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Episode 262: Book Club Claire on "Snowball's Chance"

Podcast |: Keep the Flame Alive
Publisher |: Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown
Media Type |: audio
Podknife tags |: Olympics,; Sports & Recreation
Categories Via RSS |: News,; Sports,; Sports News
Publication Date |: Nov 18, 2022
Episode Duration |: 01:00:10

Book Club Claire is back for our last Book Club meeting for 2022, and we're discussing Snowball's Chance: The Story of the 1960 Olympic Winter Games Squaw Valley & Lake Tahoe by David C. Antonucci. Know nothing about the 1960 Winter Olympics? Neither did we until we read this book, and it's got all sorts of fun details that are surprisingly relevant to other parts of this episode. Plus, Walt Disney was involved with the ceremonial aspect of these Games, which definitely peaked our interests.

In other big news, Paris 2024 announced its mascots: The Phyrges! We've got the story behind these two symbols and our thoughts on how they'll be as mascots.

We also have another chapter in our Modern Pentathlonovela and the Kamila Valieva doping situation.

In our Albertville moment, Alison shares the story of the temporary stadium that housed the ceremonies - and what happened to it after the Games.

Checking in with our Team Keep the Flame Alive, we have competition results and news from:

Shooter Tim Sherry
Beach volleyball player Kelly Cheng
Table tennis player Melissa Tapper
Handball player Sarah Gascon
Speed skater Erin Jackson (that link goes to her Hear Her Sports interview where she talks about the differences between inline and speed skating)
Figure skater Nate Bartholomay
Retired luger Shiva Keshavan
Marketing consultant Terrence Burns

We also have some news from Milan-Cortina 2026 on the speed skating venue -- which includes another flashback to Winter 1960.

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