54 episodes
My New Favorite Olympian NBC Sports
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4.3 • 358 Ratings
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Wondering who you should you root for at the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics? Get to know some of Team USA’s most inspiring athletes and the causes they champion.
Season 7: My New Favorite Olympian and My New Favorite Paralympian hosted by 12-time Olympic medalist Natalie Coughlin
Season 6: My New Favorite Futbolista hosted by World Cup champion Meghan Klingenberg in English and Janelly Farías in Spanish
Season 5: My New Favorite Futbolista hosted by soccer legend Juan Pablo Ángel in English and Spanish
Season 4: My New Favorite Olympian hosted by Apolo Ohno, Team USA's most decorated Winter Olympian
Season 3: My New Favorite Olympian hosted by Olympic trailblazer Ibtihaj Muhammad
Season 2: Sports Uncovered hosted by Michele Tafoya
Season 1: Sports Uncovered hosted by Mike Tirico
Named "Best Sports Podcast" at the Cynopsis Sports Media Awards and the WEBBY Signal Awards
Presented by the storytellers at NBC and Telemundo
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Jennifer Lozano: What life in a border town is really like
Jennifer Lozano, nicknamed “the Troublemaker,” started boxing after experiencing bullying, racism and cartel violence splitting her time between Mexico and the border town of Laredo, Texas
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Jesse Grupper: Helping climbers with disabilities reach new heights
Jesse Grupper, a climber who studied engineering at Tufts and Harvard, designs devices to help children with disabilities participate in climbing
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Kelly Cheng: Beach volleyball’s mental health champion
Kelly Cheng, who has been open about her mental health challenges, started a mentorship program to help the next generation of beach volleyball players prioritize their mental health
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Jordan Chiles: Brown girls can excel at gymnastics
Olympic silver medalist Jordan Chiles explains how the landscape has changed for women of color since she first started doing gymnastics — and what she’s doing to help with Brown Girls Do Gymnastics.
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Lydia Jacoby: My battle with post-Olympic depression
Lydia Jacoby, who unexpectedly became an Olympic champion as a 17-year-old swimmer from Alaska, opens up about her battle with post-Olympic depression
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Who should you root for at the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics?
My New Favorite Olympian will introduce you to Team USA's most inspiring athletes and the causes they champion
Customer Reviews
Neat episode with Kelly Cheng
Neat episode on athlete mental health awareness with beach volleyballer Kelly Cheng
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This is the perfect hype up podcast for whats going to be an amazing World Cup!!
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