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Shattered Dreams: Paralympic & Olympic Hopefuls In The Time Of COVID

Sickboy

CBC

Society & Culture

4.8524 Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2020

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Melissa Humana-Paredes and Alex Hyndman both had dreams of representing their country while competing in their career sport! Melissa, a beach volleyball badass and Alex, a para-cycling beast! Those dreams were put on hold when Canada became one of the first nations to pull out their athletes from the upcoming 2020 Olympics due to concerns over the pandemic. The rest of the world followed suit and the games have been postponed to 2021. If all goes well. This week we bring to you a doubleheader and speak to the athletes who were affected by this decision and what it means to maintain an Olympic physique during a worldwide lockdown. Thanks to the Canadian Olympic Committee & Canadian Paralympic Committee for giving us a glimpse into the lives of some of Canadas most impressive humans!

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It's becoming pretty clear that U.S. President Donald Trump is ripping up the political

0:05.3

playbook.

0:05.8

And when it comes to what it all means for Canada, well, as they say, it's complicated.

0:09.8

But our podcast, two blocks from the White House, is a way to make sense of it all.

0:13.8

Join me, Willie Lowry, and senior Washington correspondents, Paul Hunter and Katie Simpson

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every week as we break down the headlines from Capitol Hill

0:22.1

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0:24.2

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0:30.3

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0:35.6

Hi folks. Jeremy here from the Sick Boy podcast. First of all, let me just say this. Our live show is happening in a couple of days. July 8th, the evening of July 8th. If you don't have your ticket, you can still get them. You can go over to Sickboypodpodcast.com slash shows, or alternatively, you could go to patreon.com slash sickboy and

0:57.6

if you could become a patron you can get into the show for free and all of our digital live

1:01.8

shows for free. I think this is something we're going to continue to do even once the world opens

1:07.1

backup. So go get your tickets. Live show happening Wednesday, July 8th. Can't wait to see you there.

1:12.6

Now, this week, we've got something kind of special. As we all know, COVID has swept through the

1:17.8

planet and effectively has fucked up everything. And the Olympics are one of those things that got

1:24.6

fucked up. The Olympics have been postponed.

1:34.3

And actually, early days, even before the Olympics got postponed, Canada was the first country, one of the first countries, to actually pull their athletes out of the Olympics

1:38.6

as COVID was kind of becoming a big issue.

1:43.6

And this week, we've teamed up with the Canadian Olympic Committee to talk to a

1:49.6

couple of the athletes that have been affected by this decision.

1:53.1

So first, we are coming at you with, it's a double header, folks.

1:57.1

We've got a double header coming at you.

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