemail at eight seven two two oh 506 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:00,680 Speaker 1: four fifty seventy, or hit me up on some at 507 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:04,360 Speaker 1: Sarah Spain on Twitter, and don't forget to subscribe, rate 508 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:04,879 Speaker 1: and review. 509 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:06,680 Speaker 2: We're not just saying this for our health. 510 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:10,880 Speaker 1: People Hit the foll A button, subscribe, click five stars, 511 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:11,760 Speaker 1: rate review. 512 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 2: It's really really easy. 513 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:18,640 Speaker 1: Watch official water polo hypeman Flavor Flav expanding his reach 514 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:21,720 Speaker 1: to other sports and athletes, rating five out of five 515 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 1: stars review. Not only do we see Flavor, don't call 516 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:29,680 Speaker 1: him Flava out here supporting women's rugby, hanging with Billy 517 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:33,439 Speaker 1: Jean King and Serena Williams, expertly dropping Taylor swift lyrics 518 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:37,000 Speaker 1: into his instaposts, and just you know, generally being America's 519 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:38,320 Speaker 1: cool Olympic grandpa. 520 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:40,000 Speaker 2: But he's out here paying bills now too. 521 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:43,600 Speaker 1: Because discus thrower Veronica Freeley posted on social media that 522 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:45,720 Speaker 1: she was on her way to the Olympics but couldn't 523 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:49,040 Speaker 1: pay her rent. Flavor jumped in to cover her four 524 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:51,280 Speaker 1: the month, and then Serena Williams's husband and Reddit co 525 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 1: founder Alexis o'hanian saw their exchange and jumped in to. 526 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:57,719 Speaker 2: Cover her through the rest of the year. I love it. 527 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:00,600 Speaker 2: Flavor called him his partner in dime so good. 528 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:05,080 Speaker 1: Frehley also started to go fundme page that thanks to Flavorflave, 529 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:08,960 Speaker 1: Alexis so'hanni and everybody else who saw their exchange has 530 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:12,360 Speaker 1: now raised more than her twenty thousand dollars goal. So 531 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:15,120 Speaker 1: shout out to Flavor Flav for being the ultimate hype man. 532 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:16,719 Speaker 1: See how easy that is? 533 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 2: Now it's your turn rate and review. Thanks for listening. 534 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:25,119 Speaker 2: See you tomorrow. Good Game, Olds, Good Game, Dominique Dawes. 535 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:30,119 Speaker 1: Few countries that have rules against sexuality or gender expression. 536 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:35,320 Speaker 1: Good Game with Sarah Spain is an iHeart women's sports 537 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:38,439 Speaker 1: production in partnership with Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment. You 538 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:41,359 Speaker 1: can find us on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or 539 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:45,040 Speaker 1: wherever you get your podcasts. 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