Keep the Flame Alive

When swimming and athletics overlap, it can test the mettle and resilience of any Olympics fan....well, those who try to watch both of those sports on the same day.

That said, today's competition was excellent, with many must-see moments. We're looking at:

• Artistic Gymnastics
• Athletics - TKFLASTAN alert!
• Badminton
• Baseball
• Beach Volleyball - TKFLASTAN alert!
• Boxing
• BMX Freestyle Cycling
• Diving
• Equestrian - TKFLASTAN alert!
• Fencing
• Golf (yes, we actually talk about golf today)
• Handball
• Hockey
• Sailing
• Swimming
• Table Tennis - TKFLASTAN alert!
• Tennis
• Water Polo
• Weightlifting
• Wrestling - TKFLASTAN alert (well, all of wrestling is a TKFLASTAN alert due to the dulcet tones of Jason Bryant)

Plus, our popular segments:

• Where's Marnie McBean?
• TKFLASTAN Watch
• Fantasy League/Brackets Update
• What's Up with Mike and Maya?

We need your help! For the upcoming Winter Olympics and Paralympics in 2022, we'll have an on-the-ground presence. This will allow us to bring you an Olympics audio experience like no other. But getting to Beijing will be difficult, so we've got a Kickstarter campaign running to help get us there. Please check it out and support our efforts to bring you a better show. Thank you for your support!

Join in the fun - viewing guide, fantasy league, brackets and more at http://flamealivepod.com/tokyo

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

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Keep the Flame Alive: The Podcast for Fans of the Olympics and Paralympics with hosts Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown

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Today's Tokyo 2020 Olympics event program included a lot of mixed gender team events that were new for Tokyo. Were they successful? We were surprised our reactions to them!

Also on today's docket:

• Archery - Competition closed with a must-watch event
• Athletics - Meet the Swedish Viking
• Badminton - Funky moves central
• Baseball
• Beach Volleyball - TKFLASTANI update!
• Boxing
• Cycling - BMX Freestyle
• Diving
• Equestrian - TKFLASTANI update!
• Fencing
• Football
• Golf
• Handball
• Hockey
• Judo - How about that mixed team?
• Rugby - Women's medal matches are a must-watch event!
• Sailing - TKFLASTANI update!
• Shooting
• Swimming - More mixed relay fun
• Tennis - No fans might be a good thing
• Trampoline Gymnastics
• Triathlon - Another mixed relay
• Volleyball
• Water Polo
• Weightlifting

Plus, our popular segments:

• Where's Marnie McBean?
• What Officiating/Volunteer Roles Would We Want?
• TKFLASTAN Watch
• Fantasy League/Brackets Update
• What's Up with Mike and Maya?

We need your help! For the upcoming Winter Olympics and Paralympics in 2022, we'll have an on-the-ground presence. This will allow us to bring you an Olympics audio experience like no other. But getting to Beijing will be difficult, so we've got a Kickstarter campaign running to help get us there. Please check it out and support our efforts to bring you a better show. Thank you for your support!

Join in the fun - viewing guide, fantasy league, brackets and more at http://flamealivepod.com/tokyo

Text us/Leave us a VM! 208-FLAME-IT (208) 352-6348.

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

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Keep the Flame Alive: The Podcast for Fans of the Olympics and Paralympics with hosts Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown

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We're at the halfway point of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, and we're still trying to figure out optimal watching schedules. Don't worry though, we've seen a lot of action from the 27-sport schedule today, and we've got updates on:

• Archery - Go back and watch the Women's Individual comptition!
• Athletics
• Badminton
• Baseball
• Basketball - Another robot sighting
• Canoe Slalom
• Cycling - BMX Racing - TKFLASTANI Connor Fields competed
• Equestrian - TKFLASTANI Phillip Dutton competed
• Fencing
• Football - Women's knockout stage
• Golf
• Judo - Go back and watch the Women's +78kg competition!
• Rowing - It's time for the eights!
• Sailing
• Shooting
• Swimming
• Table Tennis
• Tennis
• Trampoline Gymnastics

We need your help! For the upcoming Winter Olympics and Paralympics in 2022, we'll have an on-the-ground presence. This will allow us to bring you an Olympics audio experience like no other. But getting to Beijing will be difficult, so we've got a Kickstarter campaign running to help get us there. Please check it out and support our efforts to bring you a better show. Thank you for your support!

Join in the fun - viewing guide, fantasy league, brackets and more at http://flamealivepod.com/tokyo

Text us/Leave us a VM! 208-FLAME-IT (208) 352-6348.

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

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Keep the Flame Alive: The Podcast for Fans of the Olympics and Paralympics with hosts Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown

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With Simone Biles out of the artistic gymnastics competition, all eyes were on the women's Olympic All-Around. What happened? What does Alison think of today's leotards? Listen to find out!

Along with artistic gymnastics, we also have competition updates on:

• Badminton
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Beach Volleyball - TKFLASTANI Kelly Claes competed!
• Boxing - TKFLASTANI Ginny Fuchs competed!
• Canoe Slalom - TKFLASTANI Luuka Jones competed!
• Cycling - BMX Racing - TKFLASTANI Connor Fields competed!
• Fencing
• Golf
• Handball
• Hockey
• Judo
• Rowing
• Rugby
• Sailing
• Shooting
• Swimming
• Table Tennis
• Volleyball
• Water Polo

We also have a sobering Tokyo COVID-19 update, what happened to some (some? Like 4000) Opening Ceremonies volunteer bento boxes, and we find out how many baseball players it takes to break one of Athletes Village cardboard beds.

Plus our popular segments:

• Where's Marnie McBean?
• What Officiating Role Would Jill Want?
• What Volunteer Gig Would Alison Want?
• TKFLASTAN Watch
• Fantasy League/Brackets Update

And our new segment "What's Up with Mike and Maya?" of the Toyota "First Date" commerical.

We need your help! For the upcoming Winter Olympics and Paralympics in 2022, we'll have an on-the-ground presence. This will allow us to bring you an Olympics audio experience like no other. But getting to Beijing will be difficult, so we've got a Kickstarter campaign running to help get us there. Please check it out and support our efforts to bring you a better show. Thank you for your support!

Join in the fun - viewing guide, fantasy league, brackets and more at http://flamealivepod.com/tokyo

Text us/Leave us a VM! 208-FLAME-IT (208) 352-6348.

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

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Keep the Flame Alive: The Podcast for Fans of the Olympics and Paralympics with hosts Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown

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It says something when a 26-sport day feels manageable. Still, there were some amazing moments in competition on Day 6 at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, including:

• 3x3 Basketball - We've got our first Olympic medalists!
• Archery - A cool new feature on the feed.
• Artistic Gymnastics - Men's All Around competition, plus Simone Biles pulls out of the Women's All Around.
• Badminton - A big upset.
• Baseball
• Canoe Slalom - TKFLASTANI Luuka Jones starts her C1 competition.
• Cycling - Road Individual Time Trials - Does NED correct the mistakes from the road race?
• Diving
• Equestrian
• Fencing
• Football - Knockout stage is set.
• Judo
• Rowing - Things we've never before seen in a rowing race.
• Rugby - Is it a 2nd gold for Fiji?
• Sailing - How are our TKFLASTANIS Stephanie Roble and Maggie Shea doing in the 49er FX?
• Swimming - Who could look upset about a gold medal? One swimmer can.
• Tennis - A change in start times
• Water Polo - A surprising game for Team USA's women.
• Weightlifting

Plus:

• Weather Watch - A maranovela edition
• Where's Marnie (McBean, our TKF Chef de Mission)?
• TKFLASTAN Watch
• What Officiating Role Would Jill Want?

And we sink into the backstory of Mike and Maya, of the Toyota "First Date" ad.

We need your help! For the upcoming Winter Olympics and Paralympics in 2022, we'll have an on-the-ground presence. This will allow us to bring you an Olympics audio experience like no other. But getting to Beijing will be difficult, so we've got a Kickstarter campaign running to help get us there. Please check it out and support our efforts to bring you a better show. Thank you for your support!

Join in the fun - viewing guide, fantasy league, brackets and more at http://flamealivepod.com/tokyo

Text us/Leave us a VM! 208-FLAME-IT (208) 352-6348.

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

***

Keep the Flame Alive: The Podcast for Fans of the Olympics and Paralympics with hosts Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown

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SO much action, and SO many unexpected things happened today at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Buckle up because we've got 30 sports on today's program.

In this episode we talk:

• 3x3 Basketball
• Artistic Gymnastics - both the men's and women's team competition
• Softball
• Boxing
• Canoe Slalom and our TKFLASTANI Luuka Jones
• Cycling - Mountain Bike
• Diving - 10m Synchro Platform, men and women
• Equestrian - Dressage
• Fencing
• Handball
• Judo
• Rugby
• Sailing and our TKFLASTANIS Stephanie Roble and Maggie Shea
• Shooting
• Surfing
• Swimming - Can Jill intimidate Alison?
• Table Tennis
• Taekwondo
• Tennis
• Triathlon
• Weightlifting

Plus, our "Where's Marnie [McBean]?" feature and the return of Jill's "What officiating and/or volunteer job would I like?" segment!

We need your help! For the upcoming Winter Olympics and Paralympics in 2022, we'll have an on-the-ground presence. This will allow us to bring you an Olympics audio experience like no other. But getting to Beijing will be difficult, so we've got a Kickstarter campaign running to help get us there. Please check it out and support our efforts to bring you a better show. Thank you for your support!

Join in the fun - viewing guide, fantasy league, brackets and more at http://flamealivepod.com/tokyo

Text us/Leave us a VM! 208-FLAME-IT (208) 352-6348.

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

***

Keep the Flame Alive: The Podcast for Fans of the Olympics and Paralympics with hosts Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown

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A whopping 29 sports are on today's Tokyo 2020 Olympics program. We've got the action and medal victories from:

• 3x3 Basketball
• Archery - Men's team competition
• Artistic Gymnastics - Men's team competition + a potential Rule 50 violation on the women's floor exercise?
• Baseball/Softball - A thrilling game between JPN and USA.
• Beach Volleyball - TKFLASTAN WATCH
• Canoe Slalom
• Cycling - The controversy about the women's road race and a bad crash at the men's mountain bike venue.
• Diving
• Fencing
• Judo
• Rugby Sevens - Competition gets underway, and we note the best ball delivery system in existence.
• Shooting - Women's and men's skeet.
• Skateboarding - The helmets come out in the "women's" competition.
• Surfing - Jill's trying. Really she is.
• Swimming - Another thrilling night in the pool.
• Table Tennis
• Taekwondo
• Triathlon - Weird happenings at the start, and an unbelieveable finish.
• Volleyball
• Weightlifting - A historical competition on the women's side.

We need your help! For the upcoming Winter Olympics and Paralympics in 2022, we'll have an on-the-ground presence. This will allow us to bring you an Olympics audio experience like no other. But getting to Beijing will be difficult, so we've got a Kickstarter campaign running to help get us there. Please check it out and support our efforts to bring you a better show. Thank you for your support!

Join in the fun - viewing guide, fantasy league, brackets and more at http://flamealivepod.com/tokyo

Text us/Leave us a VM! 208-FLAME-IT (208) 352-6348.

Thank you to our ongoing contributors at our Patreon campaign! Want to support the show on an ongoing basis? Learn more here.

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

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Keep the Flame Alive: The Podcast for Fans of the Olympics and Paralympics with hosts Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown

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Day 3 of competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics brings the debut of skateboarding and surfing as official Olympic sports. What did we think? What did the target audience think? Do we even know what was going on, thanks to less-than-stellar announcing?

Also on today's show:

• Results of the day's swimming competition are exactly why we love the Olympics.
• Women's artistic gymnastics - what happened to the US and also to our favorite gymnast Chuso?
• Why softball needs to stay on the Olympic program.
• Some jawdropping shots at the archery venue.
• TKFLASTANI Ginny Fuchs' first Olympic boxing match.
• TKFLASTANI Luuka Jones' first 2 runs in Canoe Slalom.
• TKFLASTANI Felicity Passon takes to the pool.
• Jill may have found the sport for her and Alison on the shooting range.
• TKFLASTANI Tony Azevedo calling the water polo matches.

Also, roundups of the action at 3x3 basketball, men's basketball, women's road cycling, synchronized platform diving, women's foil and men's epee in fencing, tennis, and taekwondo - including a suprising upset.

We have a Kickstarter to help fund our coverage for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics - if you appreciate this show, please support our efforts to make the next Olympics even more special for you.

Thank you to our ongoing contributors at our Patreon campaign! Want to support the show on an ongoing basis? Learn more here.

Join in the fun - viewing guide, fantasy league, brackets and more at http://flamealivepod.com/tokyo

Text us/Leave us a VM! 208-FLAME-IT (208) 352-6348.

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

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Keep the Flame Alive: The Podcast for Fans of the Olympics and Paralympics with hosts Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown

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We jump right in to competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics! Our Day 2 coverage includes 3x3, archery mixed doubles, men's road cycling, sabre and epee fencing, women's football, handball, hockey, judo, softball, taekwondo, volleyball, a TKFLASTAN update from table tennis, and the first medal of the Games over at the shooting venue.

Who's done great commentary? Which announcer has said some really stupid stuff? Why are they yelling on the fencing strip, and why does it sound like a literal cat fight over at the taekwodo venue?

Also, fans did get to see some Olympic action -- we tell you all about it!

Join in the fun - viewing guide, fantasy league, brackets and more at http://flamealivepod.com/tokyo

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

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Keep the Flame Alive: The Podcast for Fans of the Olympics and Paralympics with hosts Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown

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The Tokyo 2020 Olympics are officially open! We talk about the highlights and low moments of this incredibly unique Opening Ceremonies. Plus, scores and updates from Day -1 -- Jill already has a new officiating role she'd like to do!

Join in the fun - viewing guide, fantasy league, brackets and more at http://flamealivepod.com/tokyo

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