Best of 2021 - #6: The 101-Year-Old Who Made Judo An Olympic Sport
The Lead
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3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2021
⏱️ 23 minutes
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To close out 2021, we're replaying our 10 best episodes of the year. At #6 we have 'The 101-Year-Old American Who Made Judo An Olympic Sport.' The Athletic's Daniel Brown joined us to discuss the incredible life of an American sports icon.
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| 0:07.0 | Hi there, Wondry listeners. Hannah and Sruti here from TrueCram Podcast Redhanded. |
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| 0:16.0 | and Wondry's best podcasts of the year as chosen by their listeners, which is you. |
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| 0:31.0 | It's a weekly show where we deep dive into the most talked about cases like the Delphi murders |
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| 0:48.0 | Remember the Olympics this past summer? All the drama around Simone Biles, Caleb Dressel's, |
| 0:53.0 | historic performance and the many many other athletes with incredible stories. |
| 0:57.0 | Remember the protests in Japan around the games happening at all? |
| 1:00.0 | Well, in the midst of that avalanche of attention and emotion, there was a very small story that we really loved. |
| 1:08.0 | And it's number six in our countdown of the 10 best episodes of the lead this year. |
| 1:13.0 | It's about an incredible man in a very obscure sport, a sport that you are about to know a lot more about. |
| 1:19.0 | Alright, here's the story which first aired back in August. |
| 1:23.0 | Oh, look at that! |
| 1:29.0 | That's what he has today. |
| 1:31.0 | What a technique that was! |
| 1:34.0 | What a know-it-che-gary that was! |
| 1:37.0 | That was a blind up! |
| 1:42.0 | One of the most intriguing sports at this year's Olympics has been judo, |
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