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  • Olympic Gymnastics and Épée Fencing with Team USA

    Olympic Gymnastics and Épée Fencing with Team USA
    Jun 28 2024
    We're in the thick of Olympic and Paralympic Trials for Team USA! On this episode, we're featuring some of the gymnasts who will be vying for slots on the Team USA's artistic gymnastics team this weekend. Yul Moldauer and Brody Malone talked with us at Team USA's Media Summit in April, and they'll be competing to get onto their second Olympic team. Learn more on how to watch the gymnastics trials here. Follow Yul on Insta and X, and Brody on Insta and X. Also joining us is rhythmic gymnast Evita Griskenas. Evita has already qualified for Paris 2024, which will be her second Olympics. Follow Evita on Insta and X. Then we have Alison's interviews with the women who will compete for the US in épée fencing: Kat Holmes, Anne Cebula, Margherita Guzzi Vincenti and Hadley Husisian. Follow Kat, Anne, Margherita and Hadley on Insta. Thanks to USA Fencing for having Alison to their Media Day! Need swag to celebrate the upcoming Games? We're having a giveaway -- sign up for our newsletter, and you'll be entered to win a great prize pack. In Paris 2024 news, more hospitality houses and pavilions will open their doors, and luckily there maps to help. Parc de la Villette has a map, and Paris 2024's map is here! France Television is also ramping up its coverage of the Paralympics. SKIMS is continuing its collaboration with Team USA. Find the collection here. LA 2028 has announced a new sport for the Paralympic program. In our news from TKFLASTAN, we hear from: Para powerlifter Louise SugdenFormer biathlete Clare Egan For a transcript of this episode, please visit http://flamealivepod.com. Thanks so much for listening, and until next time, keep the flame alive! *** Keep the Flame Alive: The Olympics and Paralympics Fan Podcast with hosts Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown. New episodes released every week and daily during the Olympics and Paralympics. Also look for our monthly Games History Moment episodes in your feed. Support the show: http://flamealivepod.com/support Bookshop.org store: https://bookshop.org/shop/flamealivepod TeePublic merch: https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=36040 Hang out with us online: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/flamealivepod Insta: http://www.instagram.com/flamealivepod Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/flamealivepod Facebook Group: hhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/flamealivepod Newsletter: Sign up at https://mailchi.mp/ee507102fbf7/flamealivepod VM/Text: (208) FLAME-IT / (208) 352-6348
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  • Swimming at the Paralympics with Jamal Hill

    Swimming at the Paralympics with Jamal Hill
    Jun 25 2024

    The U.S. Paralympic Swimming Trials are just around the corner, so we're talking with para swimmer Jamal Hill. Jamal is a freestyler, specializing in sprints. At Tokyo 2020, he competed in the 50m freestyle S9, where he won the bronze medal, and in the men's 100m freestyle S10 class, placing 6th. He was also part of Team USA's men's 4x100m freestyle 34 points relay and men's 4x100m medley 34 points relay.

    We talked with Jamal about how he doesn't breathe (much) during his 50m, how he starts, and his foundation Swim Uphill, which is dedicated to teaching low and middle income people of color how to swim. Jamal's work has attracted the attention of the United Nations--he's part of the Office of the Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth program.

    Follow Jamal on X, Facebook and Insta!

    Don't go to Paris without your Keep the Flame Alive gear--how else will we find you in the crowds? We've got a new TeePublic store link for your merch needs.

    Jill recaps her final night at the US Olympic Swimming Trials--how did the record-setting crowd react to tonight's races (including one women's 1500m freestyle, featuring Katie vs. Katie)?

    Also, Mizuno has created some innovative kits for Team Japan's female athletes in certain sports--you'll hate the reason why.

    LA 2028 has announced some venue changes, which includes a major shift in the Games' schedule. Plus, some sports are moving out of California.

    In news from TKFLASTAN, we hear from

    • Hammer thrower DeAnna Price
    • Sprinter Kenny Bednarek
    • Swimmer Bobby Finke
    • Diver Andrew Capobianco
    • B-boy Jeffro
    • Ski historian, writer and podcaster Tom Kelly

    For a transcript of this episode, please visit http://flamealivepod.com.

    Thanks so much for listening, and until next time, keep the flame alive!

    ***

    Keep the Flame Alive: The Olympics and Paralympics Fan Podcast with hosts Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown. New episodes released every week and daily during the Olympics and Paralympics. Also look for our monthly Games History Moment episodes in your feed.

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  • Sabre Fencing and US Olympic Swimming Trials

    Sabre Fencing and US Olympic Swimming Trials
    Jun 20 2024
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  • Paralympics 2024: Wheelchair Basketball with Team USA's Brian Bell

    Paralympics 2024: Wheelchair Basketball with Team USA's Brian Bell
    Jun 17 2024

    Team USA Wheelchair Basketball player Brian Bell joins us to talk about the ins and outs of this Paralympic sport. Brian has been part of Team USA for the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, both of which were gold-medal-winning performances. Brian and Team USA will be looking for the three-peat at Paris 2024.

    Follow Brian on social! He's on Insta and X.

    Also, Jill is at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials in Indianapolis, so she has a full report from Lucas Oil Stadium, where 17,000-20,000 people are packing the stadium to cheer swimmers on in the biggest meet in the country. Read more about it on our blog.

    In news from Paris 2024, rain is disrupting water quality in the Seine. Again. The Opening Ceremony finally had a practice of the boat parade. And Korea House will be a go--look for it at Maison de la Chimie.

    The International Olympic Committee Executive Board voted to have an official eSports Games. This proposal now goes in front of the IOC Session for a full vote, but we could have another Olympic event on the docket.

    In our trip to TKFLASTAN, we hear from:

    • Track cyclist Mandy Marquardt. Learn about her 5K@ADA Virtual Challenge here.
    • Diver Andrew Capobianco
    • Artistic swimmers Jacqueline Simoneau, Megumi Field, and Daniella Ramirez
    • Swimmers Lydia Jacoby and Bobby Finke
    • Listeners Patrick from Chicagoland and Lorry

    For a transcript of this episode, please visit http://flamealivepod.com.

    Thank you so much for listening–and until next time, keep the flame alive.

    ***

    Keep the Flame Alive: The Olympics and Paralympics Fan Podcast with hosts Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown. New episodes released every week and daily during the Olympics and Paralympics. Also look for our monthly Games History Moment episodes in your feed.

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  • In the Olympic Pool with Team USA

    In the Olympic Pool with Team USA
    Jun 13 2024
    We're getting aquatic on this episode, sharing Team USA Media Summit interviews with all sorts of swimming athletes. We've got (athlete links are Instagram accounts--follow them!): Water Polo Ben Hallock - Captain of the U.S. Men's Water Polo team. Paris 2024 will be his third OlympicsMaggie Steffens - Captain of the U.S. Women's Water Polo team. Paris 2024 will be her fourth OlympicsAshleigh Johnson - Goalie for the U.S. Women's Water Polo team. Paris 2024 will be her third Olympics Swimming Bobby Finke - Olympic gold medalist, 800m freestyle; also swims the 1500m freestyleLydia Jacoby - Olympic gold medalist, 100m breaststroke Diving Andrew Capobianco - Olympic silver medalist, 3m synchronized springboard Artistic Swimming Megumi Field - duet and teamDaniella Ramirez - team The naming of the U.S. artistic swimming team included a big surprise, which we get into (along with Caitlin Clark being left off the U.S. women's basketball team). In Paris 2024 news, ticket scams abound. Plus, you can eat airplane food at the Air France pavilion (reservations here: https://airfrance.invityou.com/air-france) LA 2028 proposes adding a sport to the Paralympic program. The International Olympic Committee is one step closer to officially naming the hosts for the Winter Olympics in 2030 (France) and 2034 (Salt Lake City). In TKFLASTAN news we hear from: Wheelchair tennis player David WagnerKarate-ka Tom ScottSitting volleyball player Lora WebsterFormer hurdler Dawn Harper-NelsonFormer diver Laura WilkinsonOlympics travel expert Ken Hanscom, who was on a digital roundtable with listener David: https://youtu.be/euF71DxdwMw?si=ZEeRLaIE0oCh2XfJ If you're going to U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials, look for Jill there! For a transcript of this episode, please visit http://flamealivepod.com. Thanks so much for listening, and until next time, keep the flame alive! *** Keep the Flame Alive: The Olympics and Paralympics Fan Podcast with hosts Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown. New episodes released every week and daily during the Olympics and Paralympics. Also look for our monthly Games History Moment episodes in your feed. Support the show: http://flamealivepod.com/support Bookshop.org store: https://bookshop.org/shop/flamealivepod Hang out with us online: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/flamealivepod Insta: http://www.instagram.com/flamealivepod Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/flamealivepod Facebook Group: hhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/flamealivepod Newsletter: Sign up at https://mailchi.mp/ee507102fbf7/flamealivepod VM/Text: (208) FLAME-IT / (208) 352-6348
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  • Paralympic Swimming with Jessica Long, McKenzie Coan and Olivia Chambers

    Paralympic Swimming with Jessica Long, McKenzie Coan and Olivia Chambers
    Jun 11 2024

    While you wouldn't think para swimming is much different from able-bodied swimming, the Paralympic classification system makes it a more complex sport to follow. Classification helps level the playing field (although we learn here that it's not the most perfect system), but the diversity of swimmers and abilities means that there are a lot of classes in this sport. Case in point, our three guests for this episode.

    We talk with Jessica Long, 5x Paralympian; McKenzie Coan, 3x Paralympian; and Olivia Chambers, Paralympic hopeful about para swimming, nuances of their classifications, and how the Paralympics has changed over the years.

    Follow Jessica, McKenzie and Olivia on Insta! Jessica and McKenzie also have websites to check out for more information. The 2024 U.S. Paralympic Team Trials will be on June 27-29, 2024 in Minneapolis.

    There are less than 50 days until the start of the Paris Olympics, and to celebrate that milestone, the Paris 2024 Organizing Committee adorned the Eiffel Tower with the Olympic rings. We have that news and more from Paris 2024.

    In our TKFLASTAN update, we have news from:

    • Wheelchair rugby player Chuck Aoki
    • Artistic swimmer Jacqueline Simoneau
    • Beach volleyball player Kelly Cheng
    • Rugby coach Ben Ryan

    And Jill has a full report from the Katie Moon Pole Vault Classic, where she got to see TKFLASTANI Katie Moon vault from about 12 feet away!

    For a transcript of this episode, please visit http://flamealivepod.com.

    Thanks so much for listening, and until next time, keep the flame alive!

    ***

    Keep the Flame Alive: The Olympics and Paralympics Fan Podcast with hosts Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown. New episodes released every week and daily during the Olympics and Paralympics. Also look for our monthly Games History Moment episodes in your feed.

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  • Team USA 2024 Olympians-Team Sports

    Team USA 2024 Olympians-Team Sports
    Jun 6 2024
    We're exploring team sports on this episode of Keep the Flame Alive. At Paris 2024, there will be 11 purely team sports: artistic swimming, basketball, basketball 3x3, beach volleyball, football, handball, hockey, rowing, rugby sevens, volleyball, and water polo. Athletes don't just have to be in top physical shape, they also have to work well with their teammates in order to achieve success. As we read in If Gold Is our Destiny, if players can't come together and play as a team, they're going to fall apart. At the Team USA Media Summit in April, we talked with a number of team players who are ready to make their contribution in order to achieve victory and stand atop the podium, and we bring you those interviews here (links to follow them on Insta): 3x3: Jimmer Fredette, Canyon Barry, Dylan Travis, Kareem MaddoxField Hockey: Abby Tamer and Kelsey BingRugby Sevens: Perry BakerFootball (Soccer): Emily Sonnett We also have news from TKFLASTAN and: Beach volleyball player Kelly ChengWheelchair fencer Ellen GeddesSpeed skaters Erin Jackson and Ryan ShaneEquestrian Phillip DuttonPole vaulter Katie Moon - Get your ticket to the Katie Moon Pole Vault Classic! Be sure to show your TKFLASTAN pride at Paris! Get your Keep the Flame Alive gear here. For a transcript of this episode, please visit http://flamealivepod.com. Thanks so much for listening, and until next time, keep the flame alive! *** Keep the Flame Alive: The Olympics and Paralympics Fan Podcast with hosts Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown. New episodes released every week and daily during the Olympics and Paralympics. Also look for our monthly Games History Moment episodes in your feed. Support the show: http://flamealivepod.com/support Bookshop.org store: https://bookshop.org/shop/flamealivepod Hang out with us online: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/flamealivepod Insta: http://www.instagram.com/flamealivepod Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/flamealivepod Facebook Group: hhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/flamealivepod Newsletter: Sign up at https://mailchi.mp/ee507102fbf7/flamealivepod VM/Text: (208) FLAME-IT / (208) 352-6348
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  • Para Dressage with Beatrice de Lavalette

    Para Dressage with Beatrice de Lavalette
    Jun 3 2024
    We're hopping on a horse and riding along with Paralympian Beatrice de Lavalette on this episode of Keep the Flame Alive. Beatrice competed for Team USA at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics in para dressage, finishing 5th in Individual Championship Test - Grade II - Open) and 6th in Individual Freestyle - Grade II - Open. We've talked about para dressage for visually impaired riders, so with Beatrice we were able to explore and better understand the sport for para classes that involve missing limbs. We also talk about choosing a horse and how they feel on competition day. Learn more about Beatrice at her website and follow her on Instagram! Jill recently went to her a conversation with boxer Morelle McCane, who's qualified for Paris 2024. You can watch that discussion here (which should include a familiar voice during the Q&A). Also, Jill will be speaking at the Lakewood Public Library on June 5, 2024 at 7pm about Cleveland's Olympic History. Come out and see her! In Paris 2024 news: The International Boxing Association is going to pay all athletes who make it to the podium, plus also a little something for 4th and 5th placesMicrosoft Threat Analysis Center released a report about Russian campaigns to influence the GamesThe French Interior Ministry thwarted a planned attack on a football stadiumFree Opening Ceremonies tickets are being distributedThere will be 10 medal reallocation ceremonies at Champions Park to honor athletes all the way back to Sydney 2000 whose results were changed due to doping violationsMore museum exhibits at the Pantheon and the National Museum of Australia In news from TKFLASTAN, we hear from: Artistic swimmer Jacqueline SimoneauRace walker Evan DunfeePole vaulter Katie Moon - get your tickets for the Katie Moon Pole Vault Classic here.Former BMX cyclist Connor FieldsSuperfan Sarah and Listener Meredith For a transcript of this episode, please visit http://flamealivepod.com. Thanks so much for listening, and until next time, keep the flame alive! *** Keep the Flame Alive: The Olympics and Paralympics Fan Podcast with hosts Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown. New episodes released every week and daily during the Olympics and Paralympics. Also look for our monthly Games History Moment episodes in your feed. Support the show: http://flamealivepod.com/support Bookshop.org store: https://bookshop.org/shop/flamealivepod Hang out with us online: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/flamealivepod Insta: http://www.instagram.com/flamealivepod Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/flamealivepod Facebook Group: hhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/flamealivepod Newsletter: Sign up at https://mailchi.mp/ee507102fbf7/flamealivepod VM/Text: (208) FLAME-IT / (208) 352-6348
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