Alexis Ohanian Explains Why He's Investing In And Elevating Women's Track And Launching Athlos NYC | LIVE FROM PARIS
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🗓️ 13 August 2024
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
While in Paris, we had the chance to chat with Alexis Ohanian about his latest venture, ATHLOS NYC – a women’s track event aiming to inspire the next generation of athletes.
The Reddit co-founder discusses the motivations behind his investment in the sport, drawing parallels with his successful foray into women’s soccer with Angel City FC.
Ohanian emphasizes the potential of track and field to captivate audiences beyond the Olympic Games. The meet has already attracted an impressive roster of athletes competing including world record-holder Faith Kipyegon and Olympic medalist Gabby Thomas.
The event promises to be more than just a typical track meet. In addition to featuring top-tier competition and substantial prize money, there will also be a musical performance by Grammy-winning artist Megan Thee Stallion.
Watch and hear more as Ohanian shares his vision for making track and field a mainstay in the cultural psyche and his commitment to elevating the sport through innovative fan experiences and high-profile engagements.
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| 0:00.0 | All right, we are here in Paris. |
| 0:10.0 | A long door. |
| 0:10.0 | We're here in Paris. |
| 0:13.0 | Bonjour. Chris Chavis, Alexis O'Lani in here. |
| 0:17.0 | The head founder of the 776 was on the head on top of that now just entering the track space |
| 0:26.7 | but an Iflows NYC super exciting the announcement was made months ago but |
| 0:31.6 | now we're trying to get the athletes trickling in and the |
| 0:35.7 | headline performer was announced, a big historian. We're looking at September 26th. |
| 0:41.2 | That's right. As an excellent night of track in New York City. Lexis, I mean you've |
| 0:48.0 | gone all in on this. First question, why? Why travel? Oh, why travel? Why travel? |
| 0:53.0 | Oh, why me? |
| 0:54.0 | I know. |
| 0:55.0 | I saw something last year that reminded me a lot of what I saw in March of 2019 |
| 1:01.0 | when I had that |
| 1:02.0 | and a prophetic tweet storm about how undervalue March of 2019 when I had that |
| 1:06.4 | Profhetic Tweed Storm about how undervalued women sports was and ticking in soccer. |
| 1:07.4 | The World Cup is coming. |
| 1:09.4 | The American women, even among non-women soccer crowds, you know know is being best in the world. |
| 1:15.0 | I knew I could market greatness and I was shocked that a team in the restaurant |
| 1:20.0 | in soccer league had just sold like three and a half million dollars. |
| 1:23.3 | To me that was upside, that was opportunity. |
| 1:25.9 | Obviously a franchise, the end of yourself, |
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