The Best In The World: 2x Olympic Medalist April Ross On Her Pursuit Of Gold In Tokyo

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🗓️ 28 July 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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April Ross is a two time Olympic beach volleyball medalist; she won a silver medal in London and a bronze medal in Rio. Now, she is making her third debut in the Tokyo 2021 Olympics! April has been a volleyball phenomenon her entire life: Gatorade Player of the Year out of high school, All- American, back to back national champion at USC, and now making history as one of the best female beach volleyball players ever! April discusses what her journey has been like preparing for the games, the philosophies she lives by, her mental health, the body-image pressures surrounding beach volleyball, and so much more!

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0:34.1	I think everyone inherently knows based on where they are in time what they need to do to be
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0:44.2	anyone to tell you what you need to do to be your best and maximize your potential. I think
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1:12.4	health and body image advocate. Every Wednesday, I'll be bringing you awesome guests, weekly
1:17.5	inspiration and the realest conversations around everything and anything. Now let's get real.
1:29.1	Welcome back to RealPod. Everybody, hope you are excited because today we are being joined
1:35.9	by an Olympian. We have an Olympian in our midst today. The incredible April Ross is here to talk
1:43.4	about her pursuit of gold in Tokyo. Now I love April. She is just the freaking coolest human being.
1:51.1	I love it for many reasons. Here we go. She's an alum of USC, so fellow Trojan,
1:55.3	a fight on baby. She won two national championships on the indoor women's volleyball team.
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