Introducing, "The Sports Moment"
Post Reports
The Washington Post
4.4 • 5.1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 July 2024
⏱️ 2 minutes
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Summary
Ava Wallace, sports reporter at The Washington Post, is in France to report on the Summer Games — and eat a lot of croissants. Join her starting July 24, continuing through the entire run of the games, for several episodes a week as she captures the highs, the lows and the Paris of it all, along with other Post colleagues.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, we'll be talking through the latest campaign news later today on the show, but right now I'm here with a quick reminder. |
| 0:08.0 | The Olympics are starting this week. The opening ceremony is on Friday in Paris and the Washington Post has a new way for |
| 0:16.4 | you to stay on top of these summer games. Tomorrow we're launching a new podcast called |
| 0:22.3 | The Sports Moment. One of my brilliant |
| 0:24.9 | colleagues on the sports desk will be your host. So I'm going to play the |
| 0:28.8 | trailer for you right now and make that introduction and please look up the sports moment, follow it and listen. This is going to be a fun |
| 0:37.4 | one. |
| 0:38.4 | There is nothing else like the Olympics. |
| 0:42.8 | A competition that brings together such a diverse coalition of athletes that have all dedicated |
| 0:49.9 | their lives to one thing, the pursuit of gold. |
| 0:53.6 | But what you see on TV doesn't even cover the half of it. |
| 0:58.4 | My name's Ava Wallace. |
| 0:59.6 | I'm a sports reporter for the Washington Post |
| 1:01.6 | and I'm here to be your ticket to the Paris Games. |
| 1:04.0 | I'll be covering the 2024 Olympics with a deep roster of my talented colleagues and we're |
| 1:08.4 | going to bring you all the drama. The personal triumphs, the crushing defeats, the new world records the sleep deprivation the croissants |
| 1:18.6 | I'll be your guide to all things Olympics with a sports moment newsletter look for the link in the show notes. |
| 1:24.0 | I'll also be in your ears with the sports moment podcast. |
| 1:27.0 | We'll be publishing new episodes starting July 24th |
| 1:30.0 | and we'll run through the end of the game, so don't miss an episode. |
| 1:33.0 | Follow the sports moment right now and I'll see you in Paris. |
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