Paralympic Swimming with Jessica Long, McKenzie Coan and Olivia Chambers
06/11/24 • 47 min
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While you wouldn't think para swimming is much different from able-bodied swimming, the Paralympic classification system makes it a more complex sport to follow. Classification helps level the playing field (although we learn here that it's not the most perfect system), but the diversity of swimmers and abilities means that there are a lot of classes in this sport. Case in point, our three guests for this episode.
We talk with Jessica Long, 5x Paralympian; McKenzie Coan, 3x Paralympian; and Olivia Chambers, Paralympic hopeful about para swimming, nuances of their classifications, and how the Paralympics has changed over the years.
Follow Jessica, McKenzie and Olivia on Insta! Jessica and McKenzie also have websites to check out for more information. The 2024 U.S. Paralympic Team Trials will be on June 27-29, 2024 in Minneapolis.
There are less than 50 days until the start of the Paris Olympics, and to celebrate that milestone, the Paris 2024 Organizing Committee adorned the Eiffel Tower with the Olympic rings. We have that news and more from Paris 2024.
In our TKFLASTAN update, we have news from:
- Wheelchair rugby player Chuck Aoki
- Artistic swimmer Jacqueline Simoneau
- Beach volleyball player Kelly Cheng
- Rugby coach Ben Ryan
And Jill has a full report from the Katie Moon Pole Vault Classic, where she got to see TKFLASTANI Katie Moon vault from about 12 feet away!
For a transcript of this episode, please visit http://flamealivepod.com.
Thanks so much for listening, and until next time, keep the flame alive!
***
Keep the Flame Alive: The Olympics and Paralympics Fan Podcast with hosts Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown. New episodes released every week and daily during the Olympics and Paralympics. Also look for our monthly Games History Moment episodes in your feed.
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While you wouldn't think para swimming is much different from able-bodied swimming, the Paralympic classification system makes it a more complex sport to follow. Classification helps level the playing field (although we learn here that it's not the most perfect system), but the diversity of swimmers and abilities means that there are a lot of classes in this sport. Case in point, our three guests for this episode.
We talk with Jessica Long, 5x Paralympian; McKenzie Coan, 3x Paralympian; and Olivia Chambers, Paralympic hopeful about para swimming, nuances of their classifications, and how the Paralympics has changed over the years.
Follow Jessica, McKenzie and Olivia on Insta! Jessica and McKenzie also have websites to check out for more information. The 2024 U.S. Paralympic Team Trials will be on June 27-29, 2024 in Minneapolis.
There are less than 50 days until the start of the Paris Olympics, and to celebrate that milestone, the Paris 2024 Organizing Committee adorned the Eiffel Tower with the Olympic rings. We have that news and more from Paris 2024.
In our TKFLASTAN update, we have news from:
- Wheelchair rugby player Chuck Aoki
- Artistic swimmer Jacqueline Simoneau
- Beach volleyball player Kelly Cheng
- Rugby coach Ben Ryan
And Jill has a full report from the Katie Moon Pole Vault Classic, where she got to see TKFLASTANI Katie Moon vault from about 12 feet away!
For a transcript of this episode, please visit http://flamealivepod.com.
Thanks so much for listening, and until next time, keep the flame alive!
***
Keep the Flame Alive: The Olympics and Paralympics Fan Podcast with hosts Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown. New episodes released every week and daily during the Olympics and Paralympics. Also look for our monthly Games History Moment episodes in your feed.
Support the show: http://flamealivepod.com/support
Bookshop.org store: https://bookshop.org/shop/flamealivepod
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Previous Episode
Team USA 2024 Olympians-Team Sports
We're exploring team sports on this episode of Keep the Flame Alive. At Paris 2024, there will be 11 purely team sports: artistic swimming, basketball, basketball 3x3, beach volleyball, football, handball, hockey, rowing, rugby sevens, volleyball, and water polo. Athletes don't just have to be in top physical shape, they also have to work well with their teammates in order to achieve success. As we read in If Gold Is our Destiny, if players can't come together and play as a team, they're going to fall apart.
At the Team USA Media Summit in April, we talked with a number of team players who are ready to make their contribution in order to achieve victory and stand atop the podium, and we bring you those interviews here (links to follow them on Insta):
- 3x3: Jimmer Fredette, Canyon Barry, Dylan Travis, Kareem Maddox
- Field Hockey: Abby Tamer and Kelsey Bing
- Rugby Sevens: Perry Baker
- Football (Soccer): Emily Sonnett
We also have news from TKFLASTAN and:
- Beach volleyball player Kelly Cheng
- Wheelchair fencer Ellen Geddes
- Speed skaters Erin Jackson and Ryan Shane
- Equestrian Phillip Dutton
- Pole vaulter Katie Moon - Get your ticket to the Katie Moon Pole Vault Classic!
Be sure to show your TKFLASTAN pride at Paris! Get your Keep the Flame Alive gear here.
For a transcript of this episode, please visit http://flamealivepod.com.
Thanks so much for listening, and until next time, keep the flame alive!
***
Keep the Flame Alive: The Olympics and Paralympics Fan Podcast with hosts Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown. New episodes released every week and daily during the Olympics and Paralympics. Also look for our monthly Games History Moment episodes in your feed.
Support the show: http://flamealivepod.com/support
Bookshop.org store: https://bookshop.org/shop/flamealivepod
Hang out with us online:
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Next Episode
In the Olympic Pool with Team USA
We're getting aquatic on this episode, sharing Team USA Media Summit interviews with all sorts of swimming athletes. We've got (athlete links are Instagram accounts--follow them!):
Water Polo- Ben Hallock - Captain of the U.S. Men's Water Polo team. Paris 2024 will be his third Olympics
- Maggie Steffens - Captain of the U.S. Women's Water Polo team. Paris 2024 will be her fourth Olympics
- Ashleigh Johnson - Goalie for the U.S. Women's Water Polo team. Paris 2024 will be her third Olympics
- Bobby Finke - Olympic gold medalist, 800m freestyle; also swims the 1500m freestyle
- Lydia Jacoby - Olympic gold medalist, 100m breaststroke
- Andrew Capobianco - Olympic silver medalist, 3m synchronized springboard
- Megumi Field - duet and team
- Daniella Ramirez - team
The naming of the U.S. artistic swimming team included a big surprise, which we get into (along with Caitlin Clark being left off the U.S. women's basketball team).
In Paris 2024 news, ticket scams abound. Plus, you can eat airplane food at the Air France pavilion (reservations here: https://airfrance.invityou.com/air-france)
LA 2028 proposes adding a sport to the Paralympic program.
The International Olympic Committee is one step closer to officially naming the hosts for the Winter Olympics in 2030 (France) and 2034 (Salt Lake City).
In TKFLASTAN news we hear from:
- Wheelchair tennis player David Wagner
- Karate-ka Tom Scott
- Sitting volleyball player Lora Webster
- Former hurdler Dawn Harper-Nelson
- Former diver Laura Wilkinson
- Olympics travel expert Ken Hanscom, who was on a digital roundtable with listener David: https://youtu.be/euF71DxdwMw?si=ZEeRLaIE0oCh2XfJ
If you're going to U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials, look for Jill there!
For a transcript of this episode, please visit http://flamealivepod.com.
Thanks so much for listening, and until next time, keep the flame alive!
***
Keep the Flame Alive: The Olympics and Paralympics Fan Podcast with hosts Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown. New episodes released every week and daily during the Olympics and Paralympics. Also look for our monthly Games History Moment episodes in your feed.
Support the show: http://flamealivepod.com/support
Bookshop.org store: https://bookshop.org/shop/flamealivepod
Hang out with us online:
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