Taliyah Brooks - 2024 Olympian on growth in disappointment and leading Bible studies
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4.9 • 684 Ratings
🗓️ 13 December 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Taliyah Brooks is a track and field athlete with Team USA. At the 2024 United States Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Oregon, Brooks finished third in the heptathlon with a career-best 6.408 points and qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
In college at Arkansas, Brooks won the pentathlon at the 2018 NCAA Division 1 championships.
Today on the podcast, we talk to Taliyah Brooks about her trademark red hair, finding an identity in God, how she has grown amidst athletic disappointment, and her favorite Summer Olympics experience.
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