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Hang Up and Listen - Olympics Extra: The Stars of Field Edition

Hang Up and Listen

Joel Meyer

Sports, News, Sports News

4.6986 Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2016

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Josh Levin speaks with long-time TV commentator and high-jump champion Dwight Stones about what’s wrong with NBC’s track-and-field coverage. Plus, David Epstein of ProPublica debunks the myth that Usain Bolt wins races because he decelerates slowly.


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0:00.0

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0:28.0

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

0:35.3

It's August 19th, 2016, and this is your Hang Up and Listen, Olympics Extra.

0:41.3

On Thursday in Rio, Argentina beat Belgium four to two to win its first gold in men's field hockey. Here is how that victory was written up in the English

0:47.3

language, Buenos Aires Herald. Field hockey will no longer be considered a female sport.

0:56.9

Men also play hockey and win.

1:03.9

The U.S. women's basketball team beat France 8667, despite playing without point guard,

1:04.8

Sue Byrd.

1:09.7

It was the 48th straight win at the Olympics for the five-time defending gold medalists.

1:10.8

They're going to make it 49 when they play Spain and the gold medal game on Saturday. They already beat the Spaniards by 40

1:16.6

points 10363 in pool play. Helen Maroulis became the first American woman to win a gold medal

1:23.3

in wrestling, beating three-time defending Olympic champ Saori Yoshida of Japan to take first in the 53

1:30.6

kilogram weight class. Marula said she had to give up chocolate and salad dressing to get down to 53 kilograms.

1:37.0

The reporters in Rio fell down on the job by failing to ask her what kind of salad dressing she gave up.

1:42.8

I'm going to guess blue cheese.

1:44.7

Better news for Japan is that a pair of women, Misaki Matsutomo and Dayaka, Takahashi,

1:51.7

became the first non-Chinese pair since 1992 to win gold in badminton doubles.

1:57.4

Matsutomo and Takahashi were down 1916 in the decisive first to 21 third game before winning the last five points in a row.

2:07.1

Let's listen to the last point.

2:08.5

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