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Life-Changing Pressure with Jessie Diggins
Season 1 · Episode 16

Life-Changing Pressure with Jessie Diggins

Good Game with Sarah Spain

August 6, 202440m 22s

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Show Notes

Sarah gets perspective on Olympic pressure from someone who knows it well but isn’t currently enduring it, American cross-country skier and Winter Games gold medalist Jessie Diggins. Diggins talks watching versus competing, the post-Olympic letdown, and how society reacts to athlete emotions. Plus, a USWNT v. Germany soccer preview, the results of our Chicago-style vote on listener names, and we hear your favorite Olympic memories!

  • Check out Jordan Chiles’ reaction to earning the bronze medal in the gymnastics floor competition here!

    • And watch her 90’s-inspired floor routine at the 2023 NCAA semifinals here!

  • Learn more about Kimia Yousofi’s message to the Taliban here!

  • Learn more about The Emily Program here!

  • Check out Jessie Diggins’s book “Brave Enough” here!

  • Check your US voter registration status here!

  • A few Olympic events to watch today (Tuesday, August 6)

    • 4:00am ET: Equestrian Jumping Individual final

    • 8:43am ET: Sailing Dinghy medal race

    • 9:00am ET: Diving 10m Platform final

    • 11:30am ET: Skateboarding Park final

    • 12:15pm ET: Wrestling 68kg Freestyle final

    • 1:57pm ET: Track & Field Hammer Throw final

    • 3:14pm ET: Track & Field 3000m Steeplechase final

    • 3:30pm ET: Boxing Lightweight final

    • 3:40pm ET: Track & Field 200m final

    • 4:00pm ET: Beach Volleyball – Hughes/Cheng vs. Switzerland (quarterfinal)

  • Follow Sarah on social! X: @SarahSpain Instagram: @Spain2323

  • Follow producer Misha Jones! X: @mishthejrnalist Instagram: @mishthejrnalist TikTok: @mishthejrnalist

  • Follow producer Alex Azzi! X: @ByAlexAzzi

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