The Best Olympic Stories You Might Have Missed
The Lead
Wondery
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🗓️ 6 August 2021
⏱️ 27 minutes
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You probably know that Simone Biles withdrew from several gymnastics events at the Olympics last week and then returned this week to win a bronze medal in the balance beam. But did you know that a statue of a sumo wrestler has been terrifying horses at equestrian events? Today on the show, we recap some of the most unforgettable stories of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics -- from Italian announcers absolutely losing it while calling the men's 100-meter finals to a teenage skateboarder accidentally bowling over a cameraman to NBA legend Bill Walton making a perplexing appearance on NBC's Tokyo Tonight. And, you know, some incredible athletic achievements.
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| 0:46.0 | Can we get that vaguely Olympic sounding music going? |
| 0:59.0 | Perfect. Over the last two weeks, the Olympics have delivered as they always do some absolutely unforgettable moments. |
| 1:07.0 | And then it's that time, Simone Biles competing again at the Olympics. |
| 1:13.0 | She's got to find out her hands with the defending Olympic champion. It's all Jamaica. One, two, three. |
| 1:19.0 | By the way, how do the horses get to tell you what Air and Lion was? |
| 1:22.0 | They flat a horse on inference and the athletes on Southwest? |
| 1:26.0 | Today, as the games get set to wrap up, some of the best stories that you might have missed. |
| 1:33.0 | From Wondry and the Athletic, I'm Tiffany Oshinsky. |
| 1:36.0 | And I'm Anders Keltso. It's Friday, August 6th, and this is The Lead. |
| 1:44.0 | So Tiff, it's time for another Wild and Wonderful Olympic roundup, which means we are once again bringing in our in-house ringer, |
| 1:52.0 | the man who has covered eight Olympics in person, senior producer Matt Straup. Hey, Matt. |
| 1:58.0 | Matt, honestly, I thought out of all of us, you kind of won the gold for commentary in our last episode. |
| 2:04.0 | So I think it would have been poor, like a poor showing for us if we didn't bring you back for this one final roundup. |
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