TORCH TALK DAY 7: RYAN CROUSER BRINGS THE BIG THROWS FOR ANOTHER GOLD; ANDRE DE GRASSE GETS HIS, TEAM USA RELAY WOES CONTINUE, COURTNEY FRERICHS HAS GUTS
The CITIUS MAG Podcast | A Running + Track and Field Show
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4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 5 August 2021
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
BIG THROWS ENERGY FOR THE BIG THROWS GUYS. Chris, Kyle and Dana unpack the biggest action from the Tokyo Olympics highlighted by Ryan Crouser's mega day where he unleashed six throws that either tied or broke the shot put Olympic record and repeated as Olympic champion. Andre De Grasse finally gets the gold medal that Puma shelled out millions for. The United States' men's 4x100-meter relay team faltered again. Courtney Frerichs went for it and put together the Gutsiest Performance of the Day for a silver in the women's steeplechase.
Also discussed in this episode:
– The semifinals of the women's 1,500 meters were drama-filled and fast
– The men's 800 meter final kind of felt ehhh
– Hansle Parchment's longevity is super impressive in the men's 110m hurdles
– The men's hammer throw isn't as fun when Rudy Winkler isn't winning
– How Chris feels as a member of Team Throwvacs after adding another silver in the men's shot put to Joe Kovacs' career resume
+ Much More
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Torch Talk with Chris Kyle and Dana on the City of Smag podcast |
| 0:09.0 | presented by Hayward Magic. |
| 0:11.9 | Hayward Magic is a new, unique and fresh editorial channel on Instagram that captures the magic |
| 0:17.6 | and intensity of track and field. |
| 0:19.9 | Their mantra is hashtag make it to Hayward because Hayward is not just a place but a state |
| 0:25.1 | of mind. |
| 0:26.1 | It's where guts meet Smagic. |
| 0:28.8 | I've been a fan of the accounts since I started a few months ago. |
| 0:31.6 | You may have seen them on Instagram stories with some of their motivational posters and |
| 0:34.9 | sayings. |
| 0:35.9 | One of my personal favorite things that they do are these newspaper headlines when |
| 0:39.1 | records are broken. |
| 0:40.6 | So look out for those during the games because I'm sure we're going to see world records |
| 0:44.8 | and American records dropping month and right. |
| 0:47.4 | Recently, they've released a few awesome stop motion and claimations shorts that they've |
| 0:51.4 | put together. |
| 0:52.8 | Those take so much work and time so to see it happening for our sport and our stars |
| 0:56.9 | is particularly cool. |
| 0:59.0 | We've seen the comments, who's behind this account? |
| 1:02.0 | What's happening? |
| 1:03.0 | What are they selling? |
| 1:04.0 | They're actually not selling anything. |
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