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Quest for Gold WGN Radio
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WGN’s Ryan Burrow hosts “Quest For Gold,” a weekly update on preparations for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games.
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Quest For Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 45: U.S. wrestler Kennedy Blades knows her job’s not done after making Olympic team
On this weeks episode of Quest for Gold:-The U.S. Women’s 5×5 Basketball Roster was announced, one big name is not on it-The U.S. Field Hockey and Artistic Swimming teams have been announced-The U.S. Men’s Olympic soccer team falls in the final warm up before Paris-Rafael Nadal wants to compete in Paris-French and Spanish officials are […]
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Quest for Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 44: U.S. sailor Maggie Shea is hoping new focus leads to better result in 2nd Olympics
This week on Quest for Gold:-Olympic rosters have been announced for Rowing, Women’s Indoor Volleyball, 3×3 Women’s Basketball-Simone Biles blew everyone out of the gym in the U.S. Championships-U.S. Men’s Soccer has a final match before the Olympic roster is set-The Olympic rings have been added to the Eiffel Tower-Russia is using A.I. Tom Cruise […]
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Quest For Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 43: First time Olympic volleyball player Jeff Jendryk is taking it ‘one point at a time’
On this week’s episode of Quest for Gold:-The U.S. Women’s Water Polo Team has been announced for Paris-An American silver medalist will soon be a gold medalist-The U.S. Gymnastics Championships will be the final warm up headed into Olympic trials-U.S. Soccer has named 25 players headed into the final men’s Olympic training cycle, but that […]
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Quest for Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 42: 30 years after being shot, Marine vet Marco De La Rosa is going back to the Paralympics for shooting
On this week’s episode of Quest for Gold:-Simone Biles is doing Simone Biles things-The pool is being built for the USA Swimming Olympic Trials-USWNT finally has its coach-One soccer superstar won’t be competing in the Olympics-The U.S. golf team is coming into focus two months out from the Summer Games-France is struggling to hold rehearsals […]
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Quest for Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 41: The Paris Olympics lured Joe Rau out of retirement and back to the mat; now he’s headed to his first Olympics
On this week’s episode of Quest for Gold:-USA Volleyball has named the indoor men’s Olympic team-Brittney Griner’s status with Team USA isn’t certain-France will have a couple NBAers on the men’s basketball team-A longtime USA Swimming coach has died– Scottie Scheffler wants to go to Paris-“Anti-sex beds” return to the Olympic Village-And we speak with […]
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Quest for Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 40: Olympic gold medalist Jordyn Poulter knows Team USA will need to ‘fight and claw’ to get back on the podium in Paris
On this week’s episode of Quest for Gold:-The Olympic torch relay has begun in France-Wrestling and Triathlon qualifications are up for grabs-Will Caitlin Clark make the Olympic Team?-A couple likely Olympians revive an old Sprite ad-USA Fencing has concerns over judging-And we speak with Tokyo Olympic gold medal volleyball player Jordyn Poulter about expectations headed […]