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- 0:59This
- 0:59podcast
- 0:59is
- 1:00part
- 1:00of
- 1:00the
- 1:00Sports
- 1:00History
- 1:01Network,
- 1:01your
- 1:01headquarters
- 1:02for
- 1:02the
- 1:02yesteryear
- 1:03of
- 1:03your
- 1:03favorite
- 1:03sport.
- 1:04You
- 1:04can
- 1:04learn
- 1:05more@sportshistorynetwork.com
- 1:09their
- 1:09names
- 1:09are.
- 1:10Quite
- 1:10familiar
- 1:10and
- 1:11they're
- 1:11spoken
- 1:11of
- 1:12about.
- 1:13Once
- 1:13every
- 1:13four
- 1:14years.
- 1:14Michael
- 1:15Phelps,
- 1:15Katie
- 1:16Ledecky,
- 1:17Lindsey
- 1:18Vonn,
- 1:18Usain
- 1:19Bolt.
- 1:20And
- 1:20the
- 1:20list
- 1:21goes
- 1:21on.
- 1:22Olympic
- 1:23heroes
- 1:24who
- 1:24won
- 1:24the
- 1:25gold
- 1:25with
- 1:26record
- 1:26setting
- 1:27performances.
- 1:29But
- 1:29there
- 1:30are
- 1:30others
- 1:30who
- 1:31go
- 1:31unnoticed,
- 1:32who
- 1:32train
- 1:33just
- 1:33as
- 1:33hard,
- 1:34if
- 1:34not
- 1:34harder.
- 1:35But
- 1:36something
- 1:36happened
- 1:37along
- 1:37the
- 1:37way
- 1:38to
- 1:38launch
- 1:38them
- 1:39into
- 1:39another
- 1:40category.
- 1:41And
- 1:41next
- 1:42on
- 1:42Sports
- 1:43Forgotten
- 1:44Heroes,
- 1:44we're
- 1:45going
- 1:45to
- 1:45explore
- 1:46the
- 1:46unique
- 1:47circumstances
- 1:48of
- 1:48several
- 1:49unsung
- 1:50heroes
- 1:51of
- 1:52the
- 1:52Olympics.
- 1:54This
- 1:54is
- 1:55Sports
- 1:55Forgotten
- 1:56Heroes,
- 1:57a
- 1:57tribute
- 1:57to
- 1:57the
- 1:57stars
- 1:58who
- 1:58shape
- 1:58the
- 1:58games
- 1:59we
- 1:59love
- 1:59to
- 1:59watch
- 2:00and
- 2:00the
- 2:00games
- 2:00we
- 2:01love
- 2:01to
- 2:01play.
- 2:01Stars
- 2:02who
- 2:02provided
- 2:02us
- 2:03with
- 2:03many
- 2:03thrills,
- 2:04but
- 2:04when
- 2:04their
- 2:04time
- 2:05was
- 2:05up,
- 2:05they
- 2:05faded
- 2:06away.
- 2:07We'll
- 2:07take
- 2:07a
- 2:07look
- 2:07back
- 2:08at
- 2:08their
- 2:08spectacular
- 2:09careers,
- 2:09their
- 2:09moments
- 2:10of
- 2:10fame,
- 2:10even
- 2:11if
- 2:11it
- 2:11was
- 2:11just
- 2:11for
- 2:11one
- 2:12season
- 2:12or
- 2:12just
- 2:13one
- 2:13game.
- 2:14And
- 2:14now,
- 2:14here's
- 2:15your
- 2:15host,
- 2:15Warren
- 2:16Rogan.
- 2:17Hello
- 2:18and
- 2:18welcome
- 2:18to
- 2:18Sports
- 2:19forgotten
- 2:19heroes,
- 2:20episode
- 2:21162,
- 2:23unsung
- 2:24heroes
- 2:25of
- 2:25the
- 2:25Olympics.
- 2:27Now,
- 2:28this
- 2:28is
- 2:28a
- 2:28pretty
- 2:29unique
- 2:29episode
- 2:30and
- 2:30my
- 2:30guest
- 2:30today
- 2:30is
- 2:31Doug
- 2:31Levy,
- 2:32the
- 2:32host
- 2:32of
- 2:32the
- 2:32podcast
- 2:33under
- 2:34the
- 2:34Radar.
- 2:35Olympic
- 2:36athletes
- 2:36you
- 2:37gotta
- 2:37meet.
- 2:38Doug
- 2:39also
- 2:39recently
- 2:40released
- 2:40a
- 2:41wonderful
- 2:41book
- 2:42called
- 2:42Hero
- 2:45profiles
- 2:45of
- 2:46Olympic
- 2:46athletes
- 2:47under
- 2:48the
- 2:48radar.
- 2:50You
- 2:50know,
- 2:50it's
- 2:51truly
- 2:51fascinating
- 2:52to
- 2:52look
- 2:52back
- 2:53at
- 2:53some
- 2:53of
- 2:53these
- 2:53Olympians.
- 2:54And
- 2:55while
- 2:55we
- 2:55won't
- 2:56discuss
- 2:56all
- 2:56of
- 2:57the
- 2:57Olympians
- 2:57that
- 2:58Doug
- 2:58addresses
- 2:59in
- 2:59his
- 2:59book,
- 3:00there
- 3:01are
- 3:01a
- 3:01few
- 3:02who
- 3:02have
- 3:02terrific
- 3:03stories
- 3:04that
- 3:04we're
- 3:04going
- 3:04to
- 3:04talk
- 3:05about
- 3:05on
- 3:05today's
- 3:06show.
- 3:07Peter
- 3:07Norman
- 3:08from
- 3:08Australia,
- 3:09who
- 3:10stood
- 3:10alongside
- 3:11Tommy
- 3:12Smith
- 3:12and
- 3:12John
- 3:13Carlos
- 3:14in
- 3:141968
- 3:16in
- 3:16Mexico
- 3:17City
- 3:18and
- 3:18the
- 3:18ramifications
- 3:19that
- 3:20followed.
- 3:21Manteo
- 3:22Mitchell,
- 3:23who
- 3:23ran
- 3:24on
- 3:24a
- 3:24broken
- 3:25leg
- 3:25in
- 3:26the
- 3:262012
- 3:27Summer
- 3:27Olympics
- 3:28in
- 3:28London.
- 3:29Alexander
- 3:30Cushing.
- 3:31Now,
- 3:32he
- 3:32was
- 3:32not
- 3:33an
- 3:33Olympian,
- 3:34but
- 3:34he
- 3:35was
- 3:35the
- 3:35figure
- 3:36behind
- 3:37securing
- 3:39the
- 3:391960
- 3:40Winter
- 3:41Olympic
- 3:42Games
- 3:43in
- 3:43Squaw
- 3:44Valley,
- 3:44California.
- 3:45A
- 3:46fascinating
- 3:46story
- 3:47there.
- 3:48And
- 3:48then
- 3:48there's
- 3:49Lawrence
- 3:49Lemieux,
- 3:50who
- 3:51is
- 3:51a
- 3:52hero
- 3:53in
- 3:53every
- 3:54sense
- 3:54of
- 3:54the
- 3:55world.
- 3:56He
- 3:56got
- 3:56himself
- 3:57disqualified
- 3:58from
- 3:58his
- 3:58race
- 3:59to
- 3:59save
- 4:00the
- 4:00life
- 4:00of
- 4:01another
- 4:02in
- 4:02the
- 4:021988
- 4:04Summer
- 4:04Olympics
- 4:05in
- 4:05Seoul,
- 4:06South
- 4:06Korea.
- 4:08Yeah,
- 4:08we're
- 4:09going
- 4:09to
- 4:09discuss
- 4:09all
- 4:10of
- 4:10these
- 4:10great
- 4:10Olympians
- 4:11and
- 4:11a
- 4:11few
- 4:11others
- 4:11with
- 4:12Doug.
- 4:12But
- 4:13first,
- 4:13a
- 4:13few
- 4:13reminders.
- 4:14Please
- 4:14follow
- 4:15Sports
- 4:15Forgotten
- 4:16Heroes
- 4:16on
- 4:16X@SportsFheroes.
- 4:18Look
- 4:19for
- 4:19the
- 4:19Sports
- 4:19Forgotten
- 4:20Heroes
- 4:20page
- 4:21on
- 4:21Facebook.
- 4:22And
- 4:22wherever
- 4:23it
- 4:23is
- 4:23you
- 4:24are
- 4:24listening,
- 4:24please
- 4:25hit
- 4:25that
- 4:26subscribe
- 4:26button
- 4:27and
- 4:27give
- 4:27Sports
- 4:28Forgotten
- 4:28Heroes
- 4:29a
- 4:29follow
- 4:29and
- 4:30a
- 4:30like
- 4:30and
- 4:31if
- 4:31you
- 4:31can,
- 4:31please
- 4:32write
- 4:32a
- 4:32review,
- 4:33a
- 4:33really
- 4:34nice
- 4:34review,
- 4:35and
- 4:36if
- 4:36you
- 4:36want
- 4:36to
- 4:36reach
- 4:37out,
- 4:37please
- 4:37shoot
- 4:37me
- 4:37an
- 4:38email,
- 4:38send
- 4:38it
- 4:38to
- 4:39sportsfh.infomail.com
- 4:43that's
- 4:43sportsfh.infomail
- 4:47dot
- 4:47com
- 4:48and
- 4:48as
- 4:49always,
- 4:49I
- 4:50thank
- 4:50you
- 4:50for
- 4:51your
- 4:51support.
- 4:53Okay,
- 4:53let's
- 4:53get
- 4:53into
- 4:54today's
- 4:54show
- 4:54with
- 4:54my
- 4:55guest,
- 4:55Doug
- 4:56Lee.
- 5:00Doug,
- 5:00welcome
- 5:00to
- 5:01Sports
- 5:01Forgotten
- 5:02Heroes.
- 5:02I
- 5:02am
- 5:03thrilled
- 5:03you
- 5:04are
- 5:04here
- 5:04talking
- 5:05to
- 5:05us
- 5:06about
- 5:06such
- 5:06a
- 5:06great
- 5:07topic,
- 5:08Unsung
- 5:09Heroes
- 5:10of
- 5:10the
- 5:10Olympics.
- 5:11Thanks
- 5:11for
- 5:12being
- 5:12here.
- 5:13Of
- 5:13course,
- 5:13Warren,
- 5:14pleasure
- 5:14to
- 5:14be
- 5:14here.
- 5:15Hey,
- 5:16man,
- 5:18I
- 5:18gotta
- 5:18ask
- 5:19the
- 5:19question.
- 5:19I
- 5:20mean,
- 5:20it's
- 5:21such
- 5:21an
- 5:21interesting
- 5:22topic
- 5:23and
- 5:23sort
- 5:23of
- 5:24really
- 5:24does
- 5:24fit
- 5:25the
- 5:25genre
- 5:26of
- 5:26the
- 5:26show.
- 5:26Sports
- 5:27Forgotten
- 5:28Heroes
- 5:28you're
- 5:29talking
- 5:29about.
- 5:31Maybe
- 5:31not
- 5:32necessarily
- 5:33Forgotten
- 5:34Heroes,
- 5:34but
- 5:35certainly,
- 5:35as
- 5:36your
- 5:36books
- 5:37says,
- 5:37Unsung
- 5:38Heroes
- 5:40from
- 5:40the
- 5:41Olympics.
- 5:42I
- 5:42gotta
- 5:42ask
- 5:43you,
- 5:44where
- 5:45did
- 5:45your
- 5:45idea
- 5:46for
- 5:47this
- 5:47topic
- 5:48come
- 5:48from?
- 5:49And
- 5:50then
- 5:51how
- 5:51did
- 5:51you
- 5:51decide
- 5:53on
- 5:53which
- 5:54Olympians
- 5:56to
- 5:56discuss?
- 5:58Well,
- 5:58it's
- 5:59a
- 5:59great
- 5:59question.
- 5:59I
- 6:00think
- 6:00the
- 6:00foundation
- 6:01starts
- 6:01with
- 6:01the
- 6:02Olympic
- 6:02Games.
- 6:02I'm
- 6:03an
- 6:03unabashed
- 6:04lover
- 6:04of
- 6:04them
- 6:05whether
- 6:05it's
- 6:06summer
- 6:06or
- 6:06winter.
- 6:07And
- 6:08so
- 6:09ever
- 6:09since
- 6:09I
- 6:10was
- 6:10a
- 6:10little
- 6:10kid,
- 6:11when
- 6:11the
- 6:12Olympics
- 6:12come
- 6:12around,
- 6:13I'm
- 6:14one
- 6:14of
- 6:14those
- 6:14who's
- 6:14front
- 6:15and
- 6:15center.
- 6:16But
- 6:16I've
- 6:17always
- 6:17been
- 6:19fascinated
- 6:19by
- 6:20the
- 6:20fact
- 6:21that
- 6:21certainly
- 6:22in
- 6:22the
- 6:22United
- 6:22States
- 6:23we
- 6:24get
- 6:24fixated
- 6:25on
- 6:25the
- 6:25winners
- 6:26and
- 6:26the
- 6:26medal
- 6:26stand
- 6:28and
- 6:28there
- 6:29are
- 6:29so
- 6:29many
- 6:30stories
- 6:30beyond
- 6:31the
- 6:31medal
- 6:32stand.
- 6:32And
- 6:34I'll
- 6:34tell
- 6:34you
- 6:34the
- 6:34athletes
- 6:35that
- 6:35sort
- 6:36of
- 6:37formed
- 6:37the
- 6:37whole
- 6:38idea
- 6:38for
- 6:39my
- 6:40book
- 6:40Hero
- 6:40Redefined.
- 6:42I
- 6:42remember
- 6:43all
- 6:43those
- 6:43years
- 6:44ago
- 6:44at
- 6:44the
- 6:441984
- 6:45Olympics
- 6:46in
- 6:46Los
- 6:46Angeles.
- 6:47And
- 6:48it's
- 6:48funny,
- 6:48we're
- 6:49about
- 6:49to
- 6:49have
- 6:49them
- 6:49again
- 6:50in
- 6:502028
- 6:51in
- 6:51Los
- 6:51Angeles.
- 6:52But
- 6:53there
- 6:53was
- 6:53a
- 6:54Swiss
- 6:54born
- 6:55marathon
- 6:55runner
- 6:56named
- 6:56Gabrielle
- 6:57Anderson
- 6:57Schias.
- 6:59And
- 7:00I
- 7:00think
- 7:01your
- 7:01listeners,
- 7:01if
- 7:02they
- 7:02were
- 7:02to
- 7:02Google
- 7:03that
- 7:03name
- 7:04and
- 7:04look
- 7:04at
- 7:05video,
- 7:05they
- 7:05could
- 7:06find
- 7:06a
- 7:06woman
- 7:07who
- 7:07came
- 7:08into
- 7:08the
- 7:08Olympic
- 7:09stadium
- 7:09at
- 7:10the
- 7:10end
- 7:10of
- 7:10that
- 7:10marathon,
- 7:11lurching
- 7:12from
- 7:12side
- 7:13to
- 7:13side
- 7:13and
- 7:14looking
- 7:14as
- 7:15if
- 7:15she
- 7:15might
- 7:15not
- 7:16even
- 7:16make
- 7:16it.
- 7:17And
- 7:19yet
- 7:19she
- 7:19did.
- 7:20And
- 7:21she
- 7:21got
- 7:22a
- 7:22thunderous
- 7:22ovation
- 7:23from
- 7:23the
- 7:23crowd
- 7:24in
- 7:24Los
- 7:24Angeles
- 7:25for
- 7:26what
- 7:26she
- 7:26did.
- 7:26I
- 7:26don't
- 7:27want
- 7:27to
- 7:27spoil
- 7:27every
- 7:28detail
- 7:28of
- 7:28the
- 7:28book,
- 7:29but.
- 7:29Right.
- 7:30She
- 7:30was
- 7:30one
- 7:31of
- 7:31those
- 7:31that
- 7:32really
- 7:33triggered
- 7:33my
- 7:34idea
- 7:34for
- 7:36Unsung
- 7:37Heroes
- 7:37beyond
- 7:38the
- 7:38medal
- 7:38Stand.
- 7:39So
- 7:40I
- 7:40wanted
- 7:40to
- 7:41look
- 7:41at
- 7:41those
- 7:42athletes
- 7:42who
- 7:43typically
- 7:43didn't
- 7:44win
- 7:44medals,
- 7:45you
- 7:46know,
- 7:46men
- 7:46and
- 7:46women,
- 7:47summer
- 7:47and
- 7:48winter
- 7:49and
- 7:49frankly
- 7:50around
- 7:51the
- 7:51world,
- 7:51because
- 7:51there's
- 7:52athletes
- 7:52in
- 7:52the
- 7:53book
- 7:53representing
- 7:54nations
- 7:55from
- 7:55six
- 7:55different
- 7:56continents.
- 7:56So
- 7:58I,
- 7:58I
- 7:58wanted
- 7:59to
- 7:59help
- 7:59people
- 7:59Understand
- 8:00that
- 8:01heroism
- 8:02isn't
- 8:02just
- 8:02that
- 8:03front
- 8:03page
- 8:03headline
- 8:04in
- 8:04front
- 8:04of
- 8:04you.
- 8:05And
- 8:05in
- 8:05the
- 8:05case
- 8:05of
- 8:05the
- 8:05Olympics,
- 8:06that
- 8:07gold
- 8:08and
- 8:08bronze
- 8:08and
- 8:09silver
- 8:10medal
- 8:10winning
- 8:11person
- 8:11in
- 8:12front
- 8:12of
- 8:12you.
- 8:14Yeah.
- 8:14You
- 8:14know,
- 8:14it's
- 8:14funny
- 8:15you
- 8:15say
- 8:15that,
- 8:16how
- 8:16we
- 8:16are
- 8:16so
- 8:17fixated
- 8:18on
- 8:19the
- 8:19medal
- 8:20count
- 8:21and
- 8:22really
- 8:22interesting,
- 8:23you
- 8:24know,
- 8:24the
- 8:25Olympics
- 8:27that
- 8:27just
- 8:27passed,
- 8:28the
- 8:28Winter
- 8:28Olympics
- 8:29that
- 8:29just
- 8:29passed.
- 8:32Speaking
- 8:32with
- 8:33my
- 8:33family
- 8:34and
- 8:34friends,
- 8:34like,
- 8:35ugh,
- 8:36we're
- 8:36just
- 8:37doing
- 8:37so
- 8:37poorly.
- 8:38Look,
- 8:38a
- 8:38little
- 8:39country
- 8:39like
- 8:39Norway
- 8:40is
- 8:40beating
- 8:41us.
- 8:41And
- 8:41I'm
- 8:41like,
- 8:42well,
- 8:42first
- 8:42of
- 8:42all,
- 8:43Norway
- 8:44usually
- 8:45gets
- 8:45more
- 8:45Olympic
- 8:46medals
- 8:46in
- 8:47the
- 8:47winter
- 8:48than
- 8:48we
- 8:48do.
- 8:49And
- 8:50it
- 8:51was
- 8:51really
- 8:51interesting
- 8:52in
- 8:53that
- 8:55we
- 8:55won
- 8:56more
- 8:56gold
- 8:56medals
- 8:58in
- 8:58this
- 8:58Olympics
- 8:59than
- 8:59we
- 9:00had
- 9:00ever
- 9:00done
- 9:01in
- 9:01the
- 9:01Winter
- 9:02Olympics
- 9:03before.
- 9:04And
- 9:05because
- 9:07of
- 9:08some
- 9:08of
- 9:08those
- 9:09who
- 9:09we
- 9:09counted
- 9:10on
- 9:10to
- 9:10win
- 9:11medals,
- 9:12who
- 9:12we
- 9:12thought
- 9:13were
- 9:13going
- 9:13to
- 9:13be
- 9:13on
- 9:14the
- 9:14podium
- 9:15and
- 9:15were
- 9:15not
- 9:16on
- 9:16the
- 9:16podium,
- 9:17Ilya
- 9:18Malinin
- 9:18and
- 9:21actually,
- 9:21I
- 9:22think
- 9:22we
- 9:22thought
- 9:23Lindsey
- 9:23Vonn
- 9:24would
- 9:24be
- 9:24there,
- 9:25and
- 9:25we
- 9:25thought
- 9:26that
- 9:26Chloe
- 9:26Kim
- 9:27was
- 9:27gonna
- 9:27get
- 9:27a
- 9:27gold
- 9:28medal,
- 9:29and
- 9:29they
- 9:29didn't.
- 9:30And
- 9:31in
- 9:32certain
- 9:33aspects,
- 9:34we
- 9:35looked
- 9:35at
- 9:35it
- 9:36as
- 9:37a
- 9:38disappointment.
- 9:39There
- 9:39are
- 9:40people
- 9:40who
- 9:40thought
- 9:41the
- 9:42American
- 9:43team
- 9:45had
- 9:45a
- 9:46disappointing
- 9:47Olympiad,
- 9:48and
- 9:48a
- 9:49lot
- 9:49of
- 9:49that
- 9:49is
- 9:50because
- 9:51of
- 9:51the
- 9:51medal
- 9:52count.
- 9:52But
- 9:53if
- 9:53you
- 9:53take
- 9:53a
- 9:53look
- 9:53at
- 9:54someone
- 9:54like
- 9:54Alyssa
- 9:55Liu,
- 9:56I
- 9:57think
- 9:58in
- 9:58a
- 9:58way,
- 10:01that's
- 10:01the
- 10:02kind
- 10:02of
- 10:02athlete
- 10:03that
- 10:04you
- 10:04cover
- 10:05in
- 10:05your
- 10:06book.
- 10:07She
- 10:07won
- 10:08a
- 10:08gold,
- 10:08so
- 10:09that
- 10:09might
- 10:10not
- 10:11qualify
- 10:11her
- 10:12as
- 10:13an
- 10:13unsung
- 10:14hero,
- 10:15but
- 10:15her
- 10:16story
- 10:17of
- 10:18how
- 10:18she
- 10:19was
- 10:20working
- 10:21her
- 10:21way
- 10:22up
- 10:22the
- 10:22ladder,
- 10:23so
- 10:23to
- 10:23speak,
- 10:24to
- 10:24become
- 10:25that
- 10:25champion
- 10:26that
- 10:27she
- 10:27is,
- 10:28but
- 10:28she
- 10:29stepped
- 10:29away
- 10:29first,
- 10:30and
- 10:30her
- 10:31journey
- 10:31back
- 10:32and
- 10:32why,
- 10:33that's
- 10:34sort
- 10:34of
- 10:36the
- 10:36kind
- 10:37of
- 10:37story
- 10:39that
- 10:39you
- 10:39write
- 10:40about
- 10:40in
- 10:40the
- 10:41book.
- 10:43And
- 10:43I
- 10:44found
- 10:44some
- 10:44of
- 10:45these
- 10:45very
- 10:46fascinating.
- 10:48You
- 10:49know,
- 10:49of.
- 10:52And
- 10:53I'll
- 10:53probably
- 10:54mispronounce
- 10:55some
- 10:55of
- 10:55these
- 10:56names.
- 10:57No,
- 10:57not
- 10:57probably.
- 10:58I
- 10:58will,
- 10:59but
- 11:00Matteo
- 11:00Mitchell,
- 11:01I
- 11:01mean,
- 11:01the
- 11:02guy
- 11:02ran
- 11:03on
- 11:03a
- 11:04broken
- 11:05leg,
- 11:05basically.
- 11:06Yeah.
- 11:06John
- 11:07Stephen
- 11:08Akwari
- 11:09couldn't
- 11:10even
- 11:13barely
- 11:13finish
- 11:13the
- 11:14marathon.
- 11:14I
- 11:14mean,
- 11:14this
- 11:15poor
- 11:15guy.
- 11:17Here's
- 11:17a
- 11:18name
- 11:18I
- 11:18probably
- 11:19won't
- 11:19get,
- 11:20but
- 11:20Tim
- 11:21Hinton,
- 11:22who
- 11:24didn't
- 11:24get
- 11:25to
- 11:25compete
- 11:25because
- 11:26of
- 11:26the
- 11:26boycott.
- 11:27So
- 11:27there's
- 11:28many
- 11:28stories
- 11:29like
- 11:29this,
- 11:29and
- 11:30you
- 11:30even
- 11:30go
- 11:31into
- 11:32stories
- 11:33of
- 11:34people
- 11:35who
- 11:36have
- 11:36had
- 11:37a
- 11:38profound
- 11:39effect,
- 11:39a
- 11:40historical
- 11:41effect
- 11:41on
- 11:42the
- 11:42Olympics,
- 11:43and
- 11:43they
- 11:44weren't
- 11:44competitors.
- 11:46So
- 11:46I've
- 11:47got
- 11:47to
- 11:47ask,
- 11:48of
- 11:49all
- 11:49the
- 11:49athletes
- 11:50that
- 11:50you
- 11:50discuss,
- 11:52there
- 11:52were
- 11:52more
- 11:52than
- 11:52a
- 11:53dozen.
- 11:54Yeah.
- 11:54Who
- 11:55is
- 11:55your
- 11:55favorite
- 11:55and
- 11:56why?
- 11:56And
- 11:57before
- 11:57you
- 11:57answer
- 11:58that
- 11:58again,
- 11:58let's
- 11:59just
- 11:59briefly
- 12:00touch
- 12:00upon
- 12:00a
- 12:00couple.
- 12:01We
- 12:01said
- 12:02Monteo
- 12:03Mitchell
- 12:03and
- 12:04his
- 12:04broken.
- 12:04I
- 12:04think
- 12:04it
- 12:05was
- 12:05fibula.
- 12:06John
- 12:06Stephen
- 12:06Akwary,
- 12:07who
- 12:08could
- 12:08barely
- 12:08finish
- 12:09the
- 12:09marathon
- 12:10in
- 12:10Mexico
- 12:11City.
- 12:12Tracy
- 12:13Barnes
- 12:13let
- 12:14her
- 12:14sister
- 12:15Lanny
- 12:15replace
- 12:16her
- 12:17in
- 12:17the
- 12:172014
- 12:18Olympics.
- 12:19Then
- 12:19you
- 12:20have
- 12:20guys
- 12:20like,
- 12:22here
- 12:22we
- 12:22go,
- 12:23here's
- 12:23one
- 12:23of
- 12:23them.
- 12:23Senad
- 12:25Amanovic
- 12:27worked
- 12:27on
- 12:28renovating
- 12:28the
- 12:29destroyed
- 12:29Bob
- 12:30sled
- 12:30and
- 12:31lose
- 12:31track
- 12:32in
- 12:32Sarajevo.
- 12:35You
- 12:35know,
- 12:35there
- 12:35are
- 12:36a
- 12:36couple
- 12:36others.
- 12:37Yeah,
- 12:37who?
- 12:37And
- 12:38maybe
- 12:38it's
- 12:38not
- 12:39one
- 12:39of
- 12:39these
- 12:39guys,
- 12:41but
- 12:41who
- 12:41was
- 12:42your
- 12:42favorite
- 12:43and
- 12:43why?
- 12:45That's
- 12:46an
- 12:46extraordinarily
- 12:47tough
- 12:47question.
- 12:47Because
- 12:48I
- 12:48came
- 12:48to
- 12:48love
- 12:49all
- 12:49these
- 12:49athletes
- 12:50and
- 12:50all
- 12:50these
- 12:51heroes
- 12:51that
- 12:52I
- 12:52profiled.
- 12:52And
- 12:53so
- 12:53I
- 12:53feel
- 12:53when
- 12:54I
- 12:54get
- 12:54that
- 12:54question,
- 12:55I
- 12:55almost
- 12:55feel
- 12:55like
- 12:56I'm
- 12:56being
- 12:56asked
- 12:56to
- 12:56choose
- 12:57among
- 12:57my
- 12:58kids.
- 12:59But
- 13:00I'll
- 13:00tell
- 13:00you,
- 13:01the
- 13:01two
- 13:01athletes
- 13:02that
- 13:02really
- 13:02were
- 13:02the
- 13:03triggers,
- 13:04and
- 13:04they're
- 13:05the
- 13:05first
- 13:05two
- 13:05chapters
- 13:06of
- 13:06the
- 13:06book.
- 13:07And
- 13:07you
- 13:07mentioned
- 13:08Manteo
- 13:08Mitchell,
- 13:10you
- 13:10know,
- 13:11a
- 13:11great
- 13:11athlete
- 13:12who
- 13:12grew
- 13:13up
- 13:13in
- 13:13North
- 13:13Carolina
- 13:14and
- 13:15wasn't
- 13:15very
- 13:16well
- 13:16noticed
- 13:17as
- 13:18a
- 13:18track
- 13:18and
- 13:18field
- 13:18athlete.
- 13:19So
- 13:19he
- 13:19ends
- 13:20up
- 13:20at
- 13:20a
- 13:20place
- 13:20called
- 13:21Western
- 13:21Carolina
- 13:22University
- 13:22where
- 13:23he
- 13:23excels
- 13:25and
- 13:26he
- 13:26gets
- 13:26to
- 13:26the
- 13:262012
- 13:27Games
- 13:28in
- 13:28London.
- 13:29And
- 13:30he's
- 13:31a
- 13:31terrific
- 13:33400
- 13:33meter
- 13:34runner,
- 13:35good
- 13:35enough
- 13:35that
- 13:36he's
- 13:36asked
- 13:36to
- 13:37lead
- 13:37off
- 13:37the
- 13:38US
- 13:38Leg
- 13:40in
- 13:40the
- 13:40semifinals
- 13:41in
- 13:41London.
- 13:42And
- 13:43he's
- 13:43running.
- 13:44So
- 13:44he's
- 13:45running
- 13:46very
- 13:47well
- 13:47for
- 13:48the
- 13:48first
- 13:48half
- 13:48of
- 13:49that
- 13:49race.
- 13:49And
- 13:49then
- 13:49he
- 13:49hears
- 13:50this
- 13:50audible
- 13:50snap
- 13:52and
- 13:52he's
- 13:53got
- 13:53to
- 13:53figure
- 13:53out
- 13:53what
- 13:54to
- 13:54do.
- 13:54And
- 13:55he
- 13:55has
- 13:55this
- 13:55kind
- 13:56of
- 13:56moment
- 13:56in
- 13:56time
- 13:56to
- 13:57do
- 13:57it.
- 13:58And
- 13:58he's
- 13:58got
- 13:58runners
- 13:59beckoning
- 13:59him
- 14:00to
- 14:00come
- 14:00on,
- 14:00come
- 14:01on.
- 14:01Because
- 14:02he's
- 14:02not
- 14:02a
- 14:03one
- 14:03person
- 14:03show
- 14:04here.
- 14:04He's
- 14:04part
- 14:04of
- 14:05a
- 14:05four
- 14:05man
- 14:05team.
- 14:07So
- 14:07what
- 14:08Manteo
- 14:09Mitchell
- 14:09did
- 14:09in
- 14:10that
- 14:10nanosecond
- 14:11I
- 14:11found
- 14:12heroic.
- 14:13And
- 14:13that
- 14:13he
- 14:15thought
- 14:16about
- 14:16his
- 14:16team
- 14:17and
- 14:17his
- 14:17responsibility
- 14:19more
- 14:19than
- 14:19himself
- 14:21and
- 14:21his
- 14:21broken
- 14:22left
- 14:22fibula.
- 14:23And
- 14:24so
- 14:24what,
- 14:24what
- 14:25Manteo
- 14:25Mitchell
- 14:26did
- 14:26then
- 14:27I
- 14:28found
- 14:28really
- 14:28incredible.
- 14:29And
- 14:30he
- 14:30was
- 14:31one
- 14:31of
- 14:31only
- 14:31a
- 14:31couple
- 14:32athletes
- 14:32in
- 14:32the
- 14:32book
- 14:33who
- 14:33actually
- 14:33won
- 14:34a
- 14:34medal.
- 14:34But
- 14:34I
- 14:34didn't
- 14:35write
- 14:35about
- 14:35him
- 14:36because
- 14:36of
- 14:36the
- 14:37silver
- 14:37medal
- 14:37he
- 14:38ultimately
- 14:38won.
- 14:39I
- 14:39wrote
- 14:39about
- 14:40him
- 14:40because
- 14:40of
- 14:40what
- 14:41he
- 14:41did
- 14:41to
- 14:41enable
- 14:42his
- 14:42team
- 14:42to
- 14:43even
- 14:43get
- 14:43to
- 14:43the
- 14:43final.
- 14:45And
- 14:46the
- 14:46other
- 14:46athlete
- 14:47that
- 14:47really
- 14:47prompted
- 14:48all
- 14:48of
- 14:48this
- 14:49is
- 14:49a
- 14:49Swiss
- 14:50born
- 14:50marathoner
- 14:51who's
- 14:51actually
- 14:51lived
- 14:52in
- 14:52the
- 14:52Sun
- 14:53Valley
- 14:53Ketchum
- 14:54area
- 14:54of
- 14:54the
- 14:54United
- 14:54States
- 14:55for
- 14:5650
- 14:56plus
- 14:57years.
- 14:57But
- 14:58her
- 14:58name
- 14:58is
- 14:58Gabrielle
- 14:59Anderson.
- 14:59She
- 15:00is,
- 15:00and
- 15:01she
- 15:02ran
- 15:02in
- 15:02the
- 15:02first
- 15:03ever
- 15:04Olympic
- 15:05Women's
- 15:05Marathon
- 15:06in
- 15:061984,
- 15:07ironically
- 15:08in
- 15:08Los
- 15:08Angeles,
- 15:09where
- 15:09we're
- 15:09going
- 15:09to
- 15:10return
- 15:10in
- 15:11a
- 15:11couple
- 15:11of
- 15:11years.
- 15:12But
- 15:12she
- 15:12was
- 15:1339
- 15:13for
- 15:14those
- 15:14Olympics.
- 15:14And
- 15:15she
- 15:15didn't
- 15:15expect
- 15:15to
- 15:16win,
- 15:16but
- 15:16she
- 15:17earned
- 15:17her
- 15:17way
- 15:18in.
- 15:18And
- 15:18she
- 15:18felt
- 15:19she
- 15:19was
- 15:19a
- 15:19top
- 15:1910,
- 15:20top
- 15:2015
- 15:20runner.
- 15:21And
- 15:22that's
- 15:22exactly
- 15:22where
- 15:23she
- 15:23found
- 15:23herself,
- 15:23about
- 15:2418
- 15:24miles
- 15:25in.
- 15:26But
- 15:26then
- 15:26she
- 15:26hadn't
- 15:27anticipated
- 15:28the
- 15:28challenges
- 15:28of
- 15:29Los
- 15:29Angeles.
- 15:30The
- 15:30heat,
- 15:30the
- 15:31smog.
- 15:32And
- 15:32on
- 15:32that
- 15:32day,
- 15:33unbelievable
- 15:34humidity,
- 15:34which
- 15:35usually
- 15:35we
- 15:36think
- 15:36of
- 15:36places
- 15:37like
- 15:37New
- 15:37Orleans
- 15:37or
- 15:38Miami
- 15:38for
- 15:38that
- 15:38kind
- 15:39of
- 15:39humidity.
- 15:41She
- 15:41even
- 15:42missed
- 15:42the
- 15:42final
- 15:42water
- 15:43station
- 15:43that
- 15:44day.
- 15:44She
- 15:44doesn't
- 15:45know
- 15:45why.
- 15:45And
- 15:46by
- 15:46the
- 15:46way,
- 15:46there
- 15:46were
- 15:46only
- 15:47five.
- 15:48Warren,
- 15:49you
- 15:49and
- 15:49I
- 15:49go
- 15:49do
- 15:49a
- 15:5010k
- 15:50next
- 15:51week.
- 15:51We'll
- 15:51probably
- 15:51find
- 15:52five
- 15:52water
- 15:52stations,
- 15:53so.
- 15:53I
- 15:54won't
- 15:54be
- 15:54doing
- 15:54any
- 15:5410k.
- 15:56Okay,
- 15:57so
- 15:59Gabrielle
- 16:00is
- 16:01a
- 16:01very
- 16:04exhausted,
- 16:07an
- 16:07under
- 16:07hydrated,
- 16:08dehydrated
- 16:09athlete.
- 16:09When
- 16:10she
- 16:10enters
- 16:10the
- 16:10Olympic
- 16:11stadium
- 16:11in
- 16:11Los
- 16:12Angeles,
- 16:12she's
- 16:13lurching
- 16:13from
- 16:14side
- 16:14to
- 16:14side.
- 16:15There's
- 16:15doctors
- 16:16who
- 16:16are
- 16:16questioning
- 16:17whether
- 16:17it's
- 16:17even
- 16:17worse
- 16:18than
- 16:18that.
- 16:19And
- 16:20then
- 16:20what
- 16:20she
- 16:20does
- 16:21for
- 16:225
- 16:22minutes
- 16:22and
- 16:2244
- 16:23seconds
- 16:24around
- 16:24that
- 16:25track
- 16:25to
- 16:25get
- 16:26to
- 16:26a
- 16:26finish
- 16:26line
- 16:27with.
- 16:28With
- 16:28people
- 16:29cheering
- 16:29her
- 16:30on
- 16:30like
- 16:30she's
- 16:31a
- 16:31gold
- 16:31medal
- 16:32winner,
- 16:34that
- 16:34was
- 16:34incredible
- 16:34to
- 16:35me.
- 16:35And
- 16:35she
- 16:35was
- 16:35one
- 16:35of
- 16:36those
- 16:36I
- 16:36vividly
- 16:37remember.
- 16:38So
- 16:39those
- 16:39are
- 16:39the
- 16:40two
- 16:40athletes
- 16:40that
- 16:41led
- 16:41me
- 16:41to
- 16:41think,
- 16:41huh?
- 16:42There's
- 16:43kind
- 16:43of
- 16:43a
- 16:43theme
- 16:43here
- 16:44of
- 16:45athletes
- 16:45who
- 16:46might
- 16:46not
- 16:46be
- 16:46your
- 16:47classic
- 16:48metal
- 16:48Stan,
- 16:49Usain
- 16:50Bolt,
- 16:51Michael
- 16:51Phelps,
- 16:51Simone
- 16:52Biles
- 16:53types,
- 16:54but
- 16:54what
- 16:54they're
- 16:55doing
- 16:55is
- 16:55incredible
- 16:56for
- 16:57other
- 16:57reasons.
- 16:58And
- 16:59I
- 16:59love
- 16:59the
- 16:59idea
- 17:00of,
- 17:01I
- 17:01guess,
- 17:01pushing
- 17:02people
- 17:02to
- 17:02think
- 17:03beyond
- 17:04the
- 17:04headlines
- 17:05and
- 17:05maybe
- 17:05peel
- 17:05back
- 17:06a
- 17:06few
- 17:06layers.
- 17:06Because
- 17:07if
- 17:07you
- 17:07really
- 17:07start
- 17:08researching
- 17:08the
- 17:08Olympic
- 17:09Games,
- 17:10it's
- 17:10chock
- 17:11full
- 17:11of
- 17:11athletes
- 17:11who
- 17:12have
- 17:12wonderful
- 17:13stories.
- 17:15Without
- 17:16a
- 17:16doubt,
- 17:19one
- 17:20of
- 17:20the
- 17:20things
- 17:20I
- 17:21enjoy
- 17:22when
- 17:23I
- 17:23do
- 17:23watch
- 17:24the
- 17:24Olympics
- 17:25are
- 17:25those
- 17:26backstories,
- 17:27when
- 17:27they
- 17:27do
- 17:27features,
- 17:28you
- 17:28know,
- 17:30geez,
- 17:30his
- 17:30name
- 17:31just
- 17:31escaped
- 17:32me.
- 17:32The
- 17:33gentleman,
- 17:33our.
- 17:35Our
- 17:35speed
- 17:35skater,.
- 17:38Jordan
- 17:38Stoltz.
- 17:39Jordan
- 17:39Stoltz
- 17:40from
- 17:40Wisconsin.
- 17:41His
- 17:41backstory
- 17:42is
- 17:42great,
- 17:43you
- 17:43know,
- 17:43and
- 17:44how
- 17:44they
- 17:44went
- 17:45out
- 17:45there
- 17:45and
- 17:45they.
- 17:46They
- 17:46built
- 17:47that
- 17:47feature
- 17:47showing
- 17:48him
- 17:48when
- 17:49he.
- 17:49They
- 17:49had
- 17:49footage
- 17:50of
- 17:50him
- 17:50when
- 17:50he
- 17:50first
- 17:50started
- 17:51off
- 17:51skating
- 17:51on
- 17:52that
- 17:52little
- 17:52lake
- 17:53pond
- 17:53behind
- 17:53this
- 17:54house.
- 17:54I
- 17:54mean,
- 17:55those
- 17:55are,
- 17:55those
- 17:55are
- 17:55the
- 17:56cool
- 17:56stories.
- 17:57I
- 17:57want
- 17:57to
- 17:57go
- 17:57back
- 17:58to
- 17:58my.
- 17:58How
- 17:58do
- 17:59you
- 17:59say,
- 17:59Monteo
- 18:00Manteo
- 18:01Mitchell.
- 18:02Manteo
- 18:02Mitchell.
- 18:06There
- 18:06was
- 18:06an
- 18:07incident.
- 18:07Something
- 18:08happened
- 18:10a
- 18:10day
- 18:10before,
- 18:12slightly
- 18:12before
- 18:12the
- 18:13race
- 18:13that
- 18:14led
- 18:14to
- 18:14the
- 18:15broken
- 18:15fibula.
- 18:17And,
- 18:17and
- 18:19so
- 18:19this
- 18:19was
- 18:20a
- 18:20risk.
- 18:21And
- 18:22one
- 18:22of
- 18:22the
- 18:22great
- 18:23things
- 18:23about
- 18:25Olympians
- 18:26and
- 18:27a
- 18:27lot
- 18:27of
- 18:27athletes
- 18:28is
- 18:28their
- 18:28ability
- 18:30to
- 18:30go
- 18:31forward
- 18:33despite
- 18:33the
- 18:34obstacles
- 18:35that
- 18:35they
- 18:35face.
- 18:36Talk
- 18:37about
- 18:37what
- 18:37happened
- 18:38to
- 18:38him
- 18:38and
- 18:38how
- 18:39that
- 18:39might
- 18:39have
- 18:39actually
- 18:41I
- 18:41don't
- 18:41know
- 18:41if
- 18:41you
- 18:41can
- 18:42say,
- 18:42might
- 18:42have
- 18:42played
- 18:42a
- 18:43role.
- 18:43It
- 18:43had
- 18:43to
- 18:44have
- 18:44played
- 18:44a
- 18:44role
- 18:45in
- 18:46what
- 18:46happened.
- 18:48Well,
- 18:49first
- 18:49of
- 18:49all,
- 18:49I
- 18:49think
- 18:50we
- 18:50start
- 18:50with
- 18:51the
- 18:51fact
- 18:51that
- 18:51athletes,
- 18:52elite
- 18:53athletes,
- 18:53I
- 18:53think
- 18:54there's
- 18:54almost
- 18:54something
- 18:55in
- 18:55the
- 18:55DNA
- 18:56that
- 18:57allows
- 18:57them
- 18:57to
- 18:58manage
- 18:58pain
- 18:59and
- 18:59manage
- 18:59setbacks.
- 19:00They,
- 19:01they
- 19:01become
- 19:02very
- 19:02adept
- 19:02at
- 19:03it.
- 19:03And
- 19:04what
- 19:04you're
- 19:04referring
- 19:05to
- 19:05is
- 19:05that
- 19:05Manteo
- 19:06was
- 19:06just
- 19:07climbing
- 19:07some
- 19:07flights
- 19:08of
- 19:08stairs,
- 19:08you
- 19:09know,
- 19:09in
- 19:09the
- 19:09days
- 19:10before
- 19:11that,
- 19:11four
- 19:12by
- 19:12400.
- 19:13And,
- 19:14you
- 19:14know,
- 19:14he,
- 19:15he
- 19:15fell,
- 19:16he
- 19:16felt
- 19:16something.
- 19:17He
- 19:17didn't
- 19:17know
- 19:17what
- 19:17it
- 19:17was.
- 19:18He
- 19:18got
- 19:18X
- 19:18rays,
- 19:19they
- 19:19were
- 19:19negative.
- 19:20He
- 19:20thought,
- 19:21I'm
- 19:22okay.
- 19:23You
- 19:24know,
- 19:24Dr.
- 19:24Bob
- 19:25Adams,
- 19:25who
- 19:25was
- 19:25the
- 19:26team
- 19:26doctor
- 19:26for
- 19:26the
- 19:27United
- 19:27States,
- 19:27said,
- 19:28well,
- 19:28he
- 19:28probably
- 19:28wasn't
- 19:29okay.
- 19:29And
- 19:29that
- 19:29probably
- 19:30was
- 19:30a
- 19:30key
- 19:31contributor.
- 19:33But,
- 19:33but
- 19:33the
- 19:33elite
- 19:34athlete,
- 19:35I
- 19:35think,
- 19:35is
- 19:35so
- 19:36used
- 19:36to
- 19:36dealing
- 19:37with
- 19:38pain
- 19:39and
- 19:39injury
- 19:40and
- 19:40setback
- 19:43that
- 19:43there's
- 19:43almost
- 19:44this
- 19:44predisposition
- 19:45to
- 19:45figure
- 19:46out
- 19:46how
- 19:46to
- 19:46get
- 19:46past
- 19:47it.
- 19:47You
- 19:48know,
- 19:48there
- 19:48was
- 19:48a,
- 19:50a
- 19:50skier
- 19:50in
- 19:50the
- 19:51book
- 19:51named
- 19:51Brian
- 19:51Stemmel
- 19:52from
- 19:52Canada
- 19:53who
- 19:53told
- 19:53me,
- 19:54yeah,
- 19:54I
- 19:55had
- 19:55ACL
- 19:55tears.
- 19:56But
- 19:56in
- 19:56skiing,
- 19:57we
- 19:57think
- 19:57of
- 19:58an
- 19:58ACL
- 19:58tear
- 19:59the
- 19:59way
- 19:59the
- 19:59rest
- 19:59of
- 19:59you
- 20:00think
- 20:00about
- 20:00a
- 20:00toothache.
- 20:02Right.
- 20:02So
- 20:02that's
- 20:03instructive.
- 20:04Witness
- 20:04Lindsey.
- 20:05Lindsey
- 20:05Vaughn.
- 20:06Exactly,
- 20:06exactly.
- 20:07Know
- 20:08you
- 20:08can't
- 20:08forget
- 20:09about
- 20:09her
- 20:09accident
- 20:10that
- 20:10she
- 20:10had,
- 20:11but
- 20:11she
- 20:11was
- 20:11skiing
- 20:12on
- 20:13a
- 20:13torn
- 20:13acl.
- 20:14Yeah,
- 20:15yeah.
- 20:17And
- 20:17so
- 20:17that's,
- 20:18you
- 20:18know,
- 20:18with,
- 20:18with
- 20:19Manteo,
- 20:19that's
- 20:20the,
- 20:20the
- 20:21thing.
- 20:21He
- 20:21figured
- 20:23he
- 20:23could
- 20:23manage
- 20:24it.
- 20:24It
- 20:24turns
- 20:25out
- 20:25he
- 20:25couldn't.
- 20:27But
- 20:27then
- 20:27what
- 20:28he
- 20:28did
- 20:29200
- 20:29meters
- 20:30into
- 20:30a
- 20:30400
- 20:31meter
- 20:31relay
- 20:32was
- 20:32somehow
- 20:33say
- 20:33to
- 20:33himself,
- 20:35I,
- 20:35I'm
- 20:36going
- 20:36to
- 20:36figure
- 20:36out
- 20:36a
- 20:36way.
- 20:37And,
- 20:38you
- 20:39know,
- 20:3999.9%
- 20:41of
- 20:41us
- 20:41would
- 20:41be,
- 20:42you
- 20:42know,
- 20:43I'm,
- 20:43I'm
- 20:44good.
- 20:44I,
- 20:44I
- 20:45made
- 20:45the
- 20:45Olympics.
- 20:46I
- 20:46fulfilled
- 20:47the
- 20:47lifelong
- 20:48dream.
- 20:48I
- 20:48did
- 20:48the
- 20:48very
- 20:49best
- 20:49I
- 20:49could,
- 20:50and
- 20:51I
- 20:51got
- 20:51a
- 20:51broken
- 20:52leg,
- 20:52for
- 20:52God's
- 20:52sake.
- 20:53So
- 20:53nobody
- 20:54would
- 20:54think
- 20:55an
- 20:55ounce
- 20:55less
- 20:56of
- 20:56Banteo
- 20:57Mitchell
- 20:57if
- 20:57he
- 20:57just
- 20:57stepped
- 20:58off
- 20:58the
- 20:58track
- 20:58at
- 20:59that
- 20:59point.
- 21:00But
- 21:00he
- 21:00had
- 21:00a
- 21:00great
- 21:01quote
- 21:01when
- 21:01I
- 21:01talked
- 21:02about
- 21:02it.
- 21:02He
- 21:02said,
- 21:02nobody
- 21:03would
- 21:03have
- 21:03thought
- 21:03anything
- 21:04less.
- 21:04But
- 21:04there's
- 21:04one
- 21:04person
- 21:05who
- 21:05would
- 21:05have,
- 21:05and
- 21:05that's
- 21:06me.
- 21:07And
- 21:08that's
- 21:08the
- 21:08mindset
- 21:09that
- 21:09he
- 21:10brought,
- 21:11which
- 21:11is
- 21:11pretty
- 21:11incredible.
- 21:13And
- 21:13I'll
- 21:13tell
- 21:13you,
- 21:14you
- 21:15asked
- 21:15about
- 21:15all
- 21:15the
- 21:15athletes,
- 21:16Warren.
- 21:17What
- 21:17I
- 21:17loved
- 21:18about
- 21:18all
- 21:18of
- 21:18them
- 21:19was
- 21:19that
- 21:19not
- 21:19a
- 21:20single
- 21:20one
- 21:20of
- 21:21them
- 21:21thought
- 21:21what
- 21:22they
- 21:22did
- 21:22was
- 21:22heroic.
- 21:24And
- 21:24I
- 21:24find
- 21:25both
- 21:25in
- 21:25sports
- 21:26and
- 21:26in
- 21:26life,
- 21:27the
- 21:27true
- 21:27measure
- 21:28of
- 21:28heroism
- 21:29sometimes
- 21:29is
- 21:30that
- 21:30the
- 21:30people
- 21:31who
- 21:31do
- 21:32heroic
- 21:33things
- 21:34don't
- 21:34pat
- 21:34themselves
- 21:35on
- 21:35the
- 21:35back
- 21:35or
- 21:36shout
- 21:36from
- 21:36the
- 21:36rooftops.
- 21:37They
- 21:37just
- 21:37do
- 21:38it
- 21:38because
- 21:38they
- 21:38think
- 21:39it's
- 21:39right
- 21:40in
- 21:40a
- 21:40given
- 21:40moment
- 21:41of
- 21:41time
- 21:41or
- 21:41crisis.
- 21:44And
- 21:44that's
- 21:44what
- 21:44I
- 21:45found
- 21:45remarkable
- 21:46about
- 21:46these
- 21:46athletes.
- 21:48Well,
- 21:48you
- 21:48know,
- 21:50you
- 21:50say
- 21:50heroic.
- 21:53I
- 21:53don't
- 21:53know
- 21:54if
- 21:54I
- 21:55would
- 21:55call
- 21:55this
- 21:55heroic,
- 21:57but
- 21:57certainly
- 22:02profound,
- 22:03for
- 22:03sure.
- 22:05And
- 22:06in
- 22:06today's
- 22:07politically
- 22:08charged
- 22:09world
- 22:10that
- 22:10we
- 22:10live
- 22:11in,
- 22:12Peter
- 22:13Norman
- 22:13from
- 22:14Australia,
- 22:16quite
- 22:16an
- 22:17interesting
- 22:18story.
- 22:19You
- 22:20know,
- 22:20he
- 22:20won
- 22:21the
- 22:21silver
- 22:21medal
- 22:22in
- 22:22the
- 22:22200
- 22:23in
- 22:231968.
- 22:25Yeah.
- 22:25And
- 22:26he
- 22:26stood
- 22:26on
- 22:27the
- 22:27podium
- 22:28with
- 22:28Tommy
- 22:29Smith
- 22:29and
- 22:30John
- 22:30Carlos.
- 22:34He
- 22:34supported
- 22:35them
- 22:36and
- 22:36in
- 22:36the
- 22:37end
- 22:38sort
- 22:38of
- 22:38paid
- 22:39a
- 22:39price
- 22:39for
- 22:39doing
- 22:40so.
- 22:40Tell
- 22:41us
- 22:41about
- 22:41his
- 22:41story.
- 22:42And
- 22:42by
- 22:42the
- 22:42way,
- 22:42before
- 22:42we
- 22:42get
- 22:43there,
- 22:43I
- 22:43do
- 22:43want
- 22:44to
- 22:44say
- 22:44we're
- 22:44not
- 22:45going
- 22:45to
- 22:45go
- 22:46through
- 22:46everybody
- 22:47in
- 22:47the
- 22:47book.
- 22:47We're
- 22:48going
- 22:48to
- 22:48go
- 22:48through
- 22:48a
- 22:48couple,
- 22:49that's
- 22:49for
- 22:49sure.
- 22:50And
- 22:50we're
- 22:51not
- 22:51going
- 22:51to
- 22:51reveal
- 22:52all
- 22:52the
- 22:52story
- 22:53and
- 22:53all
- 22:53the
- 22:53backstory
- 22:54about
- 22:54everybody.
- 22:55Otherwise,
- 22:56as
- 22:56you
- 22:56said
- 22:56earlier,
- 22:57what's
- 22:58the
- 22:58reason
- 22:58for
- 22:58somebody
- 22:58to
- 22:59go
- 22:59out
- 22:59and
- 22:59buy
- 22:59the
- 22:59book?
- 22:59And,
- 23:00you
- 23:00know,
- 23:01it
- 23:01really
- 23:01is,
- 23:03it's
- 23:03a
- 23:03fun
- 23:04book.
- 23:05And
- 23:06we'll
- 23:06talk
- 23:06about,
- 23:07you
- 23:07know,
- 23:08hero
- 23:09redefined
- 23:10profiles
- 23:10of
- 23:11Olympic
- 23:11athletes
- 23:12under
- 23:12the
- 23:13radar.
- 23:14But
- 23:15yeah,
- 23:15tell
- 23:15us
- 23:16about
- 23:17Peter
- 23:17Norman.
- 23:19Yeah,
- 23:19I
- 23:19think
- 23:20he's,
- 23:21he's
- 23:22an
- 23:22unusual
- 23:22story
- 23:23because
- 23:23you
- 23:24have
- 23:24to
- 23:24think
- 23:24of
- 23:25the
- 23:25times
- 23:25he
- 23:25was
- 23:26in
- 23:26when
- 23:26he
- 23:26did
- 23:27what
- 23:27he
- 23:27did.
- 23:28So
- 23:28there's
- 23:29probably
- 23:29one
- 23:30of
- 23:30the
- 23:30most
- 23:30famous
- 23:30sports
- 23:31photos
- 23:31of
- 23:31all
- 23:32time,
- 23:33involves
- 23:34the
- 23:34metal
- 23:34stand
- 23:35after
- 23:35the
- 23:35200
- 23:36meters
- 23:36in
- 23:36Mexico
- 23:37City
- 23:37in
- 23:371968.
- 23:39And
- 23:39there
- 23:39are
- 23:39two
- 23:40gentlemen
- 23:40who
- 23:40are
- 23:41raising
- 23:41their,
- 23:42their
- 23:42arms
- 23:42in
- 23:42a,
- 23:42in
- 23:43a
- 23:43black
- 23:43power
- 23:43salute.
- 23:44One
- 23:45of
- 23:45them
- 23:45was
- 23:46the
- 23:46gold
- 23:46medal
- 23:47winner,
- 23:47Tommy
- 23:48Smith,
- 23:49who,
- 23:49by
- 23:49the
- 23:49way,
- 23:49set
- 23:50a
- 23:50world
- 23:50record
- 23:50that
- 23:51stood
- 23:51for
- 23:51over
- 23:51a
- 23:52decade.
- 23:53And
- 23:53the
- 23:53other
- 23:53was
- 23:54the
- 23:54bronze
- 23:55medal
- 23:55winner,
- 23:56John
- 23:56Carlos.
- 23:58They
- 23:58were
- 23:59widely
- 23:59expected
- 24:00to
- 24:00be
- 24:00on
- 24:00that
- 24:00medal
- 24:01stand,
- 24:01by
- 24:01the
- 24:01way,
- 24:02the
- 24:03guy
- 24:03who
- 24:03wasn't
- 24:04was
- 24:04the
- 24:04white
- 24:04guy
- 24:05who
- 24:05was
- 24:05between
- 24:06them,
- 24:07this
- 24:075
- 24:07foot
- 24:0810
- 24:08white
- 24:08guy
- 24:08named
- 24:09Peter
- 24:09Norman
- 24:09from
- 24:10Australia
- 24:12who
- 24:13came
- 24:14from
- 24:14fifth
- 24:14place
- 24:15entering
- 24:16the
- 24:16final
- 24:16straightaway
- 24:17to
- 24:18this
- 24:18freight
- 24:18train
- 24:19finish
- 24:19that
- 24:19took
- 24:19him
- 24:20to
- 24:20a
- 24:20silver
- 24:20medal.
- 24:22By
- 24:22the
- 24:22way,
- 24:22while
- 24:23I
- 24:23didn't
- 24:23write
- 24:24about
- 24:24him
- 24:24for
- 24:25his
- 24:25silver
- 24:25medal,
- 24:26I
- 24:26will
- 24:26tell
- 24:26you
- 24:26that
- 24:27his
- 24:2820.06
- 24:29second
- 24:29200
- 24:30was
- 24:31a
- 24:31record
- 24:31in
- 24:32Australia
- 24:32that
- 24:32stood
- 24:33all
- 24:33the
- 24:33way
- 24:33till
- 24:34the
- 24:34months
- 24:35following
- 24:35the
- 24:36publication
- 24:36of
- 24:36my
- 24:37book.
- 24:37There
- 24:38was
- 24:38that
- 24:38there
- 24:38was
- 24:38a
- 24:38teenager
- 24:39in
- 24:39Australia
- 24:40who
- 24:40just
- 24:41now
- 24:41overcame
- 24:42that
- 24:42record.
- 24:43But
- 24:43Peter
- 24:44Norman's
- 24:44record
- 24:45stood
- 24:45for
- 24:46well
- 24:46over
- 24:47a
- 24:47half
- 24:47century.
- 24:48But
- 24:49what
- 24:49Peter
- 24:49Norman
- 24:49did
- 24:50is
- 24:52he
- 24:53had
- 24:53a
- 24:53Salvation
- 24:54army
- 24:54upbringing.
- 24:55He
- 24:55felt
- 24:55like
- 24:56people
- 24:56were
- 24:56People,
- 24:57no
- 24:57matter
- 24:57what
- 24:58they
- 24:58look
- 24:58like,
- 24:59what
- 24:59their
- 24:59religion
- 25:00or
- 25:00gender
- 25:00or
- 25:01sexual
- 25:01orientation
- 25:02was.
- 25:03And
- 25:03in
- 25:041968,
- 25:05he
- 25:05did
- 25:05a
- 25:05number
- 25:05of
- 25:06things
- 25:06to
- 25:06stand
- 25:07with
- 25:07Tommy
- 25:07Smith
- 25:08and
- 25:08John
- 25:08Carlos.
- 25:11You
- 25:11know,
- 25:11it
- 25:11was
- 25:12funny.
- 25:12There
- 25:12was.
- 25:13There
- 25:13were
- 25:13supposed
- 25:14to
- 25:14be
- 25:14four
- 25:14black
- 25:15gloves
- 25:15for
- 25:15them
- 25:16for
- 25:16their
- 25:16black
- 25:16power
- 25:17salutes.
- 25:18Somehow,
- 25:18only
- 25:18two
- 25:19arrived.
- 25:20And
- 25:20Peter
- 25:20Norman
- 25:21was
- 25:21one
- 25:21of
- 25:21the
- 25:21guys
- 25:21who
- 25:22choreographed
- 25:23One
- 25:23glove
- 25:23on
- 25:23each
- 25:24hand.
- 25:25Peter
- 25:25Norman
- 25:26was
- 25:26one
- 25:26of
- 25:26the
- 25:26guys
- 25:26who
- 25:27grabbed
- 25:27an
- 25:28Olympic
- 25:28Project
- 25:28for
- 25:29Human
- 25:29Rights
- 25:29pin
- 25:30from
- 25:30a
- 25:31US
- 25:31Rower
- 25:31and
- 25:32said,
- 25:32I'm
- 25:32going
- 25:32to
- 25:32wear
- 25:32that
- 25:33on
- 25:33the
- 25:33stand
- 25:33with
- 25:34these
- 25:34gentlemen.
- 25:35And
- 25:35Peter
- 25:36Norman
- 25:36was
- 25:36a
- 25:36guy
- 25:37who
- 25:37befriended
- 25:37these
- 25:38two
- 25:39for
- 25:39a
- 25:39lifetime.
- 25:41When
- 25:41there
- 25:41was
- 25:41a
- 25:42statue
- 25:42unveiled
- 25:43for
- 25:43Tommy
- 25:43Smith
- 25:44and
- 25:44John
- 25:44Carlos
- 25:44at
- 25:45San
- 25:45Jose
- 25:45State
- 25:45University,
- 25:47Peter
- 25:47Norman
- 25:48was
- 25:48there
- 25:48with
- 25:48them.
- 25:49So
- 25:51this
- 25:51is
- 25:51a
- 25:52guy
- 25:52who
- 25:52in
- 25:521968,
- 25:54took
- 25:55stands
- 25:56for.
- 25:56For
- 25:56human
- 25:57rights
- 25:57and
- 25:57black
- 25:58rights.
- 25:59And
- 25:59we
- 25:59gotta
- 26:00remember
- 26:00the
- 26:01time.
- 26:01I
- 26:01mean,
- 26:021968
- 26:03is
- 26:03only
- 26:03a
- 26:04few
- 26:04years
- 26:04removed
- 26:05from
- 26:06black
- 26:07people
- 26:07in
- 26:07the
- 26:07United
- 26:08States
- 26:08being
- 26:08told
- 26:09that
- 26:09they
- 26:09couldn't
- 26:09drink
- 26:10from
- 26:10the
- 26:10same
- 26:10drinking
- 26:11fountain
- 26:11as
- 26:12white
- 26:12people
- 26:13or
- 26:13sit
- 26:13at
- 26:13the
- 26:14same
- 26:14lunch
- 26:14counter
- 26:15or
- 26:15certainly
- 26:16not
- 26:16sit
- 26:16in
- 26:16the
- 26:17first
- 26:17few
- 26:17rows
- 26:17of
- 26:18a
- 26:18bus.
- 26:20It
- 26:20was
- 26:20a,
- 26:21you
- 26:21know,
- 26:21a
- 26:22very
- 26:22chaotic
- 26:23time.
- 26:24A
- 26:24lot
- 26:24of
- 26:24divisiveness,
- 26:25a
- 26:25lot
- 26:26of
- 26:26hatred.
- 26:27And
- 26:27Peter
- 26:28Norman
- 26:28said,
- 26:28I'm
- 26:29going
- 26:29to
- 26:29do
- 26:29what
- 26:29I
- 26:29think
- 26:30is
- 26:30right
- 26:30again
- 26:31in
- 26:31that
- 26:31moment
- 26:31in
- 26:32time.
- 26:33And
- 26:33to
- 26:33your
- 26:33point,
- 26:34he
- 26:35got
- 26:35some
- 26:35backlash
- 26:36for
- 26:36it.
- 26:36You
- 26:36know,
- 26:37he
- 26:37went
- 26:37back
- 26:37home,
- 26:37he
- 26:38got
- 26:38hate
- 26:38mail.
- 26:39There's
- 26:40some
- 26:40real
- 26:40debate
- 26:41here.
- 26:41But
- 26:41you
- 26:41can.
- 26:42You
- 26:42can
- 26:42certainly
- 26:43find
- 26:43people
- 26:43who
- 26:43say
- 26:44that
- 26:45Peter
- 26:45Norman
- 26:46not
- 26:46getting
- 26:46to
- 26:46the
- 26:461972
- 26:48Olympics
- 26:49and
- 26:49Peter
- 26:49Norman
- 26:50maybe
- 26:50not
- 26:50getting
- 26:51the.
- 26:52The
- 26:53treatment
- 26:53he
- 26:53should
- 26:54have
- 26:54at
- 26:54the
- 26:542000
- 26:55Olympics
- 26:56in
- 26:56Sydney,
- 26:56when
- 26:57the
- 26:57Olympics
- 26:57came
- 26:57back
- 26:58to
- 26:58Australia,
- 26:59had
- 26:59something
- 27:00to
- 27:00do
- 27:00with
- 27:00those
- 27:01events.
- 27:01And
- 27:02remember
- 27:02that
- 27:03this
- 27:03is
- 27:031968.
- 27:04Peter
- 27:05Norman
- 27:05had
- 27:05zero
- 27:06financial
- 27:07incentive
- 27:07to
- 27:07do
- 27:07what
- 27:08he
- 27:08did.
- 27:09He
- 27:10wasn't
- 27:10going
- 27:10to
- 27:11enrich
- 27:11himself.
- 27:12He
- 27:12wasn't
- 27:12going
- 27:13to
- 27:13make
- 27:13himself
- 27:13famous.
- 27:15And
- 27:15as
- 27:16we
- 27:16found
- 27:16out,
- 27:16he
- 27:17wasn't
- 27:17going
- 27:17to
- 27:17make
- 27:17himself
- 27:19more
- 27:19well
- 27:19liked
- 27:20when
- 27:20he
- 27:20got
- 27:20back
- 27:20to
- 27:21his
- 27:21home
- 27:21turf.
- 27:22He
- 27:22did
- 27:23it
- 27:23because
- 27:24he
- 27:24thought
- 27:24it
- 27:24was
- 27:24the
- 27:25right
- 27:25thing
- 27:25to
- 27:25do.
- 27:26He
- 27:26thought
- 27:26standing
- 27:27with
- 27:27and
- 27:28up
- 27:28for
- 27:28those
- 27:28gentlemen
- 27:29was
- 27:29the
- 27:29right
- 27:29thing
- 27:30to
- 27:30do.
- 27:31And
- 27:31that's
- 27:32what
- 27:32I
- 27:32love
- 27:32about
- 27:32Peter
- 27:33Norman.
- 27:33Yeah,
- 27:34his
- 27:34times
- 27:34in
- 27:35the.
- 27:35In
- 27:35the.
- 27:36In
- 27:36the
- 27:37subsequent
- 27:38Olympic
- 27:39trials,
- 27:39he
- 27:39should
- 27:40have
- 27:40probably
- 27:40been
- 27:42in
- 27:4272,
- 27:43maybe
- 27:4476,
- 27:45and
- 27:45if
- 27:45I
- 27:46read
- 27:46correctly,
- 27:47the
- 27:472000
- 27:49Olympics
- 27:51in
- 27:51Melbourne.
- 27:54He
- 27:54was
- 27:54honored,
- 27:55but
- 27:55he
- 27:56was
- 27:56honored
- 27:58by
- 27:58the
- 27:58Americans.
- 27:59Right?
- 28:00Not
- 28:00the
- 28:01Australians.
- 28:01Right.
- 28:02There
- 28:02was
- 28:02something
- 28:02about
- 28:03how
- 28:03the
- 28:04Americans
- 28:05got
- 28:05him
- 28:06to
- 28:06Melbourne.
- 28:07They
- 28:07paid
- 28:08for
- 28:08his
- 28:08whole
- 28:09deal.
- 28:09Yeah,
- 28:10well,
- 28:10he
- 28:10did
- 28:11get
- 28:11to
- 28:11carry
- 28:11the
- 28:12torch.
- 28:12They
- 28:12had
- 28:12a
- 28:12torch
- 28:13relay
- 28:13and
- 28:13he
- 28:13was
- 28:14in
- 28:14the
- 28:14opening
- 28:14ceremonies.
- 28:15But
- 28:15then
- 28:15there
- 28:16were
- 28:16a
- 28:16whole
- 28:16series
- 28:16of
- 28:17events
- 28:17where
- 28:18the
- 28:18folks
- 28:19who
- 28:19paid
- 28:19for
- 28:19him
- 28:20to
- 28:20be
- 28:20there
- 28:20were
- 28:21the
- 28:21folks
- 28:21at
- 28:21USA
- 28:22Track
- 28:22and
- 28:22field
- 28:23who
- 28:23had
- 28:24fallen
- 28:24in
- 28:24love
- 28:25with
- 28:25Peter,
- 28:26going
- 28:26all
- 28:26the
- 28:26way
- 28:26back
- 28:27to
- 28:271968
- 28:28and
- 28:28knowing
- 28:29of
- 28:29his
- 28:29close
- 28:29knit
- 28:30relationship
- 28:30with
- 28:31Tommy
- 28:32Smith
- 28:32and
- 28:32John
- 28:32Carlos.
- 28:33So,
- 28:34you
- 28:34know,
- 28:35you
- 28:35can,
- 28:35I,
- 28:35I
- 28:36tried
- 28:36to
- 28:36be
- 28:36as
- 28:37evenhanded
- 28:37as
- 28:37I
- 28:38could
- 28:38in
- 28:38the
- 28:38book,
- 28:38but
- 28:39you
- 28:39could
- 28:39certainly
- 28:40talk
- 28:40to
- 28:40people,
- 28:40his
- 28:41nephew
- 28:41included,
- 28:42who
- 28:42thought,
- 28:42man,
- 28:43this
- 28:43guy
- 28:43got
- 28:43blacklisted.
- 28:45His
- 28:45daughter
- 28:46Janita
- 28:47would
- 28:47tell
- 28:47you,
- 28:48you
- 28:48know,
- 28:48I
- 28:48just
- 28:49want
- 28:49to
- 28:49get
- 28:49past
- 28:49it
- 28:50and
- 28:50think
- 28:50of
- 28:50just
- 28:51the
- 28:51profound
- 28:52nature
- 28:52what
- 28:53my
- 28:53dad
- 28:53did
- 28:53and
- 28:54celebrate
- 28:54that.
- 28:55And
- 28:56to
- 28:56be
- 28:56fair
- 28:57to
- 28:57Australia,
- 28:58they
- 28:58ultimately,
- 28:59I
- 28:59think,
- 28:59recognized
- 29:01that
- 29:01they
- 29:01should
- 29:01have
- 29:02and
- 29:02could
- 29:02have
- 29:02done
- 29:03more
- 29:03to
- 29:03recognize
- 29:04Peter.
- 29:05And
- 29:05they
- 29:05did.
- 29:05They
- 29:05passed
- 29:06a
- 29:06proclamation
- 29:07in
- 29:07parliament.
- 29:08They
- 29:08ultimately
- 29:09erected
- 29:09a
- 29:10statue
- 29:10for
- 29:10Peter
- 29:11that
- 29:11you'll
- 29:11find
- 29:12outside
- 29:12the
- 29:12Melbourne
- 29:13stadiums.
- 29:14And
- 29:14they,
- 29:14you
- 29:14know,
- 29:15they
- 29:15proclaimed
- 29:15a
- 29:15Peter
- 29:16Norman
- 29:16day.
- 29:17So,
- 29:18you
- 29:18know,
- 29:18let's
- 29:18give
- 29:18them
- 29:19credit,
- 29:19I
- 29:19think
- 29:20let's
- 29:20give
- 29:20them
- 29:20some
- 29:20grace
- 29:21for
- 29:21maybe,
- 29:22let's
- 29:22call
- 29:22them
- 29:23errors
- 29:23of
- 29:23omission.
- 29:24Right.
- 29:24That
- 29:25they
- 29:25ultimately
- 29:25overcame
- 29:26as
- 29:26a
- 29:26country.
- 29:27And
- 29:28sometimes
- 29:28the
- 29:28best
- 29:28way
- 29:29to
- 29:30overcome
- 29:30a
- 29:30screw
- 29:31up
- 29:31is
- 29:31to
- 29:31say
- 29:31I
- 29:32made
- 29:32a
- 29:32mistake
- 29:33and
- 29:33do
- 29:33what
- 29:34you
- 29:34can
- 29:34to
- 29:34remedy
- 29:35it.
- 29:35Yeah,
- 29:36yeah.
- 29:38The
- 29:38next,
- 29:39the
- 29:39next
- 29:39Olympian
- 29:40I'd
- 29:40like
- 29:40to
- 29:41discuss
- 29:43is
- 29:43John
- 29:43Stephen
- 29:44Akwary.
- 29:45Did
- 29:45I
- 29:45get
- 29:46that
- 29:46one
- 29:46right?
- 29:47John
- 29:47Stephen
- 29:47Aquari.
- 29:48Yeah,
- 29:48from
- 29:49Tanzania.
- 29:49Very
- 29:49good.
- 29:51I
- 29:51find,
- 29:52I
- 29:52find
- 29:52his
- 29:52story
- 29:53quite
- 29:53fascinating
- 29:54as
- 29:54well.
- 29:56And
- 29:57the
- 29:57first
- 29:58question
- 29:58I
- 29:58have
- 29:59really
- 29:59isn't
- 29:59about
- 30:00him,
- 30:00it's
- 30:00more
- 30:01about
- 30:01you.
- 30:04I
- 30:04had
- 30:05trouble
- 30:05following
- 30:05this.
- 30:06When
- 30:07you
- 30:07went
- 30:07to
- 30:08South
- 30:08Africa
- 30:09on
- 30:09a
- 30:10trip,
- 30:11I
- 30:11believe
- 30:11to
- 30:11Tanzania,
- 30:15was
- 30:15that
- 30:16in
- 30:16search
- 30:17of
- 30:17him?
- 30:17Was
- 30:18that
- 30:18just,
- 30:19that's
- 30:19where
- 30:19we're
- 30:19going
- 30:20on
- 30:20a
- 30:20vacation?
- 30:21And
- 30:21then
- 30:21you
- 30:22stumbled
- 30:22upon
- 30:23him.
- 30:23Was
- 30:24it
- 30:24planned?
- 30:25How
- 30:25did
- 30:26the
- 30:26meet
- 30:27about
- 30:28with
- 30:28Pakwari
- 30:29come
- 30:30about?
- 30:31It's
- 30:31a
- 30:31great
- 30:32needle
- 30:32in
- 30:32a
- 30:32haystack
- 30:33story.
- 30:33Frankly,
- 30:34my
- 30:34wife
- 30:35and
- 30:35I
- 30:35were
- 30:35already
- 30:36planning
- 30:36to
- 30:36go
- 30:37to
- 30:37Tanzania.
- 30:38We
- 30:38had
- 30:39always
- 30:39wanted
- 30:39to
- 30:39go
- 30:39to
- 30:40Africa
- 30:40and
- 30:40go
- 30:40on
- 30:41safaris
- 30:41and
- 30:42do
- 30:43up
- 30:43close
- 30:43first
- 30:44person
- 30:44viewing
- 30:45of
- 30:45wildlife.
- 30:45By
- 30:46the
- 30:46way,
- 30:46for
- 30:46anybody
- 30:47listening
- 30:47to
- 30:48this
- 30:48podcast
- 30:48who's
- 30:49debating
- 30:49going
- 30:49to
- 30:50Africa,
- 30:51don't
- 30:51debate
- 30:51it
- 30:51anymore,
- 30:52just
- 30:52go.
- 30:53You'll,
- 30:53you'll
- 30:54find
- 30:54it
- 30:54phenomenal.
- 30:55But.
- 30:57So
- 30:57in
- 30:57our
- 30:57case,
- 30:58we
- 30:58were
- 30:58going
- 30:58over
- 30:58there.
- 30:59I
- 30:59came
- 31:00upon
- 31:00him
- 31:00in
- 31:00my
- 31:01research
- 31:01for
- 31:01the
- 31:02book
- 31:02and
- 31:03again,
- 31:04I
- 31:04was
- 31:04really
- 31:05drawn
- 31:05to
- 31:06Mr.
- 31:06Aquarius
- 31:08because
- 31:08of
- 31:08what
- 31:08he
- 31:08did
- 31:08in
- 31:09that
- 31:09he
- 31:09was
- 31:10Also
- 31:10in
- 31:10that
- 31:101968
- 31:11Mexico
- 31:12City
- 31:12Games,
- 31:13and
- 31:13he
- 31:13was
- 31:13an
- 31:14injured
- 31:14athlete
- 31:14at
- 31:15about
- 31:15mile
- 31:1517
- 31:17of
- 31:1726.2.
- 31:19And
- 31:20I
- 31:20don't
- 31:21know
- 31:21how
- 31:21many
- 31:21of
- 31:21your
- 31:21listeners
- 31:22have
- 31:22run
- 31:22a
- 31:22marathon.
- 31:23I've
- 31:23run
- 31:23two
- 31:23of
- 31:23them.
- 31:24I
- 31:24have
- 31:25not
- 31:25run
- 31:25a
- 31:25marathon.
- 31:25I
- 31:26used
- 31:26to
- 31:26be
- 31:26a
- 31:26cross
- 31:26country
- 31:27runner.
- 31:27It
- 31:27was
- 31:27a
- 31:27goal,
- 31:28But
- 31:29I
- 31:30have
- 31:30some
- 31:30pretty
- 31:30bad
- 31:31knees.
- 31:31A
- 31:31skiing
- 31:32accident.
- 31:32Not
- 31:33as
- 31:34bad
- 31:34as
- 31:35Brian
- 31:35Stemmel,
- 31:36but
- 31:36I
- 31:36had
- 31:37a
- 31:37skiing
- 31:37accident.
- 31:38Okay,
- 31:38well,
- 31:39for
- 31:40the
- 31:40marathon,
- 31:41you
- 31:41know,
- 31:41what
- 31:41I
- 31:41found
- 31:42in
- 31:42my
- 31:42two
- 31:43tries
- 31:44at
- 31:44it
- 31:44is
- 31:45that
- 31:45mile
- 31:4518
- 31:46through
- 31:46mile
- 31:4726.2
- 31:48is
- 31:48a
- 31:48little
- 31:48bit
- 31:48like
- 31:49a
- 31:49makeshift
- 31:49hospital
- 31:50ward.
- 31:51You
- 31:51will
- 31:51find
- 31:52bodies
- 31:52strewn
- 31:52all
- 31:53over
- 31:53the
- 31:53place
- 31:53because
- 31:55the
- 31:55human
- 31:55body
- 31:56isn't
- 31:56really
- 31:56meant
- 31:57to
- 31:57go
- 31:57that
- 31:57far.
- 31:59And
- 31:59so
- 31:59I
- 31:59can
- 32:00understand
- 32:01instinctively
- 32:02that
- 32:02people
- 32:03get
- 32:03to
- 32:03that
- 32:04point
- 32:04and
- 32:04say,
- 32:04yeah,
- 32:06well,
- 32:06you
- 32:07know,
- 32:08John
- 32:08Stephen,
- 32:08a
- 32:09quarry,
- 32:09was
- 32:09caught
- 32:09in
- 32:10some
- 32:10jostling
- 32:10and
- 32:11injured
- 32:11pretty
- 32:11badly
- 32:12at
- 32:12mile
- 32:1217,
- 32:14and
- 32:15he
- 32:15never
- 32:15stopped.
- 32:17A
- 32:17lot
- 32:17of
- 32:17people
- 32:17run
- 32:18a
- 32:18marathon,
- 32:18including
- 32:19the
- 32:19guy
- 32:19you're
- 32:19talking
- 32:20to,
- 32:21stopped
- 32:21and
- 32:21walked
- 32:22a
- 32:22little
- 32:22bit
- 32:22and
- 32:22did
- 32:23combination
- 32:23walk
- 32:24running.
- 32:24He
- 32:25never
- 32:25did.
- 32:26And
- 32:26so
- 32:27that
- 32:27was.
- 32:28That
- 32:28was
- 32:28something
- 32:29that
- 32:29really
- 32:29drew
- 32:29me
- 32:30to
- 32:30him.
- 32:30But.
- 32:30But
- 32:31to
- 32:31your
- 32:31point,
- 32:31when
- 32:31we
- 32:32went
- 32:32to
- 32:32Tanzania
- 32:33and
- 32:33I
- 32:34had
- 32:34researched
- 32:34him
- 32:34and
- 32:35knew
- 32:35I
- 32:35wanted
- 32:35to
- 32:35include
- 32:36him
- 32:36in
- 32:36the
- 32:36book,
- 32:37I
- 32:37tried
- 32:38all
- 32:38the
- 32:38traditional
- 32:39routes,
- 32:39you
- 32:40know,
- 32:40the
- 32:40social
- 32:41media
- 32:41and
- 32:42governing
- 32:42bodies
- 32:43of
- 32:43the
- 32:43sport
- 32:43for
- 32:44the
- 32:44country.
- 32:45And
- 32:45I.
- 32:45I
- 32:46was
- 32:46coming
- 32:46up
- 32:46empty,
- 32:47and
- 32:47I
- 32:47finally
- 32:48said
- 32:48to
- 32:49our
- 32:49tour
- 32:49company,
- 32:50go
- 32:50to
- 32:50Africa.
- 32:51I
- 32:52know
- 32:52this
- 32:52is
- 32:52a
- 32:52crazy
- 32:53question,
- 32:54but
- 32:54do
- 32:55you
- 32:55think
- 32:55you
- 32:55could
- 32:56find
- 32:56a
- 32:56guy
- 32:56named
- 32:56John
- 32:57Stephen
- 32:57a
- 32:57quarry?
- 32:58And
- 32:59they
- 32:59said,
- 33:00probably
- 33:01not,
- 33:01but
- 33:01let's
- 33:01give
- 33:02it
- 33:02a
- 33:02try.
- 33:03Two
- 33:03weeks
- 33:03later,
- 33:04they
- 33:04came
- 33:04back.
- 33:04They
- 33:05said,
- 33:05you're
- 33:05not
- 33:05going
- 33:05to
- 33:05believe
- 33:06this,
- 33:06but
- 33:06we
- 33:06found
- 33:07his
- 33:07daughter,
- 33:07Josephine.
- 33:09She
- 33:09lives
- 33:09in
- 33:10Dar
- 33:10es
- 33:10Salaam.
- 33:12And
- 33:13Josephine
- 33:14and
- 33:14the
- 33:14touring
- 33:15company,
- 33:16through
- 33:16their
- 33:16graciousness,
- 33:18I
- 33:19was
- 33:19able
- 33:19to
- 33:19find
- 33:19a
- 33:20place
- 33:20close
- 33:21enough
- 33:21to
- 33:21where
- 33:22Mr.
- 33:22Aquari
- 33:23lives
- 33:23and
- 33:23close
- 33:24enough
- 33:24to
- 33:24where
- 33:24we
- 33:24were
- 33:25visiting
- 33:26that
- 33:26we
- 33:26could
- 33:26get
- 33:27him
- 33:27over
- 33:27there
- 33:27on
- 33:27a
- 33:28car
- 33:28and
- 33:28a
- 33:28motorcycle
- 33:29and
- 33:29get
- 33:29him
- 33:29back.
- 33:30His
- 33:31daughter,
- 33:31when
- 33:31she
- 33:32found
- 33:32out
- 33:32that
- 33:32he'd
- 33:32done
- 33:33the
- 33:33car
- 33:33motorcycle
- 33:34thing,
- 33:34was
- 33:35horrified,
- 33:36because
- 33:36he's
- 33:3685,
- 33:38but
- 33:39he
- 33:39was
- 33:39a
- 33:39delight.
- 33:40And
- 33:41get
- 33:41this.
- 33:41The
- 33:42other
- 33:42thing
- 33:42is
- 33:42that
- 33:42he.
- 33:43He
- 33:43speaks
- 33:43only
- 33:43a
- 33:44little
- 33:44bit
- 33:44of
- 33:44English.
- 33:46So
- 33:46the
- 33:46guy
- 33:46who
- 33:47was
- 33:47one
- 33:47of
- 33:47our
- 33:47safari
- 33:48guides,
- 33:50agreed
- 33:51to
- 33:51be
- 33:51our
- 33:52translator
- 33:52for
- 33:53the
- 33:53interview.
- 33:54So
- 33:54all
- 33:55this
- 33:55stuff
- 33:55came
- 33:55together,
- 33:56and
- 33:56it
- 33:56was
- 33:56a
- 33:57near
- 33:57miracle.
- 33:59And
- 33:59I
- 33:59thought
- 33:59it
- 33:59was
- 33:59apropos,
- 34:00because
- 34:00I
- 34:01was
- 34:01talking
- 34:01to
- 34:01this
- 34:02guy
- 34:02who,
- 34:03to
- 34:03me,
- 34:04it
- 34:04was
- 34:04a
- 34:04bit
- 34:04of
- 34:04a
- 34:04near
- 34:05miracle
- 34:05that
- 34:05he
- 34:06finished
- 34:06a
- 34:06marathon
- 34:07at
- 34:07high
- 34:07altitude
- 34:08back
- 34:08in
- 34:081968.
- 34:10And
- 34:10that's
- 34:11where
- 34:11I
- 34:11wanted
- 34:11to
- 34:11go
- 34:11next,
- 34:12the
- 34:12high
- 34:12altitude.
- 34:13So,
- 34:15you
- 34:15know,
- 34:15Mexico
- 34:16City
- 34:16being
- 34:17what,
- 34:17you
- 34:18know,
- 34:19a
- 34:19mile
- 34:19up
- 34:20there?
- 34:20I
- 34:20mean,
- 34:20it's
- 34:20pretty
- 34:21high
- 34:21up
- 34:21there.
- 34:21You
- 34:22need
- 34:22to
- 34:22train.
- 34:23Yeah,
- 34:23you
- 34:23need
- 34:24to
- 34:24train
- 34:24for
- 34:24that.
- 34:25And
- 34:27a
- 34:27quarry
- 34:29was
- 34:31denied,
- 34:32I
- 34:32guess,
- 34:33training
- 34:34in
- 34:34such
- 34:35an
- 34:36elevated
- 34:39position.
- 34:39Right.
- 34:40They
- 34:40wouldn't
- 34:40allow
- 34:41him
- 34:41to
- 34:41train
- 34:42at
- 34:42such
- 34:42an
- 34:42elevated
- 34:43height.
- 34:44Why,
- 34:45why
- 34:45did
- 34:45that
- 34:46happen
- 34:46and
- 34:47how
- 34:48does
- 34:48that
- 34:48affect
- 34:49a
- 34:49marathoner,
- 34:50any
- 34:50of
- 34:50the
- 34:50runners,
- 34:51really?
- 34:51Yeah,
- 34:52well,
- 34:52you
- 34:53know,
- 34:53I
- 34:53like
- 34:53to
- 34:54think
- 34:54we
- 34:54live
- 34:54and
- 34:54learn.
- 34:55I
- 34:55mentioned
- 34:55a
- 34:56few
- 34:56minutes
- 34:56ago
- 34:56the,
- 34:57the
- 34:57only
- 34:57five
- 34:58water
- 34:58stations
- 34:59for
- 34:59both
- 34:59men
- 34:59and
- 35:00women,
- 35:00by
- 35:00the
- 35:00way,
- 35:01at
- 35:01the
- 35:011984
- 35:02Olympics.
- 35:02You
- 35:02live
- 35:03and
- 35:03learn
- 35:03and
- 35:03you
- 35:03understand
- 35:04the
- 35:05supreme
- 35:05importance
- 35:06of
- 35:06hydrating.
- 35:09In
- 35:09nineteen
- 35:10six,
- 35:10heading
- 35:10into
- 35:111968,
- 35:12Tanzania
- 35:12was
- 35:13a
- 35:13brand
- 35:13new
- 35:13country.
- 35:14Country
- 35:15only
- 35:16became
- 35:16formalized
- 35:17as
- 35:17one
- 35:17in
- 35:171964.
- 35:20So
- 35:20they,
- 35:21they
- 35:22didn't
- 35:22think
- 35:22about
- 35:23the
- 35:23training
- 35:24at
- 35:24altitude
- 35:25the
- 35:25way
- 35:25the
- 35:26Kenyans,
- 35:26for
- 35:26example,
- 35:28had
- 35:28so.
- 35:29Well,
- 35:30you
- 35:30think
- 35:30of
- 35:30Kenya
- 35:31as
- 35:31a
- 35:31country
- 35:31in
- 35:31Africa
- 35:32that
- 35:32has
- 35:32turned
- 35:33out
- 35:34tremendous
- 35:34numbers
- 35:35of
- 35:35distance
- 35:35runners.
- 35:36Well,
- 35:37in
- 35:37Tanzania
- 35:37they
- 35:38didn't
- 35:38necessarily
- 35:38think
- 35:39about
- 35:39that.
- 35:39So
- 35:39not
- 35:40only
- 35:40John
- 35:40Stephen
- 35:41A.
- 35:41Quarry,
- 35:41but
- 35:41other
- 35:42members
- 35:42of
- 35:42the
- 35:42team
- 35:42just
- 35:43didn't
- 35:43train
- 35:43at
- 35:44altitude.
- 35:46Obviously
- 35:46a
- 35:46big
- 35:46mistake
- 35:47looking
- 35:47back
- 35:48because
- 35:48you
- 35:49have
- 35:49Mount
- 35:49Kilimanjaro.
- 35:50He
- 35:51certainly
- 35:51had
- 35:51places
- 35:52to
- 35:52train
- 35:52at
- 35:53altitude,
- 35:55so
- 35:55that
- 35:55affected
- 35:56him.
- 35:57And
- 35:58you
- 35:58know,
- 35:59should
- 35:59they
- 35:59have
- 35:59done
- 35:59that?
- 36:00Obviously,
- 36:01you
- 36:02know,
- 36:02I'm
- 36:02sure
- 36:02they've
- 36:03learned
- 36:03since
- 36:03then
- 36:04and
- 36:04Tanzania
- 36:05used
- 36:05to
- 36:05turn
- 36:06out
- 36:06some
- 36:06pretty
- 36:07darn
- 36:07good
- 36:07track
- 36:07and
- 36:08field
- 36:08stars,
- 36:10but
- 36:10heading
- 36:10into
- 36:111968,
- 36:12they
- 36:12didn't
- 36:12do
- 36:12a
- 36:12very
- 36:12good
- 36:13job
- 36:13with
- 36:13that.
- 36:13And
- 36:13it,
- 36:14and
- 36:14it
- 36:14came
- 36:14home
- 36:14to
- 36:15Rooster.
- 36:19So
- 36:19there
- 36:19was
- 36:20no
- 36:20underlying
- 36:21reasoning
- 36:22to
- 36:23deny
- 36:23him
- 36:24the
- 36:24opportunity
- 36:25to
- 36:25trade
- 36:26to
- 36:26train
- 36:27at
- 36:27such
- 36:27a
- 36:28high
- 36:28altitude.
- 36:28It's
- 36:29just
- 36:29the
- 36:29way
- 36:29it
- 36:29was.
- 36:30Just
- 36:30the
- 36:30way
- 36:31it
- 36:31was.
- 36:31Yeah.
- 36:31Just
- 36:32not
- 36:32a
- 36:32very
- 36:32good
- 36:33decision
- 36:33by
- 36:33the.
- 36:34By
- 36:34a
- 36:34young
- 36:35country
- 36:35that
- 36:36again,
- 36:36let's
- 36:37give
- 36:37them
- 36:37a
- 36:37little
- 36:37grace.
- 36:38They
- 36:38were
- 36:39learning
- 36:40on
- 36:40the
- 36:40job.
- 36:41Right.
- 36:42You
- 36:42know,
- 36:42I
- 36:42think,
- 36:43you
- 36:43know,
- 36:43had.
- 36:44If
- 36:44we
- 36:45could
- 36:45transport
- 36:45Mr.
- 36:46Quarry
- 36:46back
- 36:47to
- 36:47his
- 36:4825
- 36:49year
- 36:49old
- 36:49self,
- 36:49he'd
- 36:50probably
- 36:50be
- 36:50given
- 36:51better
- 36:51training
- 36:52and
- 36:52preparation.
- 36:53But
- 36:53he
- 36:53wasn't
- 36:53at
- 36:53that
- 36:54time.
- 36:57You
- 36:58know,
- 36:58the
- 36:59way
- 36:59we
- 36:59define
- 37:00a
- 37:00hero
- 37:02is
- 37:03it
- 37:03varies.
- 37:05You
- 37:05know,
- 37:05these
- 37:06are,
- 37:06I
- 37:06would
- 37:06guess,
- 37:08sports
- 37:08heroes.
- 37:10You
- 37:10know,
- 37:11is,
- 37:12is
- 37:12Tom
- 37:12Brady
- 37:13a
- 37:14hero?
- 37:15Is,
- 37:16you
- 37:16know,
- 37:18Shohei
- 37:18Ohtani
- 37:20a
- 37:20hero?
- 37:21Well,
- 37:21in,
- 37:22in
- 37:22certain
- 37:22aspects
- 37:24they
- 37:24are.
- 37:25But
- 37:25what's
- 37:26the
- 37:26real
- 37:26definition
- 37:27of
- 37:27a
- 37:28hero?
- 37:28And
- 37:29I
- 37:29think
- 37:30in
- 37:31your
- 37:31book
- 37:32you
- 37:32actually
- 37:33have
- 37:33someone
- 37:35that
- 37:35is
- 37:36very
- 37:36close
- 37:37if
- 37:38not
- 37:38the
- 37:38true
- 37:39definition
- 37:40of
- 37:40a
- 37:40hero.
- 37:41And
- 37:41that
- 37:41would
- 37:42be
- 37:42Lawrence
- 37:42Lemieux
- 37:43from
- 37:44Canada.
- 37:45His
- 37:46Olympic
- 37:47experience
- 37:48was
- 37:49certainly
- 37:49different
- 37:51than
- 37:53really
- 37:54any
- 37:54of
- 37:54the
- 37:54others
- 37:55that
- 37:55you
- 37:56discussed.
- 37:58He
- 37:59dropped
- 38:00out
- 38:00of
- 38:00his
- 38:00race.
- 38:01He.
- 38:02He
- 38:03was
- 38:04a
- 38:04sailor.
- 38:05Dropped
- 38:05out
- 38:05of
- 38:05his
- 38:06race
- 38:07to
- 38:07save
- 38:07the
- 38:08lives
- 38:08of
- 38:09other
- 38:09sailors
- 38:10from
- 38:11other
- 38:11countries.
- 38:12Talk
- 38:13about
- 38:13his
- 38:14experience
- 38:15and
- 38:15how
- 38:16he
- 38:16was
- 38:16rewarded
- 38:17after
- 38:17the
- 38:17fact.
- 38:19Yeah,
- 38:19I'll
- 38:20always
- 38:20have
- 38:20a
- 38:20fond
- 38:20place
- 38:21in
- 38:21my
- 38:21heart
- 38:21for
- 38:21Lawrence
- 38:22Lemieux
- 38:22because
- 38:23he
- 38:23was
- 38:23the
- 38:23very
- 38:23first
- 38:24athlete
- 38:24who
- 38:24got
- 38:25back
- 38:25to
- 38:25me
- 38:25when
- 38:25I
- 38:26was
- 38:26reaching
- 38:26out
- 38:26and
- 38:27putting
- 38:27together
- 38:27all
- 38:28the
- 38:28chapters.
- 38:28So
- 38:28he
- 38:29was,
- 38:29he
- 38:29was
- 38:30my
- 38:30first
- 38:30interview.
- 38:31And
- 38:32I'll
- 38:33always
- 38:33love
- 38:33him
- 38:33for
- 38:33that
- 38:34especially.
- 38:35But
- 38:35I
- 38:36just
- 38:36love
- 38:36his
- 38:36story
- 38:37too,
- 38:37because
- 38:39first
- 38:39of
- 38:39all,
- 38:40he
- 38:40grew
- 38:40up
- 38:41in
- 38:42the
- 38:42province
- 38:43of
- 38:43Alberta.
- 38:44Not
- 38:44exactly
- 38:45a
- 38:45sailing
- 38:45hotbed.
- 38:46Right.
- 38:46It's
- 38:46like
- 38:47talking
- 38:48about
- 38:48a
- 38:48surfer
- 38:48from
- 38:49Nebraska.
- 38:50Not
- 38:50too
- 38:50many
- 38:51of
- 38:51them.
- 38:51So
- 38:53Ontario
- 38:53on
- 38:54the
- 38:54east
- 38:54coast,
- 38:54British
- 38:55Columbia
- 38:55on
- 38:55the
- 38:55west
- 38:56coast.
- 38:56Those
- 38:56are
- 38:57the
- 38:57sailing
- 38:57havens
- 38:58for,
- 38:58for
- 39:00our
- 39:00friends
- 39:00to
- 39:01the
- 39:01north
- 39:01in
- 39:01Canada.
- 39:02So
- 39:03Lawrence
- 39:03Lemieux
- 39:04grew
- 39:04up
- 39:04on
- 39:04a
- 39:04lake.
- 39:05He
- 39:05got
- 39:06very
- 39:06interested
- 39:07very
- 39:07early
- 39:08on
- 39:08in
- 39:08sailing
- 39:11and
- 39:11to
- 39:11the
- 39:11point
- 39:12where
- 39:12his
- 39:13passion
- 39:13was
- 39:14such
- 39:14that
- 39:14he
- 39:15was
- 39:15going
- 39:15all
- 39:16over
- 39:16North
- 39:16America
- 39:18and
- 39:18working
- 39:18odd
- 39:19jobs
- 39:19to
- 39:19pay
- 39:19for
- 39:20his
- 39:21sailing
- 39:21career,
- 39:22if
- 39:22you
- 39:22will.
- 39:23And
- 39:23this
- 39:24guy
- 39:24drove
- 39:24in
- 39:24a
- 39:25con,
- 39:25you
- 39:25know,
- 39:25beat
- 39:26up
- 39:26Econoline
- 39:27van,
- 39:27and
- 39:27then
- 39:28he
- 39:28got
- 39:28another
- 39:28and
- 39:29another.
- 39:30He
- 39:30ended
- 39:31up
- 39:31with
- 39:31four
- 39:31of
- 39:31them.
- 39:32He
- 39:32drive
- 39:32to
- 39:33San
- 39:33Francisco,
- 39:34he
- 39:34drive
- 39:34to
- 39:35Florida,
- 39:35you
- 39:35name
- 39:36it.
- 39:37And
- 39:37this
- 39:38guy
- 39:38wanted
- 39:39nothing
- 39:39more
- 39:40than
- 39:40to
- 39:40be
- 39:40an
- 39:41Olympian.
- 39:41He
- 39:41was
- 39:42a
- 39:42multi
- 39:43time
- 39:43Olympian
- 39:44also
- 39:44snake
- 39:45bit
- 39:45by
- 39:45a
- 39:45boycott
- 39:46in
- 39:461980,
- 39:47by
- 39:47the
- 39:47way.
- 39:49But
- 39:49in
- 39:491988,
- 39:51he
- 39:51was
- 39:51in
- 39:52Seoul,
- 39:52South
- 39:53Korea,
- 39:53and
- 39:53he
- 39:54knew
- 39:54it
- 39:54was
- 39:54his
- 39:54time.
- 39:55He
- 39:55was
- 39:56one
- 39:56of
- 39:56the
- 39:56best
- 39:56sailors
- 39:57in
- 39:57Canada.
- 39:59He
- 39:59knew
- 39:59he
- 39:59was
- 40:00in
- 40:00a
- 40:00good
- 40:00place
- 40:00to
- 40:01medal.
- 40:02Sailing
- 40:02is
- 40:02not
- 40:03a
- 40:03one
- 40:04and
- 40:04done.
- 40:04It's
- 40:05several
- 40:05races
- 40:06that
- 40:06cumulatively
- 40:07add
- 40:07up
- 40:07to
- 40:07a
- 40:08medal
- 40:08count.
- 40:08But
- 40:09this
- 40:09was
- 40:09the
- 40:10second
- 40:10of
- 40:10about
- 40:10seven
- 40:11races.
- 40:11And,
- 40:12and
- 40:12Lawrence
- 40:12Lemieux
- 40:13that
- 40:13day
- 40:13was
- 40:14in
- 40:14great
- 40:14shape.
- 40:14He
- 40:14was
- 40:15leading
- 40:15the
- 40:15race.
- 40:16Then
- 40:16he
- 40:17missed
- 40:17a
- 40:17marker.
- 40:17He
- 40:18dropped
- 40:18into
- 40:18second.
- 40:19But
- 40:19there
- 40:19was
- 40:19no
- 40:19question
- 40:20he
- 40:20was
- 40:20going
- 40:21to
- 40:21be
- 40:22finishing
- 40:22strong,
- 40:23putting
- 40:24himself
- 40:24in
- 40:24a
- 40:24fantastic
- 40:25position
- 40:25for
- 40:26a
- 40:26medal.
- 40:27But
- 40:28then
- 40:28he
- 40:28saw
- 40:28a
- 40:28head
- 40:28bobbing
- 40:29in
- 40:29the
- 40:29water
- 40:29adjacent
- 40:30to
- 40:30the
- 40:30course.
- 40:31And
- 40:32he
- 40:32remembered
- 40:32the
- 40:32credo
- 40:33with
- 40:33sailors,
- 40:34which
- 40:34is,
- 40:34if
- 40:35you
- 40:35see
- 40:35something,
- 40:36you
- 40:36gotta
- 40:36stop.
- 40:37If
- 40:37you
- 40:37see
- 40:37someone,
- 40:38you
- 40:38gotta
- 40:38help
- 40:38them.
- 40:39That's
- 40:40fine
- 40:40on
- 40:41a
- 40:41Saturday
- 40:41afternoon
- 40:42when
- 40:42you're
- 40:42not
- 40:42in
- 40:43the
- 40:43Olympics,
- 40:43Right?
- 40:44He
- 40:44was
- 40:44in
- 40:44the
- 40:45Olympic
- 40:45Games.
- 40:46And
- 40:46this
- 40:46guy
- 40:46had
- 40:46spent
- 40:47his
- 40:47whole
- 40:48life
- 40:49wanting
- 40:49to
- 40:50be
- 40:50in
- 40:50the
- 40:50position
- 40:50he
- 40:51was
- 40:51in.
- 40:52And
- 40:53yet
- 40:53he
- 40:54said,
- 40:54I
- 40:54gotta
- 40:54help.
- 40:55He
- 40:56Gets
- 40:56off
- 40:56the
- 40:57course.
- 40:58He
- 40:58found
- 40:58a
- 40:59Singaporean
- 40:59sailor
- 41:00named
- 41:00Joseph
- 41:01Chen
- 41:02adjacent
- 41:03to
- 41:03the
- 41:03course.
- 41:04He
- 41:05picks
- 41:05him
- 41:05up,
- 41:05he
- 41:05drags
- 41:06him
- 41:06in
- 41:06his
- 41:06fin
- 41:07class
- 41:07sailboat,
- 41:08gets
- 41:09him
- 41:09to
- 41:09shore.
- 41:10He's
- 41:11disqualified.
- 41:12You
- 41:12know,
- 41:12he's
- 41:12left
- 41:12the
- 41:13course.
- 41:15And
- 41:15yet,
- 41:17you
- 41:17know,
- 41:17you
- 41:17could
- 41:18say,
- 41:18while
- 41:18Lawrence
- 41:18Lemieux
- 41:19never
- 41:19did
- 41:19win
- 41:20a
- 41:20medal,
- 41:21he
- 41:21might
- 41:21have
- 41:21done
- 41:22something
- 41:22far
- 41:22more
- 41:22important.
- 41:23You
- 41:23can
- 41:24have
- 41:24all
- 41:24the
- 41:24debates
- 41:24in
- 41:25the
- 41:25world
- 41:25about,
- 41:25you
- 41:26know,
- 41:26that's
- 41:26the.
- 41:26Definition
- 41:27of
- 41:27a
- 41:27hero,
- 41:28right?
- 41:28I
- 41:29said,
- 41:29in
- 41:29your
- 41:29book,
- 41:30if
- 41:30you
- 41:30want
- 41:31to
- 41:32call
- 41:33one
- 41:33person
- 41:34a
- 41:35real
- 41:35hero,
- 41:37that's
- 41:38what
- 41:38Lawrence
- 41:38Lemieux
- 41:39is.
- 41:39And
- 41:40again,
- 41:41uh,
- 41:41he'll
- 41:41fight
- 41:41you
- 41:42on
- 41:42that.
- 41:42He'll
- 41:42be
- 41:42the
- 41:43first
- 41:43guy
- 41:43in
- 41:43the
- 41:43debate
- 41:44line
- 41:44saying,
- 41:45I
- 41:45just
- 41:45did
- 41:46what
- 41:46all
- 41:46sailors
- 41:47would
- 41:47do.
- 41:47And
- 41:48his
- 41:48teammates
- 41:48would
- 41:48say,
- 41:49baloney,
- 41:49Right?
- 41:50Did
- 41:50he,
- 41:50though?
- 41:50Because
- 41:51I'm
- 41:51sure
- 41:52I.
- 41:53I'm
- 41:53not
- 41:54going
- 41:54to
- 41:54accuse
- 41:54anybody
- 41:55of
- 41:56anything
- 41:57they
- 41:57shouldn't
- 41:57have
- 41:57done.
- 41:58But
- 41:58you
- 41:58got
- 41:59to
- 41:59believe
- 41:59that
- 42:00if
- 42:00he
- 42:00saw
- 42:00a
- 42:00head
- 42:01bobbing,
- 42:01somebody
- 42:02else
- 42:02had
- 42:02to
- 42:03and
- 42:03said,
- 42:03wait,
- 42:03I'm
- 42:04the
- 42:04Olympics.
- 42:04I'm
- 42:04going
- 42:05to
- 42:05keep
- 42:05going,
- 42:05right?
- 42:06And
- 42:06years
- 42:06later,
- 42:07you
- 42:07know
- 42:07how
- 42:08they.
- 42:08They
- 42:08will
- 42:09pull
- 42:09out
- 42:09the
- 42:09old
- 42:09Olympic
- 42:10athletes
- 42:10for
- 42:11ads
- 42:11ahead
- 42:11of
- 42:11the
- 42:11Olympic
- 42:12Games.
- 42:12Well,
- 42:12Canada
- 42:13does
- 42:13that,
- 42:14just
- 42:14as
- 42:14we
- 42:14do
- 42:14in
- 42:15the
- 42:15U.S.
- 42:15and
- 42:16so
- 42:16Lawrence
- 42:16Lemieux
- 42:17found
- 42:17himself
- 42:18in
- 42:18a
- 42:18McDonald's
- 42:19commercial,
- 42:19and
- 42:20lo
- 42:21and
- 42:21behold,
- 42:22they
- 42:22also
- 42:22asked
- 42:23Joseph
- 42:23Chen
- 42:23to
- 42:24be
- 42:24in
- 42:24that
- 42:24commercial.
- 42:25And
- 42:25one
- 42:25of
- 42:26the
- 42:26athletes
- 42:26that.
- 42:27That
- 42:27Lawrence
- 42:28ended
- 42:28up
- 42:28coaching,
- 42:29I
- 42:29interviewed
- 42:30him,
- 42:31and
- 42:32he
- 42:33said,
- 42:33I'll
- 42:33tell
- 42:34you
- 42:34what
- 42:34I
- 42:34saw.
- 42:34Mr.
- 42:35Chen
- 42:35was
- 42:36showing
- 42:36Lawrence
- 42:36Lemieux
- 42:37pictures
- 42:37of
- 42:37his
- 42:38kids,
- 42:39and
- 42:39every
- 42:40bone
- 42:41in
- 42:41Mr.
- 42:41Chen's
- 42:42body
- 42:42was
- 42:42showing
- 42:43me
- 42:43that
- 42:44he
- 42:45very
- 42:45much
- 42:45thought
- 42:46Lawrence
- 42:46Lemieux
- 42:46had
- 42:47saved
- 42:47his
- 42:47life.
- 42:48Joseph
- 42:48Chen
- 42:48went
- 42:49on
- 42:49to
- 42:49a
- 42:49great
- 42:49career
- 42:49in
- 42:50sailing
- 42:50in
- 42:50Singapore,
- 42:51by
- 42:51the
- 42:51way,
- 42:51became
- 42:52a,
- 42:52you
- 42:52know,
- 42:52a
- 42:53coach
- 42:53for
- 42:53the
- 42:53national
- 42:54team.
- 42:54And
- 42:55so
- 42:56what
- 42:56a
- 42:56great
- 42:57story.
- 42:58Didn't
- 42:58win
- 42:59a
- 42:59medal,
- 42:59but.
- 42:59But
- 43:00who
- 43:00cares?
- 43:00Did
- 43:00something
- 43:01profound.
- 43:02But
- 43:02did.
- 43:02Wasn't
- 43:03he
- 43:03awarded
- 43:04some
- 43:04sort
- 43:04of
- 43:04medal
- 43:05later,
- 43:05like
- 43:06a
- 43:06really
- 43:06special
- 43:07medal
- 43:07of
- 43:07some
- 43:08sort?
- 43:08He
- 43:08was.
- 43:08He
- 43:09was
- 43:09awarded.
- 43:11It
- 43:11was
- 43:11a
- 43:12certificate
- 43:13that
- 43:13was
- 43:13sort
- 43:14of
- 43:14the
- 43:14equivalent
- 43:15of
- 43:15a
- 43:15medal.
- 43:17And
- 43:18so
- 43:18it's
- 43:18something
- 43:18that,
- 43:19you
- 43:20know,
- 43:20he
- 43:20was
- 43:20very
- 43:20proud
- 43:21of.
- 43:22But
- 43:22again,
- 43:24I
- 43:24told
- 43:24you
- 43:24what
- 43:24I
- 43:24loved
- 43:25about
- 43:25these
- 43:25athletes
- 43:26is
- 43:26they
- 43:26don't.
- 43:27They
- 43:27don't
- 43:28think
- 43:28of
- 43:28themselves
- 43:28as
- 43:29heroes.
- 43:30I
- 43:30don't
- 43:30see
- 43:31how
- 43:31you
- 43:31can
- 43:32ask
- 43:32a
- 43:33neutral
- 43:33observer
- 43:34and
- 43:34not
- 43:34come
- 43:34to
- 43:34the
- 43:34conclusion
- 43:35that
- 43:35Lawrence
- 43:36Lemieux
- 43:36absolutely
- 43:37was.
- 43:38Definitely,
- 43:38definitely
- 43:39a
- 43:39hero.
- 43:41Now,
- 43:42maybe
- 43:42not
- 43:42necessarily
- 43:43a
- 43:43hero,
- 43:44but
- 43:44again,
- 43:45somebody
- 43:46who.
- 43:48Unsung
- 43:49for
- 43:49sure,
- 43:51Alexander
- 43:52Cushy,
- 43:56he
- 43:56didn't
- 43:56compete
- 43:58Instead,
- 44:00his
- 44:00story
- 44:00is
- 44:01about
- 44:01a
- 44:01vision
- 44:02he
- 44:02had
- 44:04to
- 44:04bring
- 44:04the
- 44:051960
- 44:06Winter
- 44:07Olympics
- 44:08to
- 44:09Squaw
- 44:10Valley.
- 44:11Who
- 44:11was
- 44:12Alexander
- 44:13Cushing.
- 44:14And
- 44:14talk
- 44:14about
- 44:15his
- 44:15vision
- 44:15and
- 44:16how
- 44:16he
- 44:16made
- 44:17it
- 44:17happen.
- 44:19Yeah,
- 44:19I
- 44:20finished
- 44:20my
- 44:20book
- 44:21with
- 44:21the
- 44:21story
- 44:22of
- 44:22Alex
- 44:22Cushing
- 44:23and
- 44:23others
- 44:23in
- 44:23that
- 44:241960
- 44:24Winter
- 44:25Games,
- 44:26because
- 44:26I
- 44:26just
- 44:27loved
- 44:27it.
- 44:28And
- 44:28Alex
- 44:29Cushing
- 44:29was,
- 44:30you
- 44:30know,
- 44:31a
- 44:31brash,
- 44:31talking
- 44:33New
- 44:33York
- 44:33lawyer
- 44:35who
- 44:36then
- 44:36went
- 44:37out
- 44:37to
- 44:40Squaw
- 44:40Valley,
- 44:41Lake
- 44:41Tahoe
- 44:41area
- 44:42and
- 44:42fell
- 44:42in
- 44:42love
- 44:43with
- 44:43it,
- 44:44ultimately
- 44:44moved
- 44:45there,
- 44:45ultimately
- 44:46became
- 44:46a
- 44:46partner
- 44:48with.
- 44:49With
- 44:49another
- 44:50person
- 44:50who
- 44:50owned
- 44:50a
- 44:50bunch
- 44:51of
- 44:51property
- 44:51there.
- 44:52And
- 44:53he
- 44:54loved
- 44:54the
- 44:55snow
- 44:56of
- 44:57that
- 44:57area
- 44:57and
- 44:58the
- 44:58ski
- 44:58areas
- 44:59so
- 44:59much
- 45:00that
- 45:01he
- 45:01had
- 45:01this
- 45:02thought
- 45:03that
- 45:04wouldn't
- 45:04it
- 45:04be
- 45:04great
- 45:05if
- 45:05we
- 45:05could
- 45:05get
- 45:05an
- 45:06Olympic
- 45:06Games
- 45:06to
- 45:06Squaw
- 45:07Valley?
- 45:07He
- 45:07had
- 45:07a
- 45:07little
- 45:08bit
- 45:08of
- 45:08a
- 45:08problem,
- 45:08though,
- 45:09and
- 45:09that
- 45:09was
- 45:10that,
- 45:10you
- 45:11know,
- 45:11the
- 45:11resorts
- 45:11we
- 45:12think
- 45:12about
- 45:12today
- 45:13when
- 45:13we
- 45:13go
- 45:13there,
- 45:14Palisades,
- 45:14Tahoe
- 45:15and
- 45:15Crystal
- 45:16and
- 45:17all
- 45:17these,
- 45:18they
- 45:18weren't
- 45:18there.
- 45:20And
- 45:22leading
- 45:22up
- 45:22to
- 45:22the
- 45:221960
- 45:23Games,
- 45:24very
- 45:24different
- 45:25than
- 45:25what
- 45:25we
- 45:25think
- 45:26of
- 45:26today
- 45:26with
- 45:27the
- 45:27Winter
- 45:27Games,
- 45:27where
- 45:28we're
- 45:28like,
- 45:28oh,
- 45:28of
- 45:29course
- 45:29it's
- 45:29going
- 45:29to
- 45:29be
- 45:29in
- 45:30Salt
- 45:30Lake
- 45:30City,
- 45:30or,
- 45:31of
- 45:31course
- 45:31it's
- 45:31going
- 45:31to
- 45:31be
- 45:31in
- 45:32Lake
- 45:32Placid.
- 45:33There
- 45:33have
- 45:33been
- 45:33only
- 45:34one
- 45:34Olympics
- 45:35that
- 45:35wasn't
- 45:35in
- 45:35the
- 45:36shadow
- 45:36of
- 45:36the
- 45:36Alps.
- 45:37So
- 45:38you
- 45:38had
- 45:38this
- 45:38situation
- 45:39where
- 45:39the
- 45:40European
- 45:40countries
- 45:41just
- 45:41thought,
- 45:42of
- 45:42course
- 45:43the
- 45:43Winter
- 45:43Games
- 45:43are
- 45:44coming
- 45:44to
- 45:44us
- 45:45near
- 45:45the
- 45:45Alps.
- 45:46We'll
- 45:46just
- 45:47switch
- 45:48it.
- 45:48You
- 45:48know,
- 45:49Austria
- 45:50here,
- 45:50France
- 45:50there,
- 45:51Italy
- 45:51there.
- 45:53And
- 45:55so
- 45:55Alex
- 45:55Cushing
- 45:56had
- 45:56what
- 45:56was
- 45:57considered
- 45:57an
- 45:58impossible
- 45:58vision.
- 45:59He
- 45:59didn't
- 45:59really
- 45:59have
- 46:01resort,
- 46:02but
- 46:02what
- 46:02he
- 46:02did
- 46:02have
- 46:03is
- 46:03a
- 46:03story
- 46:03to
- 46:04sell.
- 46:05And
- 46:05he.
- 46:07I
- 46:07think
- 46:08the
- 46:08fact
- 46:08that
- 46:08he
- 46:09was
- 46:09overlooked,
- 46:11the
- 46:11fact
- 46:11that
- 46:11there
- 46:11were
- 46:12articles
- 46:12printed
- 46:12about
- 46:13other
- 46:13places
- 46:13that
- 46:14wanted
- 46:14the
- 46:14Olympics
- 46:15really
- 46:15fueled
- 46:15this
- 46:16guy
- 46:17who
- 46:17had
- 46:17a
- 46:18drive
- 46:18and
- 46:18a
- 46:18determination
- 46:19and
- 46:19frankly,
- 46:20a
- 46:20silver
- 46:20tongue.
- 46:21Like
- 46:22few
- 46:22others
- 46:22before
- 46:23him,
- 46:24he
- 46:25ended
- 46:25up
- 46:26selling
- 46:27the
- 46:27organizers
- 46:28of
- 46:28the
- 46:28Olympics
- 46:29on
- 46:29the
- 46:29idea
- 46:30of
- 46:30Squaw
- 46:30Valley.
- 46:32And
- 46:32then
- 46:32he
- 46:32had
- 46:33another
- 46:33problem
- 46:33when
- 46:33it
- 46:33got
- 46:34selected.
- 46:34Geez.
- 46:35Now
- 46:35you
- 46:35had
- 46:35to
- 46:35create
- 46:36the
- 46:36facilities
- 46:37and
- 46:37create
- 46:37the
- 46:38venue,
- 46:40and
- 46:40it
- 46:40ended
- 46:40up
- 46:41being
- 46:41one
- 46:41of
- 46:41the
- 46:42most
- 46:42successful
- 46:42Winter
- 46:43Games
- 46:44that
- 46:44had
- 46:44ever
- 46:45occurred.
- 46:45And
- 46:46there
- 46:46was
- 46:47a
- 46:47little
- 46:47company
- 46:47that
- 46:48got
- 46:48involved
- 46:48in
- 46:48choreographing
- 46:49that,
- 46:50called
- 46:50the
- 46:50Walt
- 46:50Disney
- 46:51Company.
- 46:52The
- 46:52timing
- 46:53was
- 46:53perfect
- 46:53for
- 46:54them.
- 46:54They
- 46:54were
- 46:54trying
- 46:55to
- 46:55grow
- 46:55their
- 46:55brand.
- 46:56And
- 46:57Walt
- 46:57Disney
- 46:59had
- 46:59already
- 47:00been
- 47:00someone
- 47:00who
- 47:00skied
- 47:01in
- 47:01that
- 47:01area.
- 47:01He
- 47:02was
- 47:02enamored
- 47:03of
- 47:03the
- 47:03idea
- 47:03of
- 47:04choreographing
- 47:05those
- 47:05Games.
- 47:06And
- 47:06so
- 47:06a
- 47:06lot
- 47:07of
- 47:07the
- 47:07things
- 47:08that
- 47:08we
- 47:08see
- 47:09today
- 47:09with
- 47:09these,
- 47:10you
- 47:10know,
- 47:11well
- 47:11produced
- 47:12opening
- 47:12ceremonies
- 47:13really
- 47:13started
- 47:14with
- 47:141960,
- 47:16by
- 47:16the
- 47:16way,
- 47:16a
- 47:17great
- 47:17little
- 47:17tidbit
- 47:18is
- 47:18that
- 47:19Walt
- 47:19Disney
- 47:20never
- 47:20again
- 47:21choreographed
- 47:22an
- 47:22Olympic
- 47:23Games.
- 47:24However,
- 47:25they're
- 47:25going
- 47:26to
- 47:26make
- 47:26a
- 47:26second
- 47:26appearance
- 47:27as
- 47:27a,
- 47:27as
- 47:28an
- 47:28Olympic
- 47:28Games
- 47:29choreographer
- 47:29and
- 47:30that's
- 47:30LA28.
- 47:32So
- 47:32they're
- 47:32coming
- 47:32out
- 47:32of
- 47:33retirement,
- 47:33if
- 47:33you
- 47:33will,
- 47:34to
- 47:34do
- 47:34it
- 47:34again,
- 47:35which,
- 47:35which
- 47:35I
- 47:36love.
- 47:37And
- 47:37of
- 47:37course
- 47:381960
- 47:39is
- 47:40where
- 47:40really
- 47:40the
- 47:40first
- 47:41Miracle
- 47:41on
- 47:42Ice
- 47:42occurred.
- 47:43Yes,
- 47:44we
- 47:44forget
- 47:44that.
- 47:44Yeah,
- 47:45yeah,
- 47:45we
- 47:45always
- 47:46think
- 47:46about
- 47:461980.
- 47:47And
- 47:48in
- 47:48no
- 47:48way
- 47:49am
- 47:49I
- 47:49taking
- 47:50anything
- 47:50away
- 47:51from
- 47:521980
- 47:52U.S.
- 47:53olympic
- 47:53hockey
- 47:54team,
- 47:54but
- 47:55the
- 47:55first
- 47:55one
- 47:55really,
- 47:56truly
- 47:56was
- 47:571960.
- 47:59I
- 47:59got
- 47:59one
- 47:59more
- 48:00athlete
- 48:00I
- 48:00do
- 48:00want
- 48:01to
- 48:02talk
- 48:03about.
- 48:04And
- 48:04again,
- 48:05your
- 48:05book
- 48:08here
- 48:08we
- 48:09defined,
- 48:10you
- 48:10know,
- 48:10unsung
- 48:11heroes.
- 48:13There.
- 48:13There's
- 48:14so
- 48:14many.
- 48:15You
- 48:15know,
- 48:15you
- 48:16really
- 48:16go
- 48:16deep
- 48:17into
- 48:19the
- 48:19stories
- 48:20of
- 48:20so
- 48:20many
- 48:20of
- 48:21these
- 48:21people.
- 48:23Brian
- 48:24Stemmel,
- 48:24is
- 48:24that
- 48:25how
- 48:25you
- 48:25pronounce
- 48:25his
- 48:25name?
- 48:26That's
- 48:26right.
- 48:26Very
- 48:26good.
- 48:27I
- 48:27mean
- 48:27a
- 48:27true
- 48:28natural
- 48:29when
- 48:30he
- 48:30came
- 48:30to
- 48:30skiing,
- 48:31but
- 48:32he
- 48:32had
- 48:32a
- 48:32near
- 48:34brush
- 48:34with
- 48:34death.
- 48:36So
- 48:36tell
- 48:36us
- 48:36about
- 48:37Brian
- 48:37Stemmel
- 48:38and
- 48:38please,
- 48:38I
- 48:38mean,
- 48:38I
- 48:38want
- 48:39to
- 48:39know
- 48:39what
- 48:40Nagano
- 48:41Gold
- 48:42newspaper
- 48:43article
- 48:44is.
- 48:44You
- 48:44know,
- 48:45he
- 48:45competed
- 48:46in,
- 48:46what
- 48:46was
- 48:47it,
- 48:47three,
- 48:47four
- 48:48different
- 48:48Olympics.
- 48:49I
- 48:49mean
- 48:49that's
- 48:49pretty
- 48:50darned
- 48:50unique.
- 48:51And
- 48:53your
- 48:53story
- 48:53really
- 48:54frames
- 48:55Brian
- 48:56as
- 48:56one
- 48:57of
- 48:58resilience,
- 49:00perseverance
- 49:02in
- 49:02the
- 49:02face
- 49:03of,
- 49:03of
- 49:04death,
- 49:06tragedy,
- 49:07disappointment.
- 49:09I
- 49:09mean,
- 49:11tell
- 49:11us,
- 49:12tell
- 49:12us
- 49:12about
- 49:13Brian.
- 49:15Yeah,
- 49:15Brian
- 49:16is,
- 49:16is
- 49:16such
- 49:17a
- 49:17good
- 49:17story
- 49:18because
- 49:19he,
- 49:20he
- 49:20was
- 49:20a
- 49:20very
- 49:20talented
- 49:21athlete,
- 49:21grew
- 49:22up
- 49:22about
- 49:2230
- 49:22miles
- 49:23from
- 49:23Toronto,
- 49:25had
- 49:26parents
- 49:26who
- 49:26were
- 49:26skiers
- 49:27and
- 49:27importantly
- 49:28had
- 49:28a
- 49:28sister
- 49:30who
- 49:30was
- 49:30a
- 49:30skier
- 49:31you
- 49:31mentioned.
- 49:31Brian
- 49:32is
- 49:32a
- 49:32four
- 49:32time
- 49:32Olympian.
- 49:33Karen
- 49:33was
- 49:34an
- 49:34Olympian,
- 49:34his
- 49:35older
- 49:35sister
- 49:35before
- 49:36him.
- 49:37And
- 49:37she'll
- 49:37go
- 49:38places
- 49:38and
- 49:38joke
- 49:38that
- 49:39between
- 49:39the
- 49:39two
- 49:39of
- 49:40them
- 49:40that
- 49:40they
- 49:40were
- 49:40in
- 49:40five
- 49:41Olympics.
- 49:42The
- 49:43fact
- 49:43that
- 49:43she
- 49:43was
- 49:43one,
- 49:44he
- 49:44was
- 49:44four.
- 49:45But
- 49:45Brian,
- 49:47just
- 49:48a
- 49:48very
- 49:48talented
- 49:49skier,
- 49:49one
- 49:49of
- 49:49the
- 49:50stars
- 49:50of
- 49:50the
- 49:50Canadian
- 49:51national
- 49:51team.
- 49:51And
- 49:52he
- 49:52had
- 49:52some
- 49:52injury
- 49:53issues
- 49:54in
- 49:54his
- 49:54first
- 49:54Olympics
- 49:55in
- 49:551988
- 49:56and
- 49:56he
- 49:57thought,
- 49:57I'll
- 49:57be
- 49:57back
- 49:57for
- 49:58more.
- 49:59But
- 49:59in
- 49:591989,
- 50:00on
- 50:00January
- 50:0114,
- 50:02he
- 50:02goes
- 50:02to
- 50:03a,
- 50:04a
- 50:04mountain
- 50:04called
- 50:05Mount
- 50:05Honenkom
- 50:06in
- 50:07Austria
- 50:07in
- 50:07the
- 50:07Kitzpule
- 50:08region.
- 50:09And
- 50:09if
- 50:10you
- 50:10look
- 50:10up,
- 50:11if
- 50:11you
- 50:11go
- 50:11on
- 50:12to
- 50:12the
- 50:12Austria
- 50:13tourism
- 50:13site
- 50:14and
- 50:14you
- 50:14look
- 50:14up
- 50:14Mount
- 50:15Honenkom,
- 50:15they'll
- 50:16tell
- 50:16you
- 50:16how
- 50:17devilishly
- 50:18dangerous
- 50:18this
- 50:19mountain
- 50:19is.
- 50:19It's
- 50:20one
- 50:20of
- 50:20the
- 50:21steepest
- 50:21gradients
- 50:22of
- 50:22any
- 50:22mountain
- 50:23in
- 50:23the
- 50:23world.
- 50:24And
- 50:25it's
- 50:25a,
- 50:25it's
- 50:26a
- 50:26mountain
- 50:26that
- 50:26when
- 50:26you
- 50:27ski
- 50:27down
- 50:27and
- 50:27it
- 50:28requires
- 50:28precision
- 50:29and
- 50:29hairpin
- 50:30turns.
- 50:32And
- 50:32Brian
- 50:32Stemmel
- 50:33happened
- 50:33to
- 50:34miss
- 50:34a
- 50:34turn,
- 50:35go
- 50:35tumbling
- 50:36into
- 50:36some
- 50:37fencing
- 50:37and
- 50:38all
- 50:38of
- 50:38a
- 50:38sudden,
- 50:38he
- 50:39goes
- 50:39from
- 50:40being
- 50:40an
- 50:40athlete
- 50:41out
- 50:41of
- 50:41a
- 50:41race
- 50:41to
- 50:42being
- 50:42an
- 50:42athlete
- 50:43in
- 50:43danger
- 50:43of
- 50:43losing
- 50:44his
- 50:44life.
- 50:46He's
- 50:46given
- 50:46a
- 50:4650%
- 50:47chance
- 50:47to
- 50:48live.
- 50:48He
- 50:48fractured
- 50:49his
- 50:49pelvis.
- 50:50He
- 50:51required
- 50:5125
- 50:52blood
- 50:52transfusions.
- 50:53He
- 50:53had
- 50:54a
- 50:54colostomy.
- 50:57This
- 50:57guy
- 50:57didn't
- 50:58know
- 50:58for
- 50:58months
- 51:00whether
- 51:00he
- 51:00was
- 51:00going
- 51:01to
- 51:01be
- 51:01restored
- 51:02to
- 51:02health
- 51:03after
- 51:04all
- 51:04that.
- 51:05You
- 51:05know,
- 51:05I
- 51:05vividly
- 51:06remember
- 51:06talking
- 51:07to
- 51:07his
- 51:07sister
- 51:07Karen
- 51:08about.
- 51:09I
- 51:09said,
- 51:11would
- 51:11you
- 51:11have
- 51:12gone
- 51:12back
- 51:12on
- 51:12skis
- 51:13after
- 51:13that?
- 51:13I
- 51:14mean,
- 51:14where
- 51:14you
- 51:14almost
- 51:15lost
- 51:15your
- 51:16life?
- 51:17And
- 51:17she
- 51:17gave
- 51:17me
- 51:17one
- 51:17of
- 51:18these
- 51:18on
- 51:18the
- 51:18zoom
- 51:18screen.
- 51:19She
- 51:19said,
- 51:19no
- 51:20way.
- 51:20I
- 51:21never
- 51:21would
- 51:21have.
- 51:22Brian
- 51:23Stemmel
- 51:23is
- 51:24a
- 51:24different
- 51:24athlete.
- 51:25We
- 51:25talked
- 51:25a
- 51:25while
- 51:26ago
- 51:26about
- 51:26the
- 51:26DNA
- 51:27of
- 51:27some
- 51:27of
- 51:27these
- 51:28elite
- 51:28athletes.
- 51:29And
- 51:29Brian
- 51:29Stemmel's
- 51:30attitude
- 51:31was,
- 51:32I'm
- 51:32not
- 51:32going
- 51:33to
- 51:33let
- 51:33this
- 51:33define
- 51:34me.
- 51:35This
- 51:36isn't
- 51:36going
- 51:36to
- 51:36be
- 51:37the
- 51:37last
- 51:37call
- 51:38for
- 51:38Brian
- 51:38Stemmel.
- 51:39He
- 51:39comes
- 51:40back
- 51:40to
- 51:40skiing,
- 51:41he
- 51:41comes
- 51:41back
- 51:42to
- 51:42doing
- 51:42it
- 51:42well.
- 51:43But
- 51:43he
- 51:43knew
- 51:44that
- 51:44he
- 51:45needed
- 51:45some
- 51:45outside
- 51:45help.
- 51:46And
- 51:46he
- 51:46works
- 51:47with
- 51:47a
- 51:47performance
- 51:47psychologist,
- 51:49a
- 51:50very
- 51:50talented
- 51:50woman
- 51:51named
- 51:51Dana
- 51:51Sinclair,
- 51:52who's
- 51:52written
- 51:53a
- 51:53series
- 51:53of
- 51:53books
- 51:54on
- 51:54her
- 51:54own
- 51:55and
- 51:55worked
- 51:55with
- 51:55athletes
- 51:56across
- 51:56all
- 51:56the
- 51:56major
- 51:57sports.
- 51:58She
- 51:59helps
- 51:59him
- 52:00understand
- 52:00how
- 52:00to
- 52:01refocus
- 52:02on
- 52:02dealing
- 52:03with
- 52:03dangerous
- 52:04situations.
- 52:05To
- 52:06the
- 52:06point
- 52:06where
- 52:06Brian
- 52:07gets
- 52:07to
- 52:07his
- 52:07fourth
- 52:07and
- 52:08final
- 52:08Olympics
- 52:09in
- 52:09Nagano,
- 52:10Japan.
- 52:11And
- 52:11he
- 52:11is
- 52:11a
- 52:12very
- 52:12confident
- 52:12athlete
- 52:13at
- 52:13that
- 52:13point.
- 52:14And
- 52:14he's
- 52:14always
- 52:15been
- 52:15a
- 52:15visualizer.
- 52:17And
- 52:17he
- 52:17sees
- 52:17an
- 52:18article
- 52:18in
- 52:18the
- 52:18paper
- 52:19that
- 52:19says,
- 52:19Nagano
- 52:20Gold,
- 52:201998.
- 52:21He
- 52:21says,
- 52:21Ah,
- 52:22I'm
- 52:22going
- 52:22to
- 52:22cut
- 52:23that
- 52:23out.
- 52:23He
- 52:23puts
- 52:24it
- 52:24in
- 52:24his
- 52:24shirt
- 52:24pocket
- 52:25every
- 52:25day.
- 52:26He
- 52:26looks
- 52:26at
- 52:26that
- 52:26article
- 52:27every
- 52:28night.
- 52:28He
- 52:28goes
- 52:28to
- 52:29bed,
- 52:29he
- 52:29said,
- 52:31everything
- 52:31you
- 52:31can
- 52:32visualize,
- 52:32I
- 52:32did
- 52:33it.
- 52:34And
- 52:35by
- 52:35the
- 52:35way,
- 52:35when
- 52:36I
- 52:36interviewed
- 52:36this
- 52:36guy,
- 52:37the
- 52:37emotion
- 52:38that
- 52:38came
- 52:38out
- 52:38of
- 52:38him
- 52:39was
- 52:39almost
- 52:39like,
- 52:40you
- 52:40know,
- 52:40I
- 52:41somehow
- 52:41transported
- 52:42him
- 52:42back
- 52:42to
- 52:431998.
- 52:44It's
- 52:44all
- 52:45extremely
- 52:46vivid
- 52:46for
- 52:46this
- 52:46guy.
- 52:48Brian
- 52:48Stemmel
- 52:49gets
- 52:49to
- 52:49the
- 52:49downhill
- 52:50race
- 52:51a
- 52:51third
- 52:52of
- 52:52the
- 52:52way
- 52:52there.
- 52:53He's.
- 52:53He's
- 52:53in
- 52:53gold
- 52:54medal
- 52:54position
- 52:562/3
- 52:57of
- 52:57the
- 52:57way
- 52:57there.
- 52:57He's
- 52:57in
- 52:58gold
- 52:58medal
- 52:58position
- 52:5980%
- 53:00of
- 53:00the
- 53:00way
- 53:01there.
- 53:01He's
- 53:01in
- 53:01gold
- 53:01medal
- 53:02position.
- 53:02He's
- 53:03basically
- 53:03got,
- 53:04you
- 53:04know,
- 53:04a
- 53:05gate
- 53:06and
- 53:06some
- 53:06left,
- 53:07and,
- 53:08you
- 53:08know,
- 53:08his,
- 53:09his
- 53:09skis
- 53:10begin
- 53:10to
- 53:10come
- 53:11out
- 53:11from
- 53:11underneath
- 53:11him.
- 53:12He
- 53:12misses
- 53:12a
- 53:12gate.
- 53:13By
- 53:14the
- 53:14time
- 53:14he
- 53:14writes
- 53:15himself,
- 53:15he's
- 53:15off
- 53:15the
- 53:16course.
- 53:16We
- 53:16saw
- 53:16that
- 53:17in
- 53:17Milan,
- 53:17Cortina,
- 53:18with
- 53:18one
- 53:18of
- 53:18the
- 53:18metal
- 53:19favorites
- 53:19who
- 53:20was
- 53:20so
- 53:20angry
- 53:21he
- 53:21went
- 53:21off
- 53:21to
- 53:21the
- 53:21woods.
- 53:22But
- 53:22Brian
- 53:23Stemmel
- 53:24is
- 53:25so
- 53:25close
- 53:26to
- 53:26that
- 53:26gold
- 53:26medal,
- 53:28and
- 53:28he
- 53:28never
- 53:28gets
- 53:29there.
- 53:30So
- 53:30he's
- 53:30a
- 53:30four
- 53:31time
- 53:31Olympian
- 53:31who
- 53:32never
- 53:32medaled.
- 53:33And
- 53:33yet
- 53:33I
- 53:33would
- 53:34say,
- 53:35you
- 53:35know,
- 53:35to
- 53:36your
- 53:36point,
- 53:36the
- 53:36resilience
- 53:37of
- 53:37that
- 53:37guy,
- 53:38the
- 53:38perseverance
- 53:39of
- 53:39that
- 53:39guy,
- 53:40the
- 53:40courage
- 53:40of
- 53:41that
- 53:41guy
- 53:41to
- 53:41do
- 53:41what
- 53:42he
- 53:42did
- 53:42after
- 53:43nearly
- 53:44losing
- 53:44his
- 53:44life
- 53:45on
- 53:45a
- 53:45mountain.
- 53:46And
- 53:46he
- 53:46became
- 53:47a
- 53:47very
- 53:47successful
- 53:48broadcaster.
- 53:49You
- 53:49know,
- 53:50he
- 53:50and
- 53:50his
- 53:50and
- 53:50his
- 53:51wife
- 53:51have
- 53:51fathered
- 53:51twin
- 53:52girls.
- 53:53His,
- 53:53his
- 53:54sister
- 53:54calls
- 53:55him
- 53:55the
- 53:55best
- 53:55dad
- 53:55in
- 53:55the
- 53:56world.
- 53:56Brian's
- 53:56had
- 53:57a
- 53:57great
- 53:57life
- 53:58and
- 53:58perspective
- 53:59is
- 53:59everything.
- 54:00He
- 54:00looks
- 54:00back
- 54:00and
- 54:01says,
- 54:01yeah,
- 54:02still
- 54:02bugs
- 54:03the
- 54:03crap
- 54:03out
- 54:03of
- 54:03me
- 54:03that
- 54:04I
- 54:04didn't
- 54:04have
- 54:04that
- 54:04medal,
- 54:05but
- 54:05I'm
- 54:05pretty
- 54:05lucky.
- 54:06I'm
- 54:06pretty
- 54:07lucky.
- 54:07And
- 54:08so,
- 54:09you
- 54:09know,
- 54:10again,
- 54:11you
- 54:12look
- 54:12back
- 54:12and
- 54:12you
- 54:13say
- 54:14there's
- 54:14some
- 54:14pretty
- 54:15amazing
- 54:15things
- 54:15that
- 54:16that
- 54:16guy
- 54:16did
- 54:16that,
- 54:17you
- 54:17know,
- 54:18we
- 54:18might
- 54:18not
- 54:18have
- 54:18known
- 54:19about
- 54:19if
- 54:19we
- 54:19just
- 54:20fixated
- 54:20on
- 54:21first,
- 54:21second,
- 54:21and
- 54:22third
- 54:22place.
- 54:24Well,
- 54:24your
- 54:24book,
- 54:25Hero
- 54:26Redefined
- 54:27Profiles
- 54:28of
- 54:29Olympic
- 54:29Athletes
- 54:31under
- 54:31the
- 54:31Radar,
- 54:32talks
- 54:33about
- 54:34several
- 54:36athletes
- 54:36who
- 54:37we
- 54:37might
- 54:38not
- 54:39remember,
- 54:39might
- 54:40not
- 54:40have
- 54:40ever
- 54:41heard
- 54:41of,
- 54:41but
- 54:42their
- 54:42stories
- 54:43are
- 54:44certainly
- 54:44worth
- 54:45telling
- 54:45and
- 54:45you
- 54:46did
- 54:46a
- 54:46great
- 54:46job
- 54:47of
- 54:48doing
- 54:48so.
- 54:48Doug,
- 54:49where
- 54:49can
- 54:49everybody
- 54:50get
- 54:50a
- 54:50copy
- 54:51of
- 54:51your
- 54:51book?
- 54:53Well,
- 54:53if
- 54:54you
- 54:54Google
- 54:54Hero
- 54:55Redefined
- 54:55Amazon
- 54:56or
- 54:56Barnes
- 54:57and
- 54:57Noble
- 54:58or
- 54:58Google
- 54:58Goodreads
- 54:59or
- 54:59bookshop.org,
- 55:00those
- 55:00are
- 55:00ones
- 55:01that
- 55:01work
- 55:01with
- 55:01the
- 55:01independent
- 55:02bookstores,
- 55:02you'll
- 55:02find
- 55:03it
- 55:03pretty
- 55:03easily.
- 55:04I
- 55:04also
- 55:04have
- 55:05a
- 55:05website,
- 55:05it's
- 55:05called
- 55:06Author
- 55:06doug
- 55:07levy,
- 55:08all
- 55:08one
- 55:08word
- 55:08authordoug
- 55:09levy.com
- 55:10where
- 55:10you
- 55:10can
- 55:11see
- 55:12everything
- 55:12about
- 55:12me
- 55:13and
- 55:13the
- 55:13book
- 55:13and
- 55:14I
- 55:14have
- 55:14blogs
- 55:14that
- 55:15I
- 55:15write
- 55:15and
- 55:17so
- 55:17people
- 55:17can
- 55:17get
- 55:18a
- 55:18book
- 55:18by
- 55:18going
- 55:18on
- 55:19my
- 55:19website
- 55:19as
- 55:20well.
- 55:21And
- 55:22it
- 55:22should
- 55:22be,
- 55:22you
- 55:22know,
- 55:23if
- 55:23you
- 55:23ask
- 55:23for
- 55:23it
- 55:23in
- 55:23your
- 55:23local
- 55:24bookstore,
- 55:24you
- 55:24can
- 55:24get
- 55:25it
- 55:25that
- 55:25way
- 55:25too.
- 55:26And
- 55:26I'd
- 55:27love
- 55:27people
- 55:27to
- 55:28take
- 55:28a
- 55:28read.
- 55:29I,
- 55:29I
- 55:29enjoyed
- 55:30doing
- 55:30it
- 55:30and
- 55:31fell
- 55:31in
- 55:31love
- 55:31with
- 55:31all
- 55:32these
- 55:32athletes.
- 55:33Awesome.
- 55:34It's,
- 55:34it's,
- 55:34it
- 55:35really
- 55:35is
- 55:36a
- 55:36terrific
- 55:37book
- 55:37and,
- 55:38and
- 55:38I'm
- 55:38glad
- 55:39we
- 55:39connected.
- 55:40Lastly,
- 55:40tell
- 55:40me
- 55:40about
- 55:41your
- 55:41podcast.
- 55:43Well,
- 55:44in,
- 55:44in,
- 55:45in
- 55:45promoting
- 55:46my
- 55:46book
- 55:46and,
- 55:47and
- 55:47marketing
- 55:47it,
- 55:48one
- 55:48of
- 55:48the
- 55:48things
- 55:48I
- 55:48was
- 55:49told
- 55:49was,
- 55:49hey,
- 55:49go
- 55:50do
- 55:50podcasts.
- 55:51And
- 55:51I've
- 55:52gotten
- 55:52the
- 55:52honor
- 55:52of
- 55:52doing
- 55:53several
- 55:53and
- 55:53I,
- 55:54I've
- 55:54loved
- 55:54doing
- 55:55this
- 55:55one,
- 55:57frankly.
- 55:58In
- 55:58finding
- 55:58out
- 55:59about
- 55:59your
- 55:59podcast,
- 56:00Warren,
- 56:01I
- 56:01came
- 56:01upon
- 56:02the
- 56:02Sports
- 56:02History
- 56:03Network
- 56:03that
- 56:04oversees
- 56:05a
- 56:05cluster
- 56:05of
- 56:05podcasts,
- 56:06and,
- 56:07and
- 56:07the
- 56:07guy
- 56:07who
- 56:08coordinates
- 56:09all
- 56:09the
- 56:09work
- 56:09of
- 56:10the
- 56:10Sports
- 56:10History
- 56:10Network,
- 56:11Arnie
- 56:11Chapman,
- 56:12said
- 56:12to
- 56:12me
- 56:12one
- 56:13day,
- 56:13hey,
- 56:13have
- 56:14you
- 56:14thought
- 56:14about
- 56:14doing
- 56:15a
- 56:15podcast
- 56:15and
- 56:16maybe
- 56:16modeling
- 56:17it
- 56:17on
- 56:17your
- 56:17book?
- 56:18I
- 56:18never
- 56:19had.
- 56:19And
- 56:19I've
- 56:20learned
- 56:20so
- 56:20much
- 56:20about
- 56:21the
- 56:21world
- 56:21of
- 56:21podcasting
- 56:22and,
- 56:23and
- 56:23I
- 56:23do
- 56:23now
- 56:24do
- 56:24one
- 56:24called
- 56:24under
- 56:25the
- 56:25Radar
- 56:25Olympic
- 56:26Athletes
- 56:26you
- 56:26Gotta
- 56:27Meet.
- 56:27And
- 56:27it's
- 56:28kind
- 56:28of
- 56:28a,
- 56:29you
- 56:29know,
- 56:29similar
- 56:30to
- 56:30the
- 56:30book
- 56:30where
- 56:30I
- 56:31try
- 56:31and
- 56:31interview
- 56:32these
- 56:32athletes
- 56:33who
- 56:33might
- 56:34not
- 56:34be
- 56:34the
- 56:34headliners
- 56:35but
- 56:35are
- 56:35pretty
- 56:36darn
- 56:36interesting
- 56:37and
- 56:37worth
- 56:37getting
- 56:37to
- 56:38know.
- 56:38Wow.
- 56:39Awesome.
- 56:39Well,
- 56:40it's
- 56:40really
- 56:40good
- 56:41stuff,
- 56:41Doug.
- 56:42Thank
- 56:42you
- 56:42for
- 56:43joining
- 56:43me
- 56:43on
- 56:43Sports
- 56:44Forgotten
- 56:44Heroes.
- 56:45I
- 56:45encourage
- 56:46everyone
- 56:46to
- 56:47get
- 56:47a
- 56:47copy
- 56:48of
- 56:48Hero
- 56:48Redefined
- 56:49and
- 56:50to
- 56:50also
- 56:50listen
- 56:51to
- 56:51Doug's
- 56:52podcast.
- 56:53And
- 56:53Doug,
- 56:54anytime
- 56:54you
- 56:55want
- 56:55to
- 56:55come
- 56:55back
- 56:55just
- 56:55a
- 56:56week.
- 56:56Thanks
- 56:57so
- 56:57much,
- 56:57Warren.
- 56:58It's
- 56:58been
- 56:58a
- 56:58pleasure.
- 56:59There
- 57:00are
- 57:00so
- 57:00many
- 57:00Olympians
- 57:01with
- 57:02stories
- 57:02of
- 57:02heroism
- 57:03and,
- 57:03of
- 57:03course,
- 57:03disappointment.
- 57:05The
- 57:05list
- 57:06is
- 57:06huge
- 57:07and
- 57:07Doug
- 57:08is
- 57:08a
- 57:08terrific
- 57:09resource
- 57:09when
- 57:10it
- 57:10comes
- 57:10to
- 57:11to
- 57:11learning
- 57:12who
- 57:12these
- 57:12unique
- 57:13individuals
- 57:14are
- 57:15and
- 57:15what
- 57:16drives
- 57:16them.
- 57:17Give
- 57:17Doug's
- 57:18podcast
- 57:18Under
- 57:19the
- 57:19Radar
- 57:19Olympic
- 57:20Athletes
- 57:20yous
- 57:20Gotta
- 57:21Meet
- 57:21a
- 57:21listen
- 57:22and
- 57:22check
- 57:23out
- 57:23his
- 57:23book,
- 57:23Hero
- 57:24Redefined
- 57:24Profiles
- 57:25of
- 57:26Olympic
- 57:26Athletes
- 57:27under
- 57:27the
- 57:27Radar.
- 57:28Thanks
- 57:29again
- 57:29to
- 57:29Doug
- 57:30for
- 57:30joining
- 57:30on
- 57:30today's
- 57:31episode,
- 57:32and
- 57:32thanks
- 57:32to
- 57:32all
- 57:33of
- 57:33you
- 57:33for
- 57:33tuning
- 57:33in.
- 57:34And
- 57:34I'll
- 57:34see
- 57:34you
- 57:35next
- 57:35time
- 57:35on
- 57:35Sports
- 57:36Forgotten
- 57:37Heels.