GOLD, SILVER, BRONDS.

They're medals, but every two years they become something else.

They become medals.

The medals awarded to the winners of the Olympic Games, the greatest athletic competition

in human history.

When it was first founded in ancient Greece, athletes from across the Athenian countryside

gathered to compete for the glory of Zeus.

Centuries later, Zeus is gone, but the tradition continues.

Today, thousands of athletes from nations all over the globe compete in hundreds of

events as billions of fans watch from home.

For these athletes, years of hard work, dedication, and sacrifice have led to one moment, where

they will experience the triumph of victory or the despair of defeat.

We never know quite what the games have in store, but two things are always for sure.

History will be made, and the world, even in uncertain times such as these, will come

together.

Yes, those are the Olympic Games.

And then, there's why we're here today, the DOLIMPICS.

Hello, my name is Joe Saunders, and I will be your host for tonight's coverage of the

opening ceremony of the 2016 DOLIMPICS Susser Games.

I can only assume I was the fourth or fifth person asked to do this, and just the only one

who said yes.

I'm here now with the host of the DOLIMPICS Podcast, Nick Weiger and Mike Mitchell, and

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