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No Chill: How "Tropical" Athletes Pursue the Winter Olympics
Season 1 · Episode 8

No Chill: How "Tropical" Athletes Pursue the Winter Olympics

The Podium · NBC Olympics, Zora Stephenson

January 8, 201817m 55s

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Show Notes

No snow, no problem: more than 25 nations competing in the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang are considered tropical countries. In Episode 1, Tim Struby set out to examine why a generation of "tropical" athletes decided to focus on the Winter Olympics, delve into the influence of the movie "Cool Runnnings," and learn about some of the challenges that "tropical" Olympians face along their journey to PyeongChang.


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