How a 'Mediocre Athlete' Became the Head of the U.S. Olympic Committee

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🗓️ 4 December 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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CEO of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee Sarah Hirshland talks L.A. plans, flag football, doping scandals, Russia, and more with At Barron's. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Ad Barons.
0:36.8	I'm Andy Serwer and welcome to our guest Sarah
0:39.0	Herschland who is the CEO of the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee. Sarah, welcome,
0:44.0	nice to see you. Thank you so much for having me. It's great to be with you.
0:47.2	So first of all, can you explain the structure a little bit of how the Olympics in the United
0:51.6	States works? Absolutely. Obviously we're one of 205 countries around the world.
0:56.0	Our responsibility in our organization is to field the United States team in these global competitions
1:02.0	that we know as the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
1:05.0	Different from actually hosting the Games, which in Los Angeles in 2028, we will do again.
1:11.6	Last time we hosted the Games here was 2002.
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