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Hang Up and Listen - Olympics Extra: The Don’t Swim Like a Terrestrial Mammal Edition

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🗓️ 11 August 2016

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Josh Levin speaks with swim coach Terry Laughlin about what makes Katie Ledecky so fast in the water.  Plus, David Epstein of ProPublica talks about how 43-year-old gold-medal-winning cyclist Kristin Armstrong defies the sports age curve.

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0:10.8

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0:27.4

Hi, this is Josh Levine. I'm Slate's sports editor and host of Slate's sports podcast Hang Up and Listen.

0:33.9

It's August 11th, 2016. And this is your Hang Up and Listen, Olympics Extra.

0:43.0

On Wednesday in Rio, the U.S. women's field hockey team beat Japan 6 to 1 to advance to the Olympic quarterfinals. The Americans who placed 12th in London and 8th in Beijing will play an opponent

0:49.6

to be determined on Monday. And also, I'd like to mention that the team's headquarters in Lancaster, PA,

0:56.0

are touted as the nation's largest indoor sports complex, and also they are located on

1:01.8

spooky nook road. The U.S. men were eliminated from metal contention in the inaugural rugby

1:08.4

sevens competition, though New England Patriot safety, Nate Ebiner, who's

1:12.5

on a break from NFL training camp, did score a try in the Americans' 26-0 win over hosts Brazil,

1:20.5

a New England Patriot we can all get behind.

1:23.2

And Kazakhstan, which has 45 all-time medals in shooting, 40 in judo and 35 in wrestling, suggesting

1:30.5

that if you meet a random Kazakh in the Olympic village, you should smile extremely politely.

1:36.3

Won its first ever Olympic medal in swimming as Dimitri Balindine won gold in the men's

1:42.1

200-meter breaststroke. Here's what he heard as he stood proudly on the podium.

1:55.9

What he did not hear was the fake national anthem of Kazakhstan from the movie Borat, which officials in

2:02.3

Kuwait mistakenly played to celebrate a Kazakh athlete's victory in naturally a shooting competition

2:08.9

in 2012.

2:12.4

Kazakhstan, greatest country in the world,

2:21.7

all other countries are not my liquor girls,

2:26.4

Kazakhstan number one is water of the Dutchie young. Also at the Maria Link Aquatic Center on Wednesday night,

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