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Legendary softball outfielder Laura Berg is the most decorated softball Olympian, winning 3 gold medals, 1 silver medal and having played at every Olympic softball tournament ever held. She's now head coach at Oregon State University and is extending her Olympic streak as a member of Team USA's coaching staff for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. We talked with her about the game and building a team.

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What are our TKFLASTANIs up to this week? We've got news from:

• Ski jumper Sarah Hendrickson
• Diver Laura Wilkinson

Throughout 2021 we're revisiting great stories from Atlanta 1996! For our Atlanta 1996 moment this week, Jill gets into the importance of Team USA's women's basketball legacy and why it's especially relevant this week.

We also have Games Updates from Tokyo 2020 (the Torch Relay has started!!!) and Milan-Cortina 2026 (did you choose the winning logo?).

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

Photo courtesy of Laura Berg.

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Big news from Tokyo 2020 this week: No overseas fans welcome at this summer's Olympics. We talk with TKFLASTANI Ken Hanscom about the ticketing situation and what fans are feeling now that they can't go to the Games.

We're also talking equestrian eventing with 6x Olympian Phillip Dutton. Remember him from one of our Atlanta moments earlier this year? He's still competing and hopes to make Tokyo his 7th Olympics. Phillip explains the sport for us and what to look for when watching it.

Find Phillip at:

http://phillipdutton.com/

https://www.facebook.com/phillipduttoneventing

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What are our TKFLASTANIs up to this week? We've got news from:

• Tony Azevedo
• Clare Egan
• Josh Williamson
• Lauren Gibbs
• David Davis - read his latest article here.

We also have Games Updates from Tokyo 2020 (another insensitive gaff) and Beijing 2022 (big news for us!)

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

3x3 basketball is one of the new sports on the Olympic program, and NY Harlem/Team USA player Dominique Jones joins us to tell us how it works. Mark your calendars now to watch this during Tokyo 2020. We predict it'll be one of the most exciting additions to the Olympics.

Jill also reports back from her Tokyo test event - i.e., the International Olympic Committee's recent marathon Session meeting. What's in store for the new Agenda 2020+5 plan, and did TBach get reelected?

Follow Dominique on Insta and Facebook (Dominique Jones).

What are our TKFLASTANIs up to this week? We've got updates from:

• Kelly Claes
• Jordan Gray
• Chloe Kim
• Clare Egan

Throughout 2021 we're revisiting great stories from Atlanta 1996! For our Atlanta 1996 moment this week, Alison has the rest of the story on gymnast Kerri Strug's injury.

We also have an update from the International Paralympic Committee on its new major project.

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

We're on a boat! Not really, but we're talking sailing this week. Americans Stephanie Roble and Maggie Shea join us to talk about how the Olympic 49erFX class works, what the water in Tokyo is like and what it's like to try to consume five to six liters of water a day.

Follow Stephanie and Maggie's endeavors on their website. On social they're on:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RobleSheaSailing/

Insta: https://www.instagram.com/roblesheasailing/

Speaking of sailing, it's our Atlanta 1996 moment this week, as we continue celebrating the 25th anniversary of these Olympics. If you want to talk about a city going all out to make this event an experience to remember, talk about Savannah.

What are our TKFLASTANIs up to this week?

• Laura Wilkinson had a nice write up in the Miami Herald.
• Josh Williamson
• Clare Egan
• Erin Jackson, who was featured on Forbes.com.
• Andrew Maraniss (affiliate link)
• Kelly Claes

We also have Games Updates from Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022 and Milan-Cortina 2026. Check out Milan-Cortina's logo competition and join its fan team at its website.

And it's time for another International Olympic Committee Session meeting, so we have a report on the first day of proceedings (and Zoom rooms).

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

Photo courtesy of Roble/Shea Sailing.

Something big happened in TKFLASTAN this week, which led to this week's Lightning Round episode with TKFLASTANIs Stu Sheldon and Phil Andrews. We've got the details for you, plus an update on when Tokyo 2020 will release its decision on having spectators.

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It's another week with a TBach press conference, so we take the opportunity to dive into the International Olympic Committee's new five-year plan/math problem called Agenda 2020 +5. We also have a report from the IOC's Future Host Commission. Could the Olympics go back to Australia in 2032? Plus, more feelings about the International Weightlifting Federation and Tokyo 2020's new leader.

Our TKFLASTANIS in the news this week include:

• Beach volleyball player Kelly Claes
• XC skier Kikkan Randall
• Biathlete Clare Egan
• USA Weightlifting CEO Phil Andrews
• Speedskater Erin Jackson

Plus we have updates from Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 -- and some doping news.

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

The Olympics touts its gender equity -- but that means an equal number of men and women are competing at the Games, not that they have the same sports and events. On this episode we talk with Jordan Gray, a female decathlete who's working on that latter type of equality. Only men compete in the decathlon at the Olympics now, but Jordan's working to get the women's event included at the 2024 Olympics. She tells us how the decathlon and heptathlon work, and talks about her efforts with Let Women Decathlon.

Follow Jordan on Twitter, Insta (@grit_goddess) and Facebook (Jordan Gray). Check out her website if you're interested in some coaching sessions, and sign the petition to have women's decathlon added to the Olympic program.

What are our TKFLASTANIs up to this week? We've got news from

• Phil Andrews
• The dulcet tones of Jason Bryant

Throughout 2021 we're revisiting great stories from Atlanta 1996! For our Atlanta 1996 moment this week, Jill looks at smoking's role in the Atlanta Olympics.

We also have Games Updates from Tokyo 2020.

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

Grab your popcorn - it's Movie Club time! We welcome back Film Buff Fran to talk about our latest Movie Club selection, "The Other Side of the Mountain." How well does this 1975 telling of Olympic ski hopeful Jill Kinmont hold up?

What are our TKFLASTANIs up to this week?

• Giles Long and his new LEXI website
• Nick Cunningham coached bobsled this season
• Josh Williamson is an athlete to watch for Beijing 2022
• Meagan Duhamel is teaching a virtual off-ice course for skaters and coaches
• Alex Diebold was in the finals of world champs
• Roy Tomizawa did some taping
• Clare Egan's at biathlon world champs
• Shiva Keshavan's testing natural luge tracks with the hopes of building one in India
• The dulcet tones of Jason Bryant will be in action soon
• Brianna Decker's on Hear Her Sports

Throughout 2021 we're revisiting great stories from Atlanta 1996! For our Atlanta 1996 moment this week we look at the women's marathon and how this was a pivotal point in country/regional domination.

We also have Games Updates from: Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022, Milan-Cortina 2026 and LA 2028.

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Today's guest is author and historian Dr. Cat Ariail. Cat is a lecturer of history at Middle Tennessee State University and author of the new book Passing the Baton: Black Women Track Stars and American Identity. We discuss how great female Olympic track athletes Alice Coachman, Mae Faggs, Wyomia Tius, Wilma Rudolph, Willye White, Earlene Brown changed the way society perceived Black women in the sporting world.

Learn more about Cat at her website: https://catariail.com

Our TKFLASTAN Update includes news from:

• Kim Rhode
• Andrew Maraniss
• Ken Hanscom
• Brianna Decker
• Erin Jackson
• Chloe Kim
• Clare Egan

Throughout 2021 we're revisiting great stories from Atlanta 1996! For our Atlanta 1996 moment this week, we relive the incredible story of the Australian Eventing Team during the Equestrian competition.

We also have Games Updates from Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022, and Milan-Cortina 2026.

Photo courtesy of Cat Ariail.

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

Book Club Claire is back to discuss the book World Class: The Making of the U.S. Women's Cross-Country Ski Team by Peggy Shinn.

Read Claire's blog Light the Cauldron and follow her on Twitter.

Our TKFLASTAN Update includes news from:

• Chloe Kim
• Alex Diebold
• Lauren Gibbs
• Phil Andrews
• Clare Egan

We also have Games Updates from Tokyo 2020 - be on the lookout for "playbooks" that will guide the Organizing Committee on how they'll manage having the Games this summer (another reason to make sure the Games happens? Insurers would be out big bucks).

Tokyo's also preparing for athletics test events and will perhaps show us a different kind of torch relay.

And if Tokyo doesn't work out, Florida is ready to step in. Hey, TBach, call us! We're +1-208-FLAME-IT!

We also have some doping news, plus a report from the latest International Olympic Committee Executive Board meeting (guess who's very concerned about the boxing and weightlifting international federations?).

And, put this new museum on your Olympic travel bucket list!

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