Life-Changing Pressure with Jessie Diggins

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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