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In this Hang Up and Listen Olympics Extra, Mike Pesca critiques the music choices of equestrian athletes and lauds Polish hammer-thrower Anita Wlodarczyk. He also talks with Megan Abbott, author of You Will Know Me, a novel set in the high-stakes world of elite gymnastics. Plus, David Epstein of ProPublica dissects the men’s 800-meter final, won at a second consecutive Olympics by Kenyan David Rudisha.
Podcast production and edit by Dan Bloom and Efim Shapiro.
Our intern is Laura Wagner.
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