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Hang Up and Listen Olympics Extra: The Field Hockey Heroes Edition

Slate’s sports podcast interviews U.S. Olympic field hockey players past and present about the team’s strong start in Rio.

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In this Hang Up and Listen Olympics Extra, Josh Levin speaks with North Carolina field hockey coach Karen Shelton, who was also a starting defender on the 1984 Olympic team, and with two-time field hockey Olympian Michelle Vittese, who is currently representing the U.S. in Rio de Janeiro. Plus, David Epstein of ProPublica talks about the British rowers Helen Glover and Heather Stanning, the best athletes at the 2016 Olympics that you’ve probably never heard of.

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