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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 🎙️ Subscribe here:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/our-athletes/id1435115101 🙏 PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/fortheloveofsports #OurAthletes ➙FIND FOR THE LOVE OF SPORTS PODCAST HERE: https://anchor.fm/our-athletes ➙FOLLOW MICHAEL ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/Michaelrasile1 ➙FOLLOW MICHAEL ON LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-rasile/

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:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/our-athletes/id1435115101 🙏 PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/fortheloveofsports #OurAthletes ➙FIND FOR THE LOVE OF SPORTS PODCAST HERE: https://anchor.fm/our-athletes ➙FOLLOW MICHAEL ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/Michaelrasile1 ➙FOLLOW MICHAEL ON LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-rasile/

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://www.youtube.com/channel/UChrF4fA8uP7B6ImdfaHAe6Q?view_as=subscriber 🎙️ Subscribe here:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/our-athletes/id1435115101 🙏 PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/fortheloveofsports #OurAthletes ➙FIND FOR THE LOVE OF SPORTS PODCAST HERE: https://anchor.fm/our-athletes ➙FOLLOW MICHAEL ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/Michaelrasile1 ➙FOLLOW MICHAEL ON LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-rasile/

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/rudygt88 Our Athletes with Michael Rasile  | Hosted by @MichaelRasile1 📺 FOLLOW Michael Rasile: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChrF4fA8uP7B6ImdfaHAe6Q?view_as=subscriber 🎙️ Subscribe here:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/our-athletes/id1435115101 🙏 PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/fortheloveofsports #OurAthletes ➙FIND FOR THE LOVE OF SPORTS PODCAST HERE: https://anchor.fm/our-athletes ➙FOLLOW MICHAEL ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/Michaelrasile1 ➙FOLLOW MICHAEL ON LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-rasile/

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  | Hosted by @MichaelRasile1 📺 FOLLOW Michael Rasile: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChrF4fA8uP7B6ImdfaHAe6Q?view_as=subscriber 🎙️ Subscribe here:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/our-athletes/id1435115101 🙏 PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/fortheloveofsports #OurAthletes ➙FIND FOR THE LOVE OF SPORTS PODCAST HERE: https://anchor.fm/our-athletes ➙FOLLOW MICHAEL ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/Michaelrasile1 ➙FOLLOW MICHAEL ON LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-rasile/

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 to compete at 4 different Paralympic Games and has a great shot at making the 2021(!) Tokyo Games. https://www.instagram.com/lexgillette/ https://twitter.com/LexGillette https://lexgillette.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexgillette/

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.com/stevebitter/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/stevebitter YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT9jrJftcNFp-qCO_0WNnXg Website: https://stevebitterbranding.com/ Course Registration: http://stevebitterbranding.com/athlete-branding-curriculum/

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 about their ecosystems. He is vegan and is also in the process of writing a children's book! https://www.instagram.com/adiverb/ https://twitter.com/AdiVerb?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Ellen Show! 

Lucas has come back to tell us what he's been up to for the last 15 months! We had Lucas on the show back in November of 2018 and since then he has won a National Championship, Pan American Championship, and qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games! https://www.instagram.com/lucaskozusa/ https://twitter.com/LucasKozUSA https://www.facebook.com/LucasKozUSA/ https://www.teamusa.org/News/2019/August/03/Lucas-Kozenieskys-Crazy-Quest-To-Pan-American-Games-Gold Please rate, review, and share this show so more people get to hear the amazing stories of our athletes!

Kaito is an Olympic Hopeful for the Japan National Fencing Team and has spent some time on Team USA as well. Kaito has 2 US National Championships AND 2 Japan National Championship! He graduated from Penn State University and while there he won an NCAA National Championship and was a 3x NCAA All American. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaito-streets-88187bb0/ https://www.instagram.com/kaitostreets/ Please review the show and give us 5 stars wherever possible!

Jon talks about how he developed his inclusive leadership and decision making style as an athlete representative, elected by athletes to: Serve as athlete liaison at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics Work with athletes as Vice Chair of the USOC athlete’s advisory council to develop the independent doping agency Use his financial skills to help build a high performance based, athlete focused financial distribution as USOC budget chair. Make sure to follow Jon! https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-fish/ Make sure to follow us too! https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-rasile/ https://www.instagram.com/ourathletes.us/ Please rate this show 5 stars and share it with your friends so more people hear these incredible stories. **DISCLAIMER:  OLYMPIC® is a trademark of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (“USOPC”).  Any use of OLYMPIC® in the Our Athletes podcast is strictly for informational and commentary purposes. The Our Athletes podcast is not an official podcast of the USOPC, and the USOPC in no way warrants that content featured in Our Athletes is accurate or that it reflects the opinions and views of the USOPC.**

Jon joins me to talk about his rowing career and how this whole crazy thing got started! After walking on at the University of Pennsylvania, Jon was able to start training with elite athletes on the Schuylkill River. He missed out on the 1984 games by a slim margin but was able to make it there in 1988. Jon retired from the sport, but got the itch again in the early 90s where he gave it one more shot to go to the games! Make sure to follow Jon! https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-fish/ Make sure to follow us too! https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-rasile/ https://www.instagram.com/ourathletes.us/ Please rate and review to help us with those algorithms.   **DISCLAIMER:  OLYMPIC® is a trademark of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (“USOPC”).  Any use of OLYMPIC® in the Our AThletes podcast is strictly for informational and commentary purposes. The Our Athletes podcast is not an official podcast of the USOPC. The Our Athletes is not a sponsor of the USOPC, nor is Our Athletes associated with or endorsed by USOPC in any way.  The content of Our Athletes podcast does not reflect the opinions, standards, views, or policies of the USOPC, and the USOPC in no way warrants that content featured in Our Athletes is accurate.**

Lindsey joins the show to tell us about her Volleyball career and the THREE Olympics she had the opportunity to compete in. Growing up in Hawaii, Lindsey played volleyball starting at a young age and was able to be recruited and play in college. Her story on how she made Team USA is amazing and I'm sure you'll enjoy it! She goes over the journey to each Olympic Games and what each of them was like from the atmosphere, the competition, and everything that happened while she was there. We also talk about her professional volleyball career and what her time in Italy was like Lindsey is now working on The Cuore Project, all-digital programming network featuring films,  editorials, and podcasts with the mission to share stories and information to educate and inspire the next generation of female volleyball athletes. Make sure to follow Lindsey and The Cuore Project! https://www.thecuoreproject.com/ https://www.instagram.com/thecuoreproject/ https://twitter.com/thecuoreproject https://twitter.com/Napela https://www.instagram.com/napela/ Follow us too! https://twitter.com/Ourathletesusa https://www.instagram.com/ourathletes.us/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-rasile/ Please rate, review, comment, and share so more people hear these amazing stories!

Leslie and I finish up her story with post career career she has made for herself! Leslie has worked on air for may years, she has been the owner of multiple businesses, and has helped build brands, stories, and athletes! Leslie spent some time at NASCAR, she worked with Red Bull and their Formula 1 assets, and now works with incredible people to help spread their stories and speaking career. Follow Leslie on the internet! https://www.instagram.com/lesliemaxie88/ https://www.facebook.com/leslie.maxie https://twitter.com/LeslieMaxie1988 https://www.linkedin.com/in/leslie-maxie-oly-9ba00b2b/ https://www.maxiemediagroup.com/ Follow us too! http://www.ourathletes.us/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-rasile/ https://www.instagram.com/ourathletes.us/ https://twitter.com/Ourathletesusa michael@ourathletes.us Please rate this show 5 stars and share so more people can hear these stories!

The lovely and wonderful Leslie Maxie joins me to talk about her Track and Field career! She started at the young age of 6 when her older cousins and siblings started and didn't stop until the Olympic games. She ran her first half marathon at 7, set her first World Record at 17, and made the Olympics at 21. Leslie is a great friend of mine and it was an honor to have her on the show to be able to hear new stories and more about her life. Look out for part 2 next week! Follow Leslie on the internet! https://www.instagram.com/lesliemaxie88/ https://www.facebook.com/leslie.maxie https://twitter.com/LeslieMaxie1988 https://www.linkedin.com/in/leslie-maxie-oly-9ba00b2b/ https://www.maxiemediagroup.com/ Follow us too! http://www.ourathletes.us/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-rasile/ https://www.instagram.com/ourathletes.us/ https://twitter.com/Ourathletesusa michael@ourathletes.us Please rate this show 5 stars and share so more people can hear these stories!

Lisa Delpy Neirotti joins me to discuss her life working in and being apart of the Olympic Games. Lisa has been to 19 Olympic Games and a multitude of other "mega events" giving her a unique perspective to what it takes to get these off the ground. Lisa is a professor and program director at George Washington University where she shares her experiences with students to allow them to learn through her life. Since 1992, Lisa has been bringing select student to the Games to see what it's like at the worlds biggest stage! Make sure to follow Lisa! https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-delpy-neirotti-6186861/ https://business.gwu.edu/ms-sport-management https://twitter.com/GWSportMngt https://www.facebook.com/lisa.neirotti https://www.instagram.com/lisadelpyneirotti/ Follow us too! https://www.instagram.com/ourathletes.us/ https://twitter.com/Ourathletesusa https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-rasile/ www.ourathletes.us michael@ourathletes.us Please rate this show 5 stars and share with all your friends!

The incredible Kate Ziegler joins the show to tell us about her journey through the swimming world. Kate started her international career at the age of 15 and eventually broke the longest standing world record a few years later. Kate made multiple Olympic Games in her career and is now currently a high performance coach! Make sure to follow Kate! Instagram: @katemziegler Website: www.kateziegler.com Follow us too! https://www.instagram.com/ourathletes.us/ www,ourathletes.us michael@ourathletes.us https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-rasile/ Please rate, review, and subscribe to the show!

In our first episode of 2020 we are honored to have 4 time Olympian Kris Freeman on the show! Kris was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 19 and was told he would never make it to the Olympic Games. He sought out other opinions and was able to find a doctor willing to help him control his disease enough to make it to the games...4 times! After Kris's retirement from the US Ski Team, he decided to try his luck in another endurance sport. Kris is now a professional triathlete running Full Ironman Triathlons.  Make sure to follow Kris! https://www.facebook.com/krisfreebird/ http://krisfreeman.net/ https://www.instagram.com/krisfreebird/ Follow us too! https://www.instagram.com/ourathletes.us/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-rasile/ Make sure to review the show so more people can hear the incredible stories of our Olympic athletes, hopefuls, and legends!

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 life.  Sage was also diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 3 and then celiacs and hypothyroidism later in her life. While she has been crushing it on the river she has had an extra obstacles that she has been able to overcome with ease! Follow Sage on her socials! https://www.instagram.com/sagekayak/ https://twitter.com/sagekayak https://www.facebook.com/SageDonnelly/ https://www.youtube.com/user/sagedonnelly Follow us too! https://www.instagram.com/ourathletes.us/ https://twitter.com/Ourathletesusa https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-rasile/ http://www.ourathletes.us/ michael@ourathletes.us Please rate this show 5 stars on whatever app you use so more people can hear these amazing stories!  

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 the Olympics in July! Follow Hannah on her socials! https://www.instagram.com/hannah_roberts_bmx/ https://www.facebook.com/hannahrobertsbmx1/ Follow us too! https://www.instagram.com/ourathletes.us/ https://twitter.com/Ourathletesusa http://www.ourathletes.us/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-rasile/ michael@ourathletes.us Please rate this show 5 stars so more people can hear these incredible stories!