Olympians Go For Gold — Without Fans

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.5 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The upcoming Tokyo Olympics will be one of the few Games ever to take place during a global pandemic. That means zero fans in the host city, no family or friends allowed and a ban on cheering. What effect will all of this have on the athletes? CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks to two-time Olympic rower Gevvie Stone about this week’s competition and her difficult decision to postpone medical residency an extra year to train. Dr. Gupta also hears from an athlete whose Olympic dreams were crushed by a positive Covid-19 test. And sports psychologists Catherine Sabiston and Kanyali Ilako reflect on how the lack of fans and added Covid stresses could impact athletes’ performances. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	I was in my room watching Jevy race screaming at the laptop.
0:06.2	Go, go, legs.
0:08.2	You know, just as if I were watching.
0:11.0	Given the COVID restrictions at the Tokyo Olympics,
0:13.8	Lisa Stone has to cheer for her daughter, Jevy,
0:16.8	from 6,000 miles away in Boston.
0:20.2	I was really looking forward to it.
0:21.7	We had air tickets, hotel, and growing is in the morning.
0:25.2	And we had our afternoon full.
0:26.7	And it was going to be just a blast.
0:28.7	And it was really disheartening to have
0:31.6	a canceled prospectator.
0:33.3	You know, I'm going to miss it.
0:34.3	People keep on, are you going to pan?
0:35.6	I'm like, no one's going to pan.
0:38.7	Just the athletes and the coaches.
0:41.2	Under the current regulations, zero foreign fans
0:44.8	will be allowed into the games.
0:46.4	That includes the athletes, friends, and family.
0:49.3	And in the host city of Tokyo, at least,
0:51.4	no local fans will be allowed either.
0:54.3	That's because of the threat posed by the spreading Delta
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from CNN, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of CNN and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.