Michael Rasile has conversations with athletes on their stories. From Gold Medal Winners to unfortunate injuries, for the amount of blood, sweat, and tears our athletes put in on a daily basis to be the best in the world, the least we can do is learn more about what they endure. Trials and tribulations, short comings and over coming the odds, these are the stories of Our Athletes from their mouth to your ears. DISCLAIMER: Our Athletes is not endorsed by or affiliated with the United States O ...
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Madisyn Cox, USA Swimming, Olympic Hopeful
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Madisyn Cox joins Michael Rasile to discuss postponing her enrollment to medical school for an extra year to try and compete at the 2021 Olympic Games! https://www.instagram.com/mad_cox/ Our Athletes with Michael Rasile | Hosted by @MichaelRasile1 📺 FOLLOW Michael Rasile: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChrF4fA8uP7B6ImdfaHAe6Q?view_as=subscriber 🎙…
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Chris Mirabelli, USA Track and Field, Javelin Thrower, Olympic Hopeful
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Chris Mirabelli joins Michael Rasile to discuss his chances for the 2021 Olympic Games with the extra year of preparation! https://www.instagram.com/chrismirabelli6/ Our Athletes with Michael Rasile | Hosted by @MichaelRasile1 📺 FOLLOW Michael Rasile: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChrF4fA8uP7B6ImdfaHAe6Q?view_as=subscriber 🎙️ Subscribe here: htt…
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Monica Abbott, USA Softball, Olympic Silver Medalist
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Monica Abbott joins Michael Rasile to talk about how she is dealing with this extra year Waiting For Tokyo! https://www.monicaabbott.com/ https://www.facebook.com/OfficialMonicaAbbott/ https://www.instagram.com/monicaabbott/ https://twitter.com/monicaabbott Our Athletes with Michael Rasile | Hosted by @MichaelRasile1 📺 FOLLOW Michael Rasile: https:…
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Rudy Garcia Tolson, 5x Paralympic Games Medalist, USA Swimming
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Rudy Garcia Tolson joins Michael Rasile on Our Athletes to discuss his disability, what he's been up to the last few years, and why during the COVID-19 Pandemic he decided to shoot for a 5th Paralympic Game! https://www.rudygarciatolson.com/overview https://www.instagram.com/rudygarciatolson/ https://twitter.com/rudygtcaf https://www.facebook.com/r…
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Steven Benedict, Italian National Track and Field Team, Olympic Hopeful
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Steven Benedict joins Michael Rasile on Our Athletes to discuss his time with the US National Team, his switch to the Italian National team, and what it has been like being a professional runner. We also discuss a bit about the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.instagram.com/steviey_b/ https://www.stevieyb.com/ Our Athletes with Michael Rasile | Hoste…
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Lex Gillette, USATF, 4x Paralympic Silver Medalist
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Lex joins the show to tell us about his life in the world of track and field! He lost his vision at 8 years old and had a hard time coping with it from a young age. He was able to find mentors and others who believed in him and his capabilities to the point for bringing him around the country to compete while still in high school. Lex has gone on t…
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Steve Bitter, Athlete Branding Consultant
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Steve joins the show to tell us about his life story and his new service where he helps athletes get better at social media! Coming from the digital marketing world, Steve looks at social media from the brand and sponsor perspective to allow athletes to create better content for their fans as well as their sponsors! Instagram: https://www.instagram…
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David Verburg , USATF, Olympic Gold Medalist
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David joins us to tell us all about his time in the track and field sport! He got his break when he was a bit younger and took total advantage of his situation. He has some great stories on how he "got lucky" and was included in a final run for a Gold Medal. David has a foundation where he helps students adopt turtles and tortoises to learn more ab…
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Lucas Kozeniesky, USA Shooting, 2x Olympian
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Kaito Streets, Japan National Fencing Team, Olympic Hopeful
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Lindsey Napela Berg, USA Volleyball, 3x Olympian, 2x Silver Medalist
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Leslie Maxie, USA Track and Field, Olympian pt. 2
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Leslie Maxie, USA Track and Field, Olympian
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Lisa Delpy Neirotti, George Washington University Professor
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Kate Ziegler, USA Swimming, 2x Olympian
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Kris Freeman, US Ski Team, 4x Olympian
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Sage Donnelly, USA Canoe & Kayak, Olympic Hopeful
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The amazing Sage Donnelly joins the show to talk about her living her life out of a Canoe and a Kayak! Sage has been in in a kayak since was 2 years old and her resume reflects that. She is a multi-time national champion in Freestyle and has been competing internationally for a few years, and considering she is 19, it's been a big portion of her li…
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Hannah Roberts, USA Cycling, BMX Freestyle, Olympic Hopeful
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Hannah Roberts, 18 year old BMX Freestyle phenom, joins the show to talk about how excited she is for the sport she loves to be in the 2020 Olympics! Hannah has been competing in Freestyle for over half her life and is consistently on the podium. Hannah is currently number one overall in the world and barring something unforeseen, will be going to …
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Chris Helwick, USATF, Decathlete, Olympic Hopeful
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Don't call it a comeback! Chris Helwick joins the show to talk about is history within the track and field space. Chris retired in 2012 from his sport, but he was able to find himself and understand what it takes to be a top level athlete. Sometimes they say youth is wasted on the young, and this may be a spot where that quote works the best. Chris…
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Grant Parr, Mental Performance Consultant
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Grant Parr joins the show to tell us what it's like working with some of the best athletes on earth to help improve their mental game! Understanding the things you can do better mentally when you are trying to perform your best can be what helps get you over the top! Follow Grant to learn more! https://www.gamefaceperformance.com/ https://www.insta…
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World Athlete Series: Ruben Gonzalez, 4x Olympic Luger
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Four time Olympic Luger Ruben Gonzalez comes on the show to tell us how he was able to make the Olympic games, and how you can too! Ruben is very humble when it comes to his luge abilities and how he found a sport that is more about tenacity that he could take advantage of. Ruben is the first athlete to make four different Olympic games in four dif…
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This episode we have Olympic Sports Agent Christine Reppa on the show to discuss the new Olympic Guidelines about how athletes can acknowledge their sponsors during the Olympics. This is a huge opportunity for athletes and brands to gain awareness. Check out more about the rule here. Make sure to follow Christine! https://www.instagram.com/reppathl…
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Nina Buitrago, USA Cycling, Olympic Hopeful
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The unbelievable Nina Buitrago joins the show to tell us about her life as one of the first known female BMX freestyle riders. Nina has done everything necessary to bring women to the forefront of the sport and now she has the change to go to the Olympics and show her sport to the world! Make sure to follow Nina on her socials! https://www.instagra…
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Madisyn Cox, USA Swimming, Olympic Hopeful
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The amazing and wonderful Madisyn Cox joins the show to tell us about her life in swimming! Madisyn crushed it in college at UT-Austin swimming for the Longhorns where she won 12 Big 12 Championships. Madisyn went on to win multiple international medals including a Gold at the World Championships. In 2018 Madisyn tested positive for a banned substa…
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Ned Lomigora, Bosnia, Luge, 1994 Olympian
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The incredible story of Ned Lomigora is almost unbelievable. He did so much to make it to the Olympic Games in 1994 while his country was in civil unrest. Please enjoy this episode where Ned tells us the story of how he was able to make it to the Olympic Games under the cover of night. Ned also tells us a bit about the rest of his life and how he n…
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Chantae McMillan, USA Track and Field, 2012 Olympian
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The amazing Chantae McMillan joins the show to tell us about her life in the Track world. She tells us about the event that gave her the opportunity to join track, when she felt at home in her sport, what college recruitment was like, and adding new sports after a major injury. Chantae tells us about her experience at the 2012 Olympics and how incr…
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Reed Trimble, IGNT Consulting, eSports in the Olympics
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Reed joins me on the show to talk about the prospects of eSports in the Olympic Games. In 2020, Intel will be holding the Intel World Open the week before the Olympics in Tokyo. This is in conjunction with the IOC to see what the opportunities may be! eSports was also added as a demonstration sport for 2024 in Paris, meaning it may be a medal event…
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Roald Bradstock, The Olympic Picasso, USA Track and Field, Olympian
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Roald Bradstock, the Olympic Picasso, joins the show to tell us about his incredible career in sports and the arts. Roald was dealt a poor hand from the start needing to overcome multiple ailments as a child, but he grew passed them and to multiple Olympic Games. He has represented Great Britain and the United States in his years but has not made t…
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Santia Deck, USA Flag Football, 2020 Olympic Hopeful with USA Rugby
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The master of all trades Santia Deck joins me on the show to talk about her Olympic journey! She is a TV personality, talk show host, social media influencer, fitness expert, trainer, model, and incredible Olympic Hopeful! Santia talks about her life growing up in Houston and how she started her Flag Football career and how that lead her to Rugby! …
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Kelly Claes, USA Beach Volleyball, 2020 Olympic Hopeful
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The incredible and lovely Kelly Claes joins the show to tell us about her Olympic Dream! Kelly is an amazing Beach Volleyball player that won 3 national championships at USC during college and is now a professional Beach Volleyball player! We discuss everything around her Volleyball career from the crazy way she started, to her decision for college…
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Kyra Condie, USA Rock Climbing, 2020 Olympic Hopeful
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Our first Rock Climber ever joins the show! Kyra Condie joins us to tell us what it's like for her and the rock climbing community to know that it is an Olympic sport for at least the 2020 Games and potentially further! Kyra talks about growing up and why she loves rock climbing so much. She also talks about how she got into the sport living in Min…
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Amy Bilquist, USA Swimming, Olympic Hopeful
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The amazing and wonderful Amy Bilquist joins the show to tell us about her life in swimming! It's been a long one to say the leas with a few ups and downs along the way. Amy is constantly getting stress fractures in her legs, but she keeps on trucking to becoming one of the best swimmers in the United States. Amy talks about barely missing the 2016…
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Kathleen Sharkey, USA Field Hockey, Olympian
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2016 Olympian Kat Sharkey joins the show to tell us all about her life in Field Hockey! Kat does a great job at describing her sport, what she's been able to accomplish, and how much Field Hockey means to her. We go deep into her college career where she was the best Field Hockey player in the history of Princeton University! We, of course, touch u…
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Alyssa Manley, USA Field Hockey, Olympian
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Alyssa joins the show to tell us about her life in Field Hockey and what it means to her! Alyssa has a great story about being relatively know, but once she was finally discovered she rose through the Team USA ranks quickly. She had a great career at Syracuse University where she won a National Championship, she's won multiple Gold Medals with Team…
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World Athlete Series: Kennedy Justinen, Canadian Snowboard Association, Boardercross, Olympic Hopeful
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Our first of many World Athletes to join our show! Kennedy Justinen comes on to tell us about her amazing story and what she's up to on the other side of the world. Kennedy is an amazing athlete and I'm happy to be able to share her story. She is very in tuned with her mental side and this has helped her increase her skills much faster than most! F…
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Andrew Urlaub, USA Ski Jumping, Olympic Hopeful
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Andrew Urlaub joins the show to tell us about his entire life spent in Ski Jumping! He's only 18 years old, but he has been ski jumping his whole life and has gotten pretty good at it! Andrew explains what it's been like slowly raising through the ranks at USA Ski Jumping and what his plans are moving forward. Hint: it's the Olympics! Follow Andrew…
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Nahshon Garrett, USA Wrestling, #1 in the USA, Olympic Hopeful
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Nahshon Garrett of USA Wrestling and number 1 in the country for his weight, joins the show to tell us all about his amazing life in the sport. Nahshon is wise beyond his years and was an absolute pleasure to have a conversation with. He knows who he is and why he's here among other things. He tells us about how he got into wrestling, what his care…
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Tara Geraghty-Moats, USA Nordic Combined, #1 in the World, Olympic Hopeful
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Number 1 in the World, Tara Geraghty-Moats joins the show to tell us about her incredible life in skiing. Tara started skiing at a young age and eventually made her way into 4 different disciplines. She started with Ski Jumping, but unfortunately got injured and had to switch to Cross Country Skiing and Biathlon. She then made her way back to Ski J…
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Ajai Dhadwal, USA Field Hockey, Olympic Hopeful
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Ajai Dhadwal of USA Field Hockey joins the show to tell us about his life in a relatively unknown sport, Men's Field Hockey. He goes into his history of the game starting with his dad playing professionally, the community that has held up Field Hockey in the United States, and what it was like to play professionally for a year. He has been a coach …
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Staci Mannella, USA Skiing, 2x Paralympian
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The incredible Staci Mannella joins the show to tell us about what it's like to ski down a hill visually impaired! She teaches us a lot about the Paralympic Games and tells us what it was like to go to two of them! Staci is visually impaired and tells us how downhill skiing requires a guide who skis down the hill with her while communicating what's…
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Taylor Fletcher, USA Nordic Combined, 3x Olympian
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Taylor joins the show to tell us about his entire life skiing Nordic Combined. Starting both cross country and ski jumping by the age of 5, Taylor has been able to hone his skills to get him involved in 3 different Olympic Games. Taylor is a very humble and wise gentleman that tells some incredible stories throughout the show to his early days of s…
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Jared Shumate, USA Nordic Combined, Olympic Hopeful
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Jared Shumate joins the show to tell us about his story and path in USA Nordic Combined! Jared has been ski jumping and cross country skiing for a while so he saw an opportunity to put them together! Jared is a Hopeful for the 2022 Games by following the lead of the incredible men and women currently on the team. Follow Jared! https://www.instagram…
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Kelsey Campbell, USA Wrestling, Olympian
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The wonderful Kelsey Campbell joins the show to tell us about her career and life in wrestling! Kelsey didn't start until she was 17 and it was on a bet that she couldn't. I think after winning the US Open 5x and going to the Olympics in 2012, she won the bet! Shout out to her dogs for being special guests. Follow Kelsey across all her socials! htt…
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Chris Mirabelli, USA Track and Field, Javelin, Olympic Hopeful
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Chris Mirabelli joins the show to tell us about his LIFE in Javelin. Chris' dad went to the Olympic Trials for Javelin and he did too! Chris suffered an injury which was compounded by finding a heart problem. He was out of the sport for 2 years but is back now and better than ever! Follow Chris on his Socials! https://www.instagram.com/chrismirabel…
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Casey Larson, USA Ski Jumping, Olympian
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Our friend Casey Larson joins us on the show to tell us about his life in Ski Jumping! Growing up in Illinois (with all those giant hills) Casey learned how to ski jump and cross country ski. He found he enjoyed flying through the air more than skiing for hours and hours so he stuck with jumping! Follow Casey on all his Socials! https://twitter.com…
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Arielle Gold, USA Snowboarding, Olympic Bronze Medalist
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The incredible Arielle Gold joins the show to tell us about her life in snowboarding, why she switched over from skiing, and what it was like to win a Bronze Medal at the Olympic Games! Arielle was a great guest and we got into a great conversation about all the fun stuff she's up to. Follow Arielle on her socials! https://www.instagram.com/arielle…
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Dalton Roberts, USA Wrestling, Olympic Hopeful
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Dalton Roberts of USA Wrestling joins the show to tell us his unexpected jump into wrestling and his determination to make it to the top. Dalton tells us some of the differences in the sport, things we should be looking for, and some personal story of unbelievable domination and awful defeats attached to awkward car rides. Follow Dalton! https://ww…
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The fantastic Gia Doonan joins the show to tell us about her start in rowing, her time at Texas (she brought them back), and what it's been like being on the US National Team! Gia has some great stories and some long days and we're excited to help tell it all. Follow Gia! https://www.instagram.com/doonankid/ https://www.facebook.com/gia.doonan Foll…
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