1 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:07,520 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Anny and Samantha and welcome to Steff. 2 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 1: I never told you, precture, I heard. 3 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 2: You, and it's that time again, Olympics time. I felt 4 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 2: like I was doing a chair And honestly, we can't 5 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 2: wait to hear from our different contributors about what is happening. 6 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 2: So I feel like this is a call out, yo, yo, 7 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 2: send us your information, send us your thoughts, send us 8 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:39,239 Speaker 2: your commentary, because we love it. But we decided that 9 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 2: we wanted to go down a couple of different routes 10 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:44,840 Speaker 2: for this episode on what is happening as it has 11 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 2: just started. I know a lot of few games, but 12 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:50,840 Speaker 2: there's a lot of things happening constantly, changing wins and 13 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 2: controversies and so much. But before we start with what's 14 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 2: happening with the current twenty twenty four Olympics, we wanted 15 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 2: to talk a little bit about some of the historical things, 16 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:08,040 Speaker 2: specifically with the IOC or International Olympic Committee, So we 17 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 2: wanted to start with, of course, the women of the IOC. 18 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 2: We kind of talked about how they were so delayed 19 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 2: and behind and allowing for women to be a part 20 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 2: of the Olympics in general, just to compete and how 21 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:21,039 Speaker 2: women had to do their own thing, and they were 22 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 2: like the IOC was super mad, you know. The French 23 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:26,840 Speaker 2: too was like, no, women shouldn't be here, and now 24 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 2: we're in Paris anyway, So we wanted to talk about 25 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:34,200 Speaker 2: the actual IOC in itself and how the leadership was 26 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 2: very slow when it came to allowing the women to 27 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:42,039 Speaker 2: be a part of the organization itself. So not only 28 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 2: were they slow about allowing women to be a part 29 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:45,559 Speaker 2: of it, and I think it took it till twenty 30 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 2: twelve for it to have an actual, like equal representation 31 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:53,920 Speaker 2: of women in the competitions, not necessarily the competitors, but 32 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 2: the competition and games itself. So here's question number one, 33 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 2: When did the IOC allow women to be a part 34 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 2: of the leadership? Again, I think we talked about this 35 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 2: on our feminists around the world just recently. But the 36 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 2: IOC was founded in eighteen ninety four and they governed 37 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:14,800 Speaker 2: the National Olympic Committees, which there is a total of 38 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 2: like two hundred and six, which are kind of take 39 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 2: care of their own country and who they bring in 40 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:23,800 Speaker 2: to the competitions. So it wasn't until nineteen eighty one 41 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 2: that the IOC finally allowed two women to become official 42 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:32,639 Speaker 2: members of the IOC, and they were former Olympians. I'm 43 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:34,639 Speaker 2: so sorry if I butchered these names. Y'all know, when 44 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 2: it comes to the international names and episodes, sometimes it's 45 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:39,359 Speaker 2: really hard for us to find that information. So if 46 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:42,080 Speaker 2: you know these names and we're saying it wrong, just 47 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 2: let us know. But Hearjo Hogman from Finland and Flora 48 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 2: Isava Fnesca from Venezuela and Finesco was the first to 49 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 2: serve on the executive board, which happened in nineteen ninety Yes. 50 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 1: And if you listen to our earlier episode of Feminists 51 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: around the World, which by the way, this is coming 52 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 1: out August second, twenty twenty four, things. 53 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 3: Are changing very quickly, very rapidly. 54 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 1: You know. We already talked about the first woman to 55 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 1: be appointed as the vice president, and she has accomplished 56 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: quite a lot for so many hears a bit from 57 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 1: Wikipedia about her quote. In nineteen ninety two, De France 58 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 1: began chairing the prototype of the IOC Commission on Women 59 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 1: in Sport. Defrance not only worked towards promoting gender equality 60 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 1: and sports, but she also wanted to move toward gender 61 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 1: equality in the IOC so women could be equally represented. 62 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 1: She believed that without equal representation in the IOC that 63 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 1: women's voices would not get an equal chance to be heard. 64 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 2: So the Commission, which has since been renamed Gender Equality, 65 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 2: Diversity and Inclusion Commission, is running strong. According to Olympics 66 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 2: dot Com. Here is how they define the role of 67 00:03:56,680 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 2: the Commission. The Commission advises the IOC Session, the IOC 68 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 2: Executive Board, and the IOC President on the implementation of 69 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 2: the Gender Equality and Inclusion Strategy to enable them to 70 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 2: make informed and balanced decisions to advance gender equality in 71 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 2: sport on and off the field of play across the 72 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:17,719 Speaker 2: three spheres of responsibility of the IOC, which is the 73 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 2: IOC as an organization, the IOC as owner of the 74 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:23,839 Speaker 2: Olympic Games, the IOC as leader of the Olympic Movement, 75 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 2: and just fyi. According to their website, they still have 76 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 2: difference as an honorary member. Also, we're not talking about 77 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:37,479 Speaker 2: the money that is made within the IOC, but we 78 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:41,720 Speaker 2: know it's in the billions just fyi anyway, and there 79 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 2: hasn't been much conversation about what is how it's distributed 80 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 2: and whether or not there's corruption. I think there was 81 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:48,599 Speaker 2: a dude that was just like, we're not saying that's corrupt, 82 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 2: but we're saying there's really no accountability about what is 83 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 2: happening with the money, So just let that linger there. So, 84 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 2: with the help of a Vice President, Defrance and her 85 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 2: new Commissi, the IOC created a new policy that required 86 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:07,480 Speaker 2: that women would make up twenty percent of the participants, 87 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:13,119 Speaker 2: which seems like a low amount, but they actually failed 88 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 2: to do this in two thousand and five, which was 89 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:17,159 Speaker 2: the goal date, and would not be met even in 90 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 2: twenty twelve. So seven years later still hadn't been met. 91 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:23,159 Speaker 2: Y'all twenty twelve. My gosh, I was out of college 92 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:25,839 Speaker 2: by this point. I'm old. But as of this Olympics, 93 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 2: forty one percent of the IOC membership is held by women, 94 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:32,559 Speaker 2: and fourteen of the thirty three commissions are led by women, 95 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 2: and at least thirty three percent of women are on 96 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:40,160 Speaker 2: the Executive Board, so you know, the numbers are rising. However, 97 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 2: I think it's important to note that there has yet 98 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:47,280 Speaker 2: to be a woman to be appointed as the President 99 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 2: of the IOC, So VP is as high as women 100 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:52,280 Speaker 2: have gotten. 101 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 1: Yes, so have these policies, commissions and efforts worked. According 102 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 1: to the new releases for this year's games, Yes, the 103 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:06,679 Speaker 1: IOC set a goal of making the participants of fifty 104 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:10,920 Speaker 1: to fifty split in registered competitors, but they didn't quite. 105 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 3: Hit the marks. 106 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:16,480 Speaker 1: Here are some statistics for this year. According to an 107 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 1: ap news dot com article quote one week before the 108 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:23,160 Speaker 1: opening ceremony, the official IOC database for the Paris Olympics 109 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:27,039 Speaker 1: showed eleven thousand, two hundred and fifteen athletes including backups, 110 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 1: registered to compete. Five thousand, seven hundred and twelve and 111 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 1: men's events and five thousand, five hundred and three in 112 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:37,360 Speaker 1: women's events are of fifty one to forty nine percent split. 113 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 1: In track and field, which has qualifying standards the athletes 114 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:45,599 Speaker 1: must reach, there were fifty more registered for the men's 115 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:49,279 Speaker 1: events than women's one thousand and ninety one to one 116 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 1: thousand and forty one. And swimming, the difference was four 117 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 1: hundred and sixty four to three hundred ninety three. In soccer, 118 00:06:56,839 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 1: with sixteen teams in the men's tournament and just twelve 119 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:02,160 Speaker 1: in the women, the athlete tally was three hundred and 120 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:04,920 Speaker 1: fifty one to two hundred and sixty four. The wrestling 121 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 1: entry has one hundred and ninety three men and ninety 122 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 1: six women with a men only category in Greco Roman. 123 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 2: And according to that same report, it shows that the 124 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 2: US has the highest number of women competing, with three 125 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 2: hundred and thirty eight women out of six hundred and 126 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 2: thirty eight delegates, making it a fifty three percentage of women. 127 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 2: But with that, it's also noted that one of the 128 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 2: reasons include that the men's field hockey team did not 129 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 2: qualify for those games while the women's did so. Just 130 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:33,680 Speaker 2: put that in the back of your head. But there 131 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 2: are other countries that have more women percentage wise. Here's 132 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:40,320 Speaker 2: another quote from the AP News article. Guam, a US 133 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:43,200 Speaker 2: island territory east of the Philippines, led the way with 134 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 2: eighty seven point five percent women seven in this team 135 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 2: of eight athletes. According to the IOC database, Guam's seven 136 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 2: women are in six different sports. Nicaragua is set to 137 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 2: arrive with eighty six percent women six of its seven athletes, 138 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 2: in Sierra Leone with eighty percent and by the way, 139 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:04,600 Speaker 2: currently there are only two athletes who identify as non 140 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 2: binary and transgender among the athletes, Nikki Hilts from the 141 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 2: US and Quinn from the Canadian soccer team. 142 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 1: Which all Listener wrote in about Yes Listener wrote in 143 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 1: be Quinn However, with the number of players becoming more 144 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 1: equal and diverse, there are still some issues with that. 145 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:26,200 Speaker 1: There are several countries that have not progressed as well. 146 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 1: Here's some more information from that AP news article. 147 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 3: Quote. 148 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 1: Six of the two hundred and five official Olympic teams 149 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:37,559 Speaker 1: had no elite level female athlete registered to compete Belize, 150 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:44,680 Speaker 1: Guinea Bissau, Iraq, Liechtenstein, Naururu and Somalia. Qatar, which wants 151 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:48,440 Speaker 1: to host the twenty thirty six Olympics. WOA has just 152 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:52,880 Speaker 1: one woman and its fourteen athlete team, or seven percent half. 153 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:57,200 Speaker 1: The Katari team represents men's track and fields. 154 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 2: Like really known low numbers to want to host this game. 155 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 2: Maybe I'm just. 156 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:08,200 Speaker 1: Well, I know, yes, I agree, but also I know 157 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 1: some sports folks who are listening will have the. 158 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:17,839 Speaker 3: Soccer alarm bells. 159 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:22,199 Speaker 1: Are ringing, the football alarm bells are ringing because there 160 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 1: was some drama with that too. About and I mean again, 161 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:28,960 Speaker 1: there's so many controversies we could get into, but the 162 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:32,840 Speaker 1: host country and like what happens right and what it 163 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 1: takes to make it is a big one by just 164 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:37,679 Speaker 1: no guitars in this conversation before. 165 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:40,200 Speaker 2: Right, Well, I mean they didn't host the World Cup, 166 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:45,560 Speaker 2: so I mean, huh huh. Anyway, so would that also 167 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 2: we should look at leadership within the game, such as 168 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 2: the coaches. And here's a quote from CNN dot com. 169 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:55,840 Speaker 2: But as female athletes are achieving gender parody on the 170 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:59,480 Speaker 2: field of play, female representation in the boardroom and among coaches, 171 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:05,520 Speaker 2: where power is concentrated still lags behind. Just thirteen percent 172 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 2: of coaches who attended the Tokyo Olympics for women, a 173 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:12,560 Speaker 2: number that is widely expected to rise but still remain 174 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 2: low in Paris. If you look at women in coaching, 175 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 2: you're going to see a small percentage compared to men 176 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 2: being in that role because since sports have started, it's 177 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:22,680 Speaker 2: been a men's play until the women have had to 178 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:25,600 Speaker 2: start showing we can do great things as coaches and athletes, 179 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 2: and we're starting to see that shift. Michelle Lewis Freeman, 180 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 2: a former Olympian and now the head women's relay coach 181 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 2: for the US Track and Field team, told CNN. Freeman 182 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:36,720 Speaker 2: is the first woman to hold the post, she says, 183 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 2: adding that the societal norms which traditionally prevented women from 184 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:43,679 Speaker 2: holding such leadership roles in sports, are beginning to break down, 185 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:48,079 Speaker 2: particularly as their work quote speaks for themselves. 186 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 1: And the article continues quote. With still such a low 187 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:53,600 Speaker 1: proportion of female coaches, they have taken to creating their 188 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:57,200 Speaker 1: own support systems outside of their national federations. In the IOC, 189 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:01,600 Speaker 1: Vicky Houten, founder of the Female Coaching Network, has created 190 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:04,040 Speaker 1: a WhatsApp group for fifty two of the world's best 191 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 1: female coaches to support one another and shared advice, as 192 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 1: well as vent about a system that still discriminates against women. 193 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 1: We've got women who have coached a current Olympic gold 194 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:19,160 Speaker 1: medalist that have still not been chosen as team staff repairs, 195 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:22,600 Speaker 1: even though that athlete is going to be defending their 196 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 1: gold medal, Houten told CNN. She explains that many national 197 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:29,680 Speaker 1: teams don't have a standardized way of selecting coaches for 198 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:34,080 Speaker 1: a major competition, instead relying on quote, who the head 199 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:38,239 Speaker 1: coach wants, rather than considering the needs of female athletes. 200 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 2: Right, But the IOC has commented on the fact that 201 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:45,280 Speaker 2: the number of women in coaching is low, and here's 202 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 2: something from Olympics dot Com. Although pairs twenty twenty four 203 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 2: will break new ground. A real gender gap still exists 204 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:55,079 Speaker 2: today in the athlete's entourage, where the number of women 205 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 2: holding leadership roles such as that of CHEFDA, Mission technical 206 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 2: official and coach remains remarkably low. At Tokyo twenty twenty, 207 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:05,920 Speaker 2: only thirteen percent of coaches for women. The IOC is 208 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 2: committed to addressing the challenge and to supporting Olympic Movement 209 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 2: stakeholders to find pathways for more women to reach the 210 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:16,920 Speaker 2: highest levels of coaching. Increasing the visibility of elite coaches 211 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,600 Speaker 2: who have broken those barriers and who are role models 212 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 2: for more women to follow their lead is itself a goal, 213 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:27,720 Speaker 2: and they have even participated in the hashtag women coach 214 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:30,000 Speaker 2: in order to tackle the challenges coming forward, like like 215 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:32,360 Speaker 2: a big hashtag that I've seen under their Twitter. 216 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:32,960 Speaker 3: Okay. 217 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:37,440 Speaker 1: Well, along with that, they have also started the WISH 218 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:41,240 Speaker 1: program and here's some information about that from Olympics dot 219 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:44,520 Speaker 1: com quote. The program aims to open up more pathways 220 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 1: for women to progress into high performance coaching roles at national, continental, 221 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:52,960 Speaker 1: and international competitions, including major events such as the Olympic 222 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 1: Games and the yog Are Youth Olympic Games. Backed by 223 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:01,440 Speaker 1: USD one million dollars in Olympic solid funding, WISH will 224 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 1: benefit approximately one hundred women over four years, helping participants 225 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:09,079 Speaker 1: develop their leadership skills, confidence and careers and giving them 226 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:13,920 Speaker 1: one to one leadership mentoring plus ongoing support from a 227 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 1: sport specific mentor. I have to say I have been 228 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:22,880 Speaker 1: watching the Olympics a lot since it started. I think 229 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:24,679 Speaker 1: it's a nice like I put it on the background, 230 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:27,320 Speaker 1: which I feel terrible because people like work their whole lives, 231 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:30,760 Speaker 1: and I'm like, I have it on doing research on 232 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 1: cheese or. 233 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:33,079 Speaker 3: Whatever, which is a true thing that happens. 234 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:35,160 Speaker 1: But I have had it on in the background a lot, 235 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 1: and I have noticed I've clocked not that many female coaches, 236 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 1: especially for women right. And I've also picked up on 237 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:51,960 Speaker 1: usually there's three commentators, two or men, one is a woman, 238 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:56,800 Speaker 1: and they're supposed to have all been in the sport 239 00:13:56,880 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 1: involved somehow, usually they've won a medal. In the case 240 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:03,720 Speaker 1: of US Olympic coverage, I don't. I've heard it's actually 241 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 1: wildly different in other countries, so I'd love to hear 242 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 1: from other listeners outside. 243 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:10,600 Speaker 3: Of the US. But I have picked up on that. 244 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:17,959 Speaker 1: So it will be interesting to see how this progresses, 245 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:22,800 Speaker 1: especially yeah, when right the next games happened in LA. 246 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 2: Actually, one of the stats that I did see is 247 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 2: they are bringing more women commentators. I think they said 248 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 2: around forty percent. Now I don't know if that's true 249 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:33,880 Speaker 2: or not, because we don't hear obviously, we hear very 250 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 2: one sided us level of commentators, so it is interesting 251 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 2: to see if they have brought more on. I mean, 252 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 2: one dude got fired, so we'll talk about that in 253 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 2: a second, and the woman that was with him was like, 254 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:54,840 Speaker 2: oh god, essentially, but that's all different conversations that we're 255 00:14:54,840 --> 00:15:07,920 Speaker 2: coming up to in a minute. With high stakes competitions 256 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:10,800 Speaker 2: and games like the Olympics, it's not unreasonable to see 257 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:14,960 Speaker 2: some controversy within the events, but some do feel a 258 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:18,000 Speaker 2: bit too much overall, and we don't want to be 259 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:20,840 Speaker 2: too much of a downer in this episode necessarily, I 260 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:24,280 Speaker 2: guess kind of all the statistics are not wonderful either, 261 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:27,760 Speaker 2: but we are talking about two of the bigger ones 262 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 2: that we have seen. I know there's many more. I'm 263 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 2: not talking about tennis right now. 264 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:32,280 Speaker 3: Either. 265 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 2: We'll have an overall wrap up of everything we saw, 266 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:36,720 Speaker 2: or at least a lot of things. We saw some 267 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 2: of the highlights that caught our attention. Again, yes, we 268 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:43,720 Speaker 2: are very US centric, so for our international listeners, please 269 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:45,760 Speaker 2: let us know what's going on because we love those 270 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:48,440 Speaker 2: perspective as well. We think it's beautiful. We want more 271 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 2: of it, as you know, being in the US, were 272 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 2: we only see, like from very skewed perspective. I am 273 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:57,600 Speaker 2: trying to get more information. TikTok has really helped in 274 00:15:57,640 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 2: seeing different perspectives and I am very grateful for that. 275 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 2: Social media come on. But with that, again, this is 276 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:06,040 Speaker 2: a call out for y'all that let us know what's 277 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:09,280 Speaker 2: going on from your perspective. But we do want to 278 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 2: highlight some key things. We're only going to talk about 279 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:13,840 Speaker 2: a couple and I think y'all already probably have already 280 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:15,720 Speaker 2: figured out we're going to talk about this one specifically. 281 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 2: In women's boxing, Italian boxer Angela Karini pulled out within 282 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 2: seconds of her fight with the Algerian boxer Iman Khalif, 283 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 2: I think like forty six seconds, and this has brought 284 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 2: out lots of nasty and ugly comments made by transphobic 285 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:38,560 Speaker 2: and biased critics, including she who should not be named, 286 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:43,280 Speaker 2: Rawlings herself. Yeah, I named her. This in itself is 287 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:46,160 Speaker 2: an issue, but there's something to be noted here for 288 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 2: those who scream biological female and all of that nonsense, 289 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 2: and I'm calling it nonsense. Khalif has always identified as 290 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 2: female as a woman. Here's a quote that's a bit 291 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 2: about her from another AP news article. You know, AP 292 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 2: News is all all over the Olympics. Khalif was assigned 293 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:06,280 Speaker 2: female at birth, and it says so on her password, 294 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:10,000 Speaker 2: which is the International Olympic Committee's threshold for eligibility for 295 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:13,679 Speaker 2: boxing because of the rift between the sports governing body 296 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:18,360 Speaker 2: and the IOC. Khalif is a formidable athlete with respected 297 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 2: fighting skills, contending in top international events, including major amateur 298 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 2: boxing tournaments over the past six years, such as the 299 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:29,520 Speaker 2: Tokyo Olympics. She's won a few regional gold medals. 300 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:32,879 Speaker 1: The article continues with her story quote. Born in nineteen 301 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:37,200 Speaker 1: ninety nine, Khalif is from rural northwestern Algeria. Her father 302 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:40,560 Speaker 1: initially didn't approve of girls participating in boxing, but Khalif 303 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:43,760 Speaker 1: said she gave up soccer as a teenager to pursue 304 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:46,400 Speaker 1: her new passion, even though she had to travel ten 305 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 1: kilometers each way to the gym. Khalif eventually caught the 306 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:54,400 Speaker 1: attention of Algeria's national team, making her major tournament debut 307 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:57,399 Speaker 1: in twenty eighteen with the first round loss at the 308 00:17:57,400 --> 00:18:03,280 Speaker 1: AIBA now the International Boxing Association World Championships. She lost 309 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 1: five of her first six elite level bouts, but improved 310 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:11,840 Speaker 1: and excelled. Khalif was one of Algeria's first three Olympic 311 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 1: women's boxers sent to Tokyo three years ago. She won 312 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:17,840 Speaker 1: her opening bout, but lost her second to eventual gold 313 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:22,240 Speaker 1: medalist Kelly Harrington of Ireland. She also raised her profile 314 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:25,399 Speaker 1: by doing well in the next two World Championships, and 315 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:29,200 Speaker 1: she even became a UNISEF national ambassador early this year. 316 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 2: Right, and she had previously been disqualified from a twenty 317 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:37,639 Speaker 2: twenty three World Championship due to quote failing unspecified and 318 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:42,280 Speaker 2: untransparent eligibility test for women's competition from the now banned 319 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 2: International Boxing Association. 320 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:46,439 Speaker 3: Yes, and I would recommend you. 321 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:49,119 Speaker 1: See we did a whole episode about the history of 322 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 1: the Olympics kind of doing this, so go check that 323 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:54,800 Speaker 1: out if you haven't our need a reminder, But yeah, 324 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: the reason for disqualification has been controversial in itself. More 325 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:03,920 Speaker 1: from AP News quote. The circumstances of that disqualification have 326 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:07,680 Speaker 1: been considered highly unusual ever since it happened, and Khalif 327 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:11,560 Speaker 1: called it a big conspiracy at the time. She had 328 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:15,080 Speaker 1: previously competed without issues and was disqualified by the sports 329 00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:19,720 Speaker 1: governing body only after she defeated Russian boxer Azalea Amineva 330 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:23,680 Speaker 1: in the twenty twenty three tournament. The IBA is controlled 331 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:27,159 Speaker 1: by Umar Kremlev, who is Russian, and brought in the 332 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:31,679 Speaker 1: state owned energy supplier Gazprom as its primary sponsor and 333 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 1: moved much of the governing body's operations to Russia. This week, 334 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:40,119 Speaker 1: the IOC described it as quote a sudden and arbitrary 335 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:43,880 Speaker 1: decision by the IBA in which Khalif and Lynn Uting 336 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:48,160 Speaker 1: of Taiwan quote were suddenly disqualified without any due process. 337 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 1: Lynn was suspended for failing to meet unspecified eligibility requirements 338 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:56,720 Speaker 1: in a biochemical test, and it goes on quote the 339 00:19:56,760 --> 00:19:59,880 Speaker 1: governing body has revealed little about the nature of the test, 340 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:03,520 Speaker 1: including what was tested and who tested it. This lack 341 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:07,359 Speaker 1: of transparency would be unacceptable in major Olympic sports, and 342 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 1: the IBA has been banned from the Olympics since twenty nineteen. 343 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 2: Right, So with all of this negativity, many stand in 344 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:19,400 Speaker 2: support of Khalif, and according to the AP News article quote, 345 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:23,720 Speaker 2: opinions about Kalif's presence in Paris has ranged widely, often 346 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 2: directly correlated with the awareness of the news cycle raging 347 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:30,720 Speaker 2: outside the athlete's village. Marissa Williamson Pullman of Australia lost 348 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:33,359 Speaker 2: to Khalif in the Netherlands last May, and she said 349 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:36,919 Speaker 2: Khalif was particularly strong. I did notice it. But you 350 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:40,000 Speaker 2: just keep fighting though, don't you. Williamson Pullman said, It's 351 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:41,879 Speaker 2: just part of the sport. All you want to do 352 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:45,480 Speaker 2: is win, so you just keep chucking punches. Khalif also 353 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 2: receives support from peers like Amy Broadhurst, the accomplished Irish 354 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:52,920 Speaker 2: amateur who beat Khalif in the twenty twenty two IBA 355 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:56,160 Speaker 2: World Championships. Personally, I don't think she's done anything to cheat, 356 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:59,080 Speaker 2: Broughdhurst wrote on social media. I think it's the way 357 00:20:59,119 --> 00:21:01,400 Speaker 2: she's born and that's out of her control. The fact 358 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 2: that she has been beaten by nine females before says 359 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:06,359 Speaker 2: it all. And yeah, I think that's one of the 360 00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 2: conversations that I've seen roll around a lot is that 361 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:13,360 Speaker 2: no one had any problems with her until she started winning, 362 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:16,399 Speaker 2: and they are now all pissed. And again that that 363 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:18,359 Speaker 2: article about how the IBA all of a sudden like 364 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:21,359 Speaker 2: she won one because she's been in them repeatedly up 365 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:23,560 Speaker 2: until twenty twenty three, and they're like, oh wait, you 366 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:27,000 Speaker 2: beat somebody, get out. She's she's disqualified because obviously look 367 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:31,960 Speaker 2: at her, look at her gender, questioning her gender, which hmm, suspect. 368 00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:35,480 Speaker 2: So her next opponent, Anna Lukat Hamory from Hungary doesn't 369 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:38,200 Speaker 2: seem too concerned, as she was courted as saying, I'm 370 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:41,080 Speaker 2: not scared. I don't care about the story or social media. 371 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 2: So I think there's a lot to be said about 372 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:46,119 Speaker 2: this conversation. I am excited to see her in the 373 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 2: next competitions. But yeah, this is an interesting overall commentary 374 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:54,600 Speaker 2: that we see often. And the same thing happened with 375 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:57,119 Speaker 2: the runners. The track runners are like, they're too fast, 376 00:21:57,160 --> 00:22:00,200 Speaker 2: so obviously they're doping. They're too quick, so obviously they 377 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:04,760 Speaker 2: may be transgender, which is such a okay, try not 378 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:07,760 Speaker 2: to get too angry the sports, but in general, the 379 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:13,159 Speaker 2: obvious excuses. I just recently I've seen that coaches and 380 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 2: different people from different countries saying that they want to 381 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:19,360 Speaker 2: change the rules of gymnastics because Simone Biles wins too much. 382 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:24,000 Speaker 2: Essentially was that conversation. So I think there has to 383 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:26,400 Speaker 2: be something to be noted in being a sore loser. 384 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:28,640 Speaker 3: Yeah that's just. 385 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:34,880 Speaker 2: Me, I guess anyway. But yes, hopefully Amon is able 386 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 2: to protect herself from all this negativity that's happening around 387 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:41,919 Speaker 2: her and just able to compete with her heart and 388 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:42,520 Speaker 2: go all in. 389 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:45,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, who needs this distraction? It's like such 390 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:51,080 Speaker 1: a way true energy and time. Right well, speaking of 391 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 1: another recent controversy involved typical sexist Marx, and I did 392 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:01,720 Speaker 1: tell Samantha I have been texting my friend Katie I've 393 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:03,240 Speaker 1: talked about she's been on the show. 394 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,119 Speaker 3: Random out of context. 395 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:10,040 Speaker 1: Remarks I hear when I'm listening to the Olympics. I 396 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:12,280 Speaker 1: should go back and see if any of them were sexist. 397 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 1: But anyway, there were some sexist remarks made by veteran 398 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:21,680 Speaker 1: commentator Bob Ballard during the four by one hundred meter 399 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:25,240 Speaker 1: freestyle relay race. Ballard had the audacity to say the 400 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:29,239 Speaker 1: Australian team was quote finishing up, adding quote you know 401 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:35,520 Speaker 1: what women are like hanging around doing their makeup. He 402 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:41,639 Speaker 1: apologized after saying it quote wasn't his intention to upset 403 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:45,920 Speaker 1: our belittle anyone. However, it was too late and he 404 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:49,159 Speaker 1: was soon removed as a commentator for the Olympics. 405 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:54,200 Speaker 2: Right, and like I said, his co commentator, who Lizzie Simmons, 406 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 2: I think they were both employed by Eurosports, was They're like, 407 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:01,920 Speaker 2: that's outrageous and try to make a joke about how 408 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:04,199 Speaker 2: the men do it to, you know, trying to like 409 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:09,320 Speaker 2: push passage. But of course, like it didn't work, in 410 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:11,639 Speaker 2: which he did have to come on to Twitter as well. 411 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:14,439 Speaker 2: Apparently people were harassing her and they're like, leave her alone. 412 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:16,359 Speaker 2: She had nothing to do with this essentially, so at 413 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:22,919 Speaker 2: least he did that, I guess by the way, he 414 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 2: has actually worked with the BBC for a very long time. 415 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:28,879 Speaker 2: So the article that we were looking at was a 416 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:32,159 Speaker 2: BBC article, and I was like, huh, I wonder they 417 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:34,679 Speaker 2: didn't really try to say too much. But I wonder, 418 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:39,359 Speaker 2: but this isn't the only time that we are hearing 419 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:43,680 Speaker 2: about sexist comments. Apparently, a French radio commentator also decided 420 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:46,560 Speaker 2: to add to the misogyny by referencing one of the 421 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:49,880 Speaker 2: French doubles women's team as the one that quote does 422 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 2: the dishes, she cooks, she mups. It was not a 423 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:58,040 Speaker 2: private show, so I think not everyone was able to 424 00:24:58,040 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 2: hear it, but the people who were were like, what 425 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:02,399 Speaker 2: the hell, dude, what the hell? Including is the French 426 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:06,080 Speaker 2: doubles team. They hurt it and they obviously were very, 427 00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:09,880 Speaker 2: very offended by this take. I haven't seen any response 428 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:15,920 Speaker 2: or any apologies made, so why twenty twenty four, twenty. 429 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:18,560 Speaker 1: Twenty four, I have to say I have and I 430 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:20,000 Speaker 1: don't know how to feel about this. I don't know 431 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 1: that this isn't necessarily a bad thing, but they have 432 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:26,719 Speaker 1: been focusing really hard on like past women athletes that 433 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:29,840 Speaker 1: are like watching the events they used to do, who 434 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:33,800 Speaker 1: have babies, and the way they'll like focus it on 435 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:37,160 Speaker 1: like she has a new life now with a baby 436 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:38,560 Speaker 1: as all. 437 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:39,359 Speaker 2: Why to stop? 438 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:42,840 Speaker 1: It's just strange, Like I kind of get it, but 439 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:44,600 Speaker 1: I'm like, I don't. 440 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:47,480 Speaker 3: Need to see all these babies. I'm here for the volleyball, all. 441 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:51,120 Speaker 2: Right, as well as the fact that we don't see 442 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:54,240 Speaker 2: that often obviously with the men. 443 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:56,720 Speaker 1: No, it's so far I have not seen one. I'm 444 00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:59,240 Speaker 1: not saying it doesn't exist. But I have been watching 445 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:01,040 Speaker 1: a lot of Olympics. I have not seen one example 446 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:03,080 Speaker 1: of that. It's always women holding a baby and they're like, 447 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:06,040 Speaker 1: she had to give up her sport for to go 448 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:07,159 Speaker 1: to motherhood. 449 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 3: It's like, what she probably was tired, her body was tired, 450 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:13,879 Speaker 3: she wanted a baby. 451 00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:16,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's in the stage of her life and she's happy. 452 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:19,280 Speaker 2: This is what we talk about with women's choices. Would 453 00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:23,960 Speaker 2: you leave her? Be let her enjoy the game. But 454 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:25,879 Speaker 2: with that, it's also important that we talk about some 455 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 2: of the good things that we see happening in the games. Again, 456 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:29,760 Speaker 2: we're going to do a wrap up at the end, 457 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:32,600 Speaker 2: talk about more of these events, probably the good and 458 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:35,960 Speaker 2: the bad once again. But you know, just for this episode, 459 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:38,760 Speaker 2: just a few of the highlights. Again, I have a 460 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:40,480 Speaker 2: feeling by the time you listen to this either a 461 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:44,159 Speaker 2: really dated or B you're like, why didn't you cover this? 462 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:46,920 Speaker 2: Because look, we were writing and getting things done and 463 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:51,480 Speaker 2: you know, checking real time is hard. So just recently, 464 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:55,760 Speaker 2: the South Korean women's archery team won their tenth consecutive 465 00:26:55,880 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 2: gold medal. The country has won the gold every year 466 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:03,560 Speaker 2: since the introduction of the women's team archery competition in 467 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:06,560 Speaker 2: nineteen eighty eight, and I saw a lot of jokes 468 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:10,000 Speaker 2: which did make me laugh about how yes, if nothing else, 469 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:12,160 Speaker 2: South Koreans know how to use a helbow and arrow, 470 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:15,000 Speaker 2: and I was like, damn it, I failed. I need 471 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:15,840 Speaker 2: to learn an archery. 472 00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:17,199 Speaker 3: I got a bowner. 473 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:20,000 Speaker 2: Okay, let's let's meet up. Le's see how naturally talented 474 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:22,280 Speaker 2: I am in my blood. 475 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:23,200 Speaker 3: That's right. 476 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:23,919 Speaker 2: Well. 477 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:28,040 Speaker 1: Laurence Scrugs is the first black American woman to win 478 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:32,000 Speaker 1: individual fencing competition. She made US history by winning silver 479 00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 1: in the women's individual foil fencing. Here's a bit from 480 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:39,480 Speaker 1: today dot Com quote. Scrugs became the first Black American 481 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 1: woman to win an individual medal in fencing. As Team USA, 482 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:47,399 Speaker 1: it took the top two spots. Defending Olympic champion Lee Keefer, thirty, 483 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:51,040 Speaker 1: won her second gold medal by defeating Scrugs fifteen to six. 484 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:54,239 Speaker 1: In the final quote, it was shocking for me to 485 00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:56,280 Speaker 1: be here in the first place. I don't even think 486 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:58,560 Speaker 1: I've had time to process that, Scruggs told the Team 487 00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:01,760 Speaker 1: USA website, super grateful to be able to fence in 488 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:03,919 Speaker 1: front of such a big crowd and in such a 489 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:08,000 Speaker 1: beautiful space. It also marked the first time American women 490 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 1: have finished one two in the Olympics in individual foil fencing. 491 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:15,760 Speaker 1: Scruggs is hoping her performance might inspire other girls who 492 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:17,400 Speaker 1: look like her to give it a try. 493 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:20,400 Speaker 2: Fencing is really pretty. That's what I've decided. 494 00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 3: I've watched a lot of fins that I have. 495 00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:28,359 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, that is in shooting. We're not talking about 496 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:31,919 Speaker 2: the Korean women again, but like the standing that is 497 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:36,200 Speaker 2: happening with them is quite hysterical and fun to watch 498 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:39,120 Speaker 2: as a tech talk like the fan camed or the 499 00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:46,240 Speaker 2: fan all of that, like wow eds a fan, Wow, y'all, y'all, 500 00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:47,440 Speaker 2: y'all are really invested. 501 00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:51,480 Speaker 3: I did see. 502 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:55,360 Speaker 1: It's funny because I keep getting these headlines and I'm like, oh, yeah, 503 00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:58,760 Speaker 1: I did see that in like real time. Oh but 504 00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:00,280 Speaker 1: then I find out there like an. 505 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:03,920 Speaker 2: Did you have the moment of like yes, I would 506 00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:04,360 Speaker 2: call her. 507 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:09,720 Speaker 3: I No, I did not have that. No, but I 508 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:12,280 Speaker 3: remember being like, oh cool. And then there's someone else 509 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:13,160 Speaker 3: that really took off. 510 00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:15,400 Speaker 1: And then I saw I I saw the little girl 511 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:16,680 Speaker 1: who like almost passed out. 512 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:20,000 Speaker 3: When Katie the DECKI waved at her. Yeah that was great. Yeah, 513 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:22,040 Speaker 3: And I saw that before it like went viral and 514 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:23,160 Speaker 3: I was like, this. 515 00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:26,360 Speaker 2: Is super cute. Yes, we haven't talked about this like 516 00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:29,120 Speaker 2: swimming or anything. I know we'll come back, y'all will 517 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:31,000 Speaker 2: come back because I know there's been a lot of 518 00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:35,320 Speaker 2: like Canada and Australia and the US have been doing 519 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:37,760 Speaker 2: some things. Way to go, clap clap, clup, clup clup. 520 00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:41,080 Speaker 2: We'll come back to it. But yeah, I think it's funny. 521 00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:42,880 Speaker 2: And are you talking about the Turkish hit man that 522 00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:45,560 Speaker 2: swearing he's a hit man? 523 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:48,680 Speaker 1: It just comes up to me, I like on my 524 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:51,560 Speaker 1: Google feet and I was like, I didn't know this 525 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:52,200 Speaker 1: took off. 526 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:57,040 Speaker 2: Everybody's like he's not even wearing protective eye care like nothing, 527 00:29:57,160 --> 00:30:00,000 Speaker 2: that he's wearing nothing, and they're like, yeah, he's definitely 528 00:29:59,880 --> 00:30:03,720 Speaker 2: a professional. Like they're calling way on the real from 529 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:18,600 Speaker 2: the okay, oh y'all. So uh. Then we have Christa 530 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:21,800 Speaker 2: Degucci who has won the first gold medal in judo 531 00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:25,200 Speaker 2: for Canada. So here's a bit about her from CBC 532 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:28,200 Speaker 2: Dot ca A. The twenty eight year old one Canada's 533 00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:31,160 Speaker 2: first ever Olympic gold medal in judah with a win 534 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:34,480 Speaker 2: over South Korea's Humming Me in the under fifty seven 535 00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:38,320 Speaker 2: kilogram category at Arena Champ de Mars on Monday. The 536 00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:42,280 Speaker 2: gold adds to Daguchi's impressive resume. They includes four World 537 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:46,640 Speaker 2: championship medals, two gold, one silver, and one bronze. And 538 00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:48,960 Speaker 2: apparently she was like when she figured out she won, 539 00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:51,000 Speaker 2: as in fact like to be the first one to 540 00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:54,440 Speaker 2: win between men and women for Canada. She's like, oh really, 541 00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:57,960 Speaker 2: I'm number one? Did that cool? Like that was? That 542 00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:00,560 Speaker 2: was her amazing reaction. So I was like, yeah, yeah, girl, 543 00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:01,080 Speaker 2: go ahead. 544 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:03,000 Speaker 3: I love it. I love it. 545 00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:07,000 Speaker 1: We also have Nigeria coming out swinging and women's basketball. 546 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:09,479 Speaker 1: In their first game for this Olympics, they had their 547 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:13,160 Speaker 1: first win in twenty years against Australia. Here's some more 548 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:17,800 Speaker 1: information from iafrica dot Com quote. Nigeria's women's basketball team 549 00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:21,920 Speaker 1: celebrated a landmark victory against Australia in their Olympic opener, 550 00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:25,200 Speaker 1: marking their first win at the Olympics in twenty years. 551 00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:30,200 Speaker 1: Team member Amy Akonkwo, who scored thirteen points, emphasized that 552 00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:33,800 Speaker 1: unity within the team and a determination to overcome adversity 553 00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:37,520 Speaker 1: were crucial to securing the win. A Zenei Kalu, who 554 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:41,480 Speaker 1: had nineteen points in the win highlighted the team's resilience 555 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:44,000 Speaker 1: and the desire to prove themselves at the Olympics as 556 00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:48,280 Speaker 1: factors for the win. This victory follows a difficult period 557 00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:51,760 Speaker 1: for Nigerian basketball, which included missing the twenty twenty two 558 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:55,360 Speaker 1: World Cup due to internal conflicts between the team and 559 00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:59,280 Speaker 1: the nation's government. The team aims to reach the quarterfinals, 560 00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:02,640 Speaker 1: something no African country has ever done, and the win 561 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:07,640 Speaker 1: will boost their hopes of achieving that goal. However, they 562 00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:10,480 Speaker 1: did recently lose to France, but they have an upcoming 563 00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:11,320 Speaker 1: match with Canada. 564 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:12,160 Speaker 3: I love hearing all. 565 00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:15,480 Speaker 1: The specifics when the commentators explain it to me, Amick, Well, 566 00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:19,080 Speaker 1: it's culplicated, yeah, but yes, yeah, So. 567 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:21,840 Speaker 2: Good luck to Nigeria. We're rooting for you. So lastly, 568 00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:24,440 Speaker 2: we wanted to talk about Haley Batton. Though she didn't 569 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:26,760 Speaker 2: win in the Mountain Biking Cross Country Games, she was 570 00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:29,400 Speaker 2: able to finish second, with the best ever finished for 571 00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:33,000 Speaker 2: anyone for the US mountain Biking team. But it's not 572 00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:36,440 Speaker 2: just that, it's the overall women helping women that made 573 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:39,840 Speaker 2: the story different. During the race, Baton had the added 574 00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:43,560 Speaker 2: challenge of a tire puncture, which inevitably caused a huge 575 00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:47,800 Speaker 2: delay for her. Third place winner, Jenny Reyesvevs actually assisted Baton, 576 00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:52,120 Speaker 2: and here's a bit from Nbcolympics dot com. I was 577 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:55,280 Speaker 2: so lucky that Jenny Rizvez was behind me, Baton said. 578 00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:57,440 Speaker 2: The writers passed me on the jump when I had 579 00:32:57,480 --> 00:32:59,760 Speaker 2: to take the bee line, and she quickly shouted out 580 00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:02,840 Speaker 2: to my mechanic. Haley has a flat so he was ready. 581 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:05,479 Speaker 2: It shows how amazing our sport is and what an 582 00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:09,320 Speaker 2: incredible athlete she is and writer in person. My mechanic 583 00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:12,080 Speaker 2: did the fastest will change ever and with the support 584 00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:15,479 Speaker 2: of Wezved, Baton's medal chances went from bleak to hopeful 585 00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:17,720 Speaker 2: in a matter of seconds. And if you go on 586 00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:21,520 Speaker 2: to look at the article from Nbcolympics dot Com, you'll 587 00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:23,560 Speaker 2: see a wonderful picture of the two of them hugging 588 00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:27,480 Speaker 2: at the finish line. Baton goes on to say more 589 00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:30,920 Speaker 2: about the support for each other. I think that the 590 00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:33,120 Speaker 2: most beautiful part of the sport is that you can 591 00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:35,960 Speaker 2: be on that start line together and I think, honestly, 592 00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:38,959 Speaker 2: we want to make each other stronger. Baton said, you 593 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:41,719 Speaker 2: give your best fight, I'll give my best fight, and 594 00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:44,400 Speaker 2: you know, the stronger writer will win. I think it 595 00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:47,080 Speaker 2: makes those battles so much more rewarding when we both 596 00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:48,920 Speaker 2: put our heart into it and we did it the 597 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:51,800 Speaker 2: right way, and she went above and beyond to help me, 598 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:53,560 Speaker 2: And how tough it was to get a flat in 599 00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:55,640 Speaker 2: that moment, especially at the Olympic Games. To make that 600 00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:59,320 Speaker 2: a little bit easier was incredible. So we love these stories. 601 00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:03,320 Speaker 2: I do know that Baton did get a fine apparently 602 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:06,640 Speaker 2: like five hundred and something dollars because they went to 603 00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:09,040 Speaker 2: the wrong place to change the higher I guess there's 604 00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:11,680 Speaker 2: regulations on where you can do this, but they didn't 605 00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:13,839 Speaker 2: strip her of the metal, so she still went out 606 00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:16,920 Speaker 2: with a silver. Of course, that conversation went to had 607 00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:19,880 Speaker 2: she not gotten that puncture, would she have won the 608 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:23,080 Speaker 2: doop doope. But with that, it does show her endurance 609 00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:26,640 Speaker 2: being able to catch up and proceed to getting the 610 00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:30,000 Speaker 2: silver again. I love stories like this where you see 611 00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:35,480 Speaker 2: them actually being sportsmen like and not just getting all 612 00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:38,200 Speaker 2: out about winning. So it was a beautiful story. We 613 00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:41,440 Speaker 2: had to include that. Love more stories like this. Honestly, 614 00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:44,920 Speaker 2: the gymnasts watching the gymnasts supporting each other, and I'm 615 00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:47,120 Speaker 2: talking about from different countries like I've seen like China 616 00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:49,319 Speaker 2: being No, I have to watch Simone Biles. I have 617 00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:51,160 Speaker 2: to see what she's doing. I want to get like 618 00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:54,880 Speaker 2: and honestly, on TikTok, there's so many things about the pins, 619 00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:58,960 Speaker 2: everybody exchanging their pins and trying to get all of them. 620 00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:01,160 Speaker 2: It's the cutest thing seen in a long time. It 621 00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:04,120 Speaker 2: reminds me of your love of the Friendship bracelets and 622 00:35:04,239 --> 00:35:06,960 Speaker 2: Taylor Swift. So but I was like, Oh, this is 623 00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:09,680 Speaker 2: really really, really adorable, and I love that all the 624 00:35:09,719 --> 00:35:12,120 Speaker 2: athletes are really one hundred and ten percent in in 625 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:13,799 Speaker 2: trying to collect these pins. 626 00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:15,399 Speaker 3: Yeah, and I do. 627 00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:17,960 Speaker 1: I was actually my friends about it because we were 628 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:23,239 Speaker 1: watching the Olympics together and I never like, I want 629 00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:27,880 Speaker 1: you to fail unless you're complete douche that I know 630 00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:32,960 Speaker 1: outside of the Olympics, but like, generally I want you 631 00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:35,560 Speaker 1: to succeed. When I'm watching the gymnastics, I'm like, I 632 00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:37,680 Speaker 1: know you've worked hard to be here. I want you 633 00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:39,799 Speaker 1: to succeed. I'm not like hoping you're going to fall. 634 00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:42,480 Speaker 3: And so I do. I like seeing that too. 635 00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:47,200 Speaker 1: Within the competitors of you know you do you still 636 00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:48,879 Speaker 1: want to win, You're going to do your best to win, 637 00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:53,879 Speaker 1: but you're not like sitting there. 638 00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:55,239 Speaker 3: Oh, I hope she breaks her life. 639 00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:01,960 Speaker 2: Oh my god, like nineties speakure skating world. 640 00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:10,160 Speaker 3: Uh huh, hey, memories, memories. There's been drama, drama, right. 641 00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:12,600 Speaker 2: And there's a lot of conversations to be had with 642 00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:14,839 Speaker 2: the good and the bed. We know there's a lot 643 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:17,680 Speaker 2: of protests happening, and we support that as well. We 644 00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:20,880 Speaker 2: know when it comes to events like this that oftentimes 645 00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:26,160 Speaker 2: the marginalized people's in that community are oftentimes forgotten and 646 00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:31,120 Speaker 2: or pushed aside purposely. And that's a conversation that always 647 00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:34,279 Speaker 2: needs to happen because we know how much money this 648 00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:36,759 Speaker 2: can make a city, which is why they've bit for 649 00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:39,920 Speaker 2: it or an organization, which we already kind of mentioned, 650 00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:42,399 Speaker 2: and the fact that none of it really goes back 651 00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:46,520 Speaker 2: to giving to that community in itself is abhorrent. So 652 00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:48,600 Speaker 2: I think there's a lot to be talked about. We've 653 00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:51,880 Speaker 2: talked about this repeatedly and both those things like you 654 00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:54,840 Speaker 2: want to enjoy this because it does feel like it's 655 00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:57,080 Speaker 2: something that unice but at the same time, does it 656 00:36:57,120 --> 00:37:00,279 Speaker 2: is it more greedy than not? Who knows? But having 657 00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:04,600 Speaker 2: stories that talk about people's heart and love for the 658 00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:08,520 Speaker 2: competition does feel like it's something to be noted in 659 00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:10,839 Speaker 2: that we need to recognize the hard work. 660 00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:19,120 Speaker 1: Yes, yes, absolutely absolutely I did, Like I watched I 661 00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:22,240 Speaker 1: got to watch the gymnastics All Around final vive. 662 00:37:22,200 --> 00:37:23,400 Speaker 3: Yesterday, which was cool. 663 00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:25,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, and I did like how one of the commentators, 664 00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:29,520 Speaker 1: who was a woman, she kept saying like, listen, this 665 00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:33,640 Speaker 1: is so hard, even if you're watching it and you're like, oh, 666 00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:36,160 Speaker 1: she fell, this is like the hardest thing. 667 00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:38,839 Speaker 3: I like actually kept reiterating like. 668 00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:43,880 Speaker 2: Was it Laurie Hernandez, past Olympic competitor who everybody is 669 00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:48,479 Speaker 2: loving because she has been hired who was a US JO. Yeah, yeah, 670 00:37:48,520 --> 00:37:51,560 Speaker 2: she might've been hard because she knows absolutely one hundred 671 00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:54,600 Speaker 2: and ten thousand percent knows the adverts that they are pudding. 672 00:37:54,840 --> 00:37:57,600 Speaker 2: I also love right now there's a TikTok trend of 673 00:37:57,719 --> 00:38:01,120 Speaker 2: like people who have dabbled in gymnastic sort do competitions 674 00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:03,840 Speaker 2: and putting up there like fails and being like the 675 00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:09,200 Speaker 2: reason I didn't qualify and dives so oh the dives 676 00:38:09,239 --> 00:38:10,320 Speaker 2: like painful. 677 00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:11,680 Speaker 3: Oh gosh, the dives. 678 00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:15,280 Speaker 2: Yes, that's also become a whole like fan fiction trope 679 00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:17,960 Speaker 2: with a women dive synchronized diving teams. 680 00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:20,239 Speaker 3: If you think I didn't know that. 681 00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:24,480 Speaker 2: As like their name and itself just brought out all 682 00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:29,359 Speaker 2: the puns. But the Chinese synchronized swimmers, there's tails, there's 683 00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:30,360 Speaker 2: tails all. 684 00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:34,239 Speaker 1: Well, there are tales, and there are more tales to 685 00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:37,360 Speaker 1: be told. We'll definitely do a wrap up when the 686 00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:41,640 Speaker 1: Olympics come to an end it, but in the meantime, please, yeah, 687 00:38:41,719 --> 00:38:44,440 Speaker 1: if you have any thoughts, if you have anything you 688 00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:46,719 Speaker 1: think we should talk about or focus on. 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