About this episode
Senegal will host the Youth Olympic Games in 2022 once approved by the IOC. We spoke to double Olympic champion swimmer and Zimbabwe politican Kirsty Coventry. Plus, Senegal's only Olympic medallist Amadou Dia Ba. Both are very excited as Senegal will become Africa's first country to host an Olympic event.
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It's another exciting year of Olympics.com podcasts. We are looking forward to offering you another season of the best Olympic stories, with the Paris Games being the big highlight of 2024. The show will have great guests, the episodes will dig deep into the topic, the Olympics, Olympians, and sports. We’ll, of course, be truly global. Touching all 5 continents with our content. We’ll pay close attention to all the key events, updating stories and backstories on and off the field of play. It’ll be an all-encompassing conversation and we will signpost you to some of our outstanding original feature programming across all our Olympics.com platforms. So much to see, so much to enjoy. Be prepared to be entertained and inspired!