Keep the Flame Alive

When your Olympics is halfway around the world, how does your body clock affect your performance? We talk with researcher Renske Lok about circadian rhythms and the surprising way they can affect Olympians' competitions.

Read about Renske's research on Scientific Reports: Nature Research.

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Our TKFLASTAN Update includes news from:

• Chellsie Memmel
• Tom Scott
• Meagan Duhamel

We also have Games Updates from Tokyo 2020, including news about the lavish spreads that the Tokyo Organizing Committee wants to control.

And the International Olympic Committee's Executive Board met, which means another press conference with TBach. The foremost question on our minds: Will he wave good-bye?

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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's part 2 of interview with Madeline Manning Mims, the multi-medal winning Olympian and trailblazer who became an Olympic chaplain. We talk with her about her experiences at 3 Olympics and her part in the 1980 American-led boycott, all of which paved the way for her calling in her gamesmaking role.

You can learn more about Madeline's organization, the United States Council for Sports Chaplaincy at https://uscsc03.com.

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Legendary Olympian Madeline Manning Mims has the distinction of being America's first (and currently still only) female athlete to win the gold medal in the 800m run, which she achieved at the Mexico City 1969 Olympics. She added a silver in the 4x400m relay at Munich 1972, competed at Montreal 1976, and was selected for the Moscow 1980 that stayed home due to the US boycott of those Games.

After her competitive career, Madeline found another calling: Chaplain. She's been a volunteer chaplain at every Summer Olympics since Seoul 1988, being a presence of faith for athletes during the Games.

That's right. There are chaplains and religious officials at the Olympics. What do they do? In part one of our interview with Madeline, she explains the role of an Olympic chaplain and the history of how they came to be at the Games.

Madeline founded the United States Council for Sports Chaplaincy, and you can learn more about the organization here.

As always, we have news from TKFLASTAN, including from:

• John Register
• Marnie McBean
• Olya Abasolo Ovtchinnikova
• Dr. Victoria Jackson

Plus, lots of updates from Tokyo 2020 and news about some possible changes to the event program for Paris 2024.

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Book Club Claire is back for a lively discussion of A Shot at History: My Obsessive Journey to Olympic Gold and Beyond, by Abhinav Bindra, India's first individual Olympic gold medalist who competed in the sport of air rifle. Does it hit the bulls-eye as a good read, or does it miss the mark?

Follow Claire on Twitter and read her blog.

Our TKFLASTAN Update includes news from: (don't forget links)

• John Naber
• Jackie Wong
• Chellsie Memmel
• The dulcet tones of Jason Bryant
• Meagan Duhamel
• Parc Olympique
• Clare Egan

We also have Games Updates from:

• PyeongChang 2018
• Tokyo 2020
• Beijing 2022

And some news from the International Paralympic Committee, as well as a new sport we invented for the Olympic program

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Houry Gebeshian not only became Armenia's first female Olympic artistic gymnast, she also got a move named after her at the Rio 2016 Olympics! We talk about how she developed the Gebeshian, an uneven bars mount, as well as how she came to represent Armenia, and what it's like to be an Olympian from a country that doesn't have a lot of resources.

Follow Houry online on Insta, Twitter and Facebook. Interested in getting help with college recruiting for gymnastics? Check out Houry's business Full Out College Recruiting.

Here are Houry's wonderful routines from Rio:

• Uneven bars
• Balance beam
• Vault
• Floor

Our TKFLASTAN Update includes news from:

• Chellsie Memmel
• Jacqueline Simoneau
• Phil Andrews
• John Shuster

We also have Games Updates from Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024. Plus, some good news from Sarajevo.

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

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In our efforts to learn more about how para sports work, we talk with 1996 and 2000 Paralympian John Register about the mechanics of running blades (aka running legs).

This is (hopefully) our first interview with John, who competed at the 1996 Paralympics in swimming and the 2000 Paralympics in silver long jump (got an American record of 5.41m), and 5th in 100m and 200m. He's currently a keynote and motivational speaker does LinkedIn Live on Thursdays at 3:12 MT.

John is taking part in a panel called "Disability and Sports," as part of the University of Rhode Island's Honors Colloquium, "Disability in the 21st Century." The panel discussion, "Disability and Sports," will take place virtually Tuesday, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. The link to the lecture can be found on the day of the event in the colloquium schedule, next to the name of the presentation.

Check out John's website and follow him on:

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Our TKFLASTAN Update includes news from:

• AJ Edelman
• Jackie Wong
• Teri Hedgpeth
• Dawn Harper Nelson
• Samantha Schultz
• Tony Azevedo

We also have Games Updates from Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024. Cost-cutting measures galore for both Games, and it looks like we may have another IOC member who goes rogue.

The International Olympic Committee's Executive Board held a meeting this week, which meant a TBach press conference. Jill was completely shocked by one of his comments - you won't believe what he admitted.

Keep the Flame Alive with Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown

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September 25, 2000 is known to Olympics fans as Magic Monday, where athletics fans got to see nine finals, including Cathy Freeman and Michael Johnson winning the 400m races. Nick Zaccardi, long-time Olympics editor at NBC Sports, joins us to talk about what made Magic Monday legendary.

Follow Nick on Twitter and Insta, and read his many articles at NBC Olympics.

What all happened on Magic Monday in Stadium Australia?

1. Pole vault - women - inaugural competition
2. Discus - men
3. Triple Jump - men
4. 400m - women
5. 400m - men
6. 110m hurdles-men
7. 5000m - women
8. 800m - women
9. 10000m - men

Plus:

1. Beach volleyball - men's medals
2. Cycling - women's road race
3. Gymnastics - men's vault, parallel bars, horizontal bars finals
4. Gymnastics - women's beam, floor finals
5. Synchronized Swimming - duet final
6. Table Tennis - men's singles medals

And a lot of people seem to care about this moment.

If you live in Tokyo, you might want to go to this: The Tokyo Aquatics Centre will be opening on October 24. There's a ceremony in the morning, followed by tours in the afternoon. Apply here (and if you go, tell us all about it!).

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What's it like to become the first Olympian for your country in the sport of skeleton? Israeli athlete AJ Edelman tells us about his experiences in the sport of skeleton and his current work in building up Israel's bobsled and skeleton team in hopes of competing at the Beijing 2022 Olympics.

Follow AJ on Insta and Twitter!

Follow the Israeli bobsled team and check out its website.

TKFLASTANIS in action:

• Tom Scott was profiled by the World Karate Federation
• Marnie McBean's speaking this weekend
• Kikkan Randall on retiring from sport

Other big news: It's our 3rd anniversary this week, and we've got a gift for you! We're announcing our 2021 Book Club books and Movie Club movies. We hope you're as excited about the selections as we are!

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

This week we're talking about how Olympians, Paralympians and elite athletes develop their personal brand. Athlete branding expert Vickie Saunders, president of The Brand Builders, a company that specializes in educating and training individuals and organizations about branding, takes us through how elite athletes figure out how to create a brand that's authentic to them.

Follow Vickie on Insta, Facebook and LinkedIn!

Our TKFLASTANI Dawn Harper Nelson has a new YouTube channel called The Real Nelsons with weekly videos featuring her family and their lives (Dawn and her husband Alonzo are great, but let's face it, you're really tuning in to see the adorable Harper).

Get well wishes to TKFLASTANI Lauren Gibbs!

TKFLASTANI Shiva Keshavan was interviewed in the Times of India and has a few words about the state of winter sports in that country.

We also have news from Tokyo 2020 (cost cuts are coming), Beijing 2022 and the International Paralympic Committee. Plus, if you'd like to volunteer for a US Olympic & Paralympic Committee Board or National Governing Body Board, register your interest here -- you could help shape the future of sport!

Plus, another IOC member goes rogue. Who is it this week?

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

Photo courtesy of Vickie Saunders.

We are back from vacation just in time to celebrate Tessa Gobbo Day. There's so much to catch up on that this week's show turned into one big update. First up, we talk about all of the Olympic and Paralympic movies we've seen during the break. The IOC Executive Board met, so there's some news from TBach and company. TKFLASTAN's been hoppin', so we've got tons of news from our Team Keep the Flame Alive and updates from Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022, Paris 2024 and LA 2028. With all of this news, we definitely need some Oreos and a nap.

Mentioned on the show:

Movies: Athlete A, The Weight of Gold, Olympic Dreams, Rising Phoenix

When TKFLASTANIs collide: Andrew Maraniss' lecture series featuring sports historian Dr. Victoria Jackson.

Get some study tips from artistic swimmer Jacqueline Simoneau.

LA 2028's dynamic logo.

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