by flamealivepod | Sep 10, 2026 | Podcast
At Atlanta 1996 swimmer Amy Van Dyken became one of the heroes of the U.S. team, bringing home a whopping four gold medals in five events. She followed that up at Sydney 2000 with another two gold medals. After retiring and getting into broadcasting, Amy’s life... 
by flamealivepod | Sep 3, 2026 | National Governing Bodies, Fencing, Podcast
Seemingly every time we open our Inbox, we have an email from the folks at USA Fencing with another amazing announcement: They’re doing a panel at Comic-Con, have a champagne sponsor, creating a theme song, getting colleges to create NCAA competitive programs in... 
by flamealivepod | Aug 20, 2026 | Podcast, Cortina 1956, Speedskating
We’re going back to the Cortina 1956 Winter Olympics and the last Olympic speed skating competition on natural ice. Lake Misurina proved to be a fantastic venue as records fell by the dozens over the four races of the speed skating competition. We’ve got... 
by flamealivepod | Aug 13, 2026 | Book Club, Podcast, Track Cycling
Book Club is back in session! Book Club Claire returns for our first book club episode of 2026, featuring Heroes, Villains & Velodrome’s: Chris Hoy and Britain’s Track Cycling Revolution by Richard Moore. This book covers Hoy’s early cycling career and... 
by flamealivepod | Aug 6, 2026 | Podcast, Cortina 1956, Nordic Combined, Ski Jumping
The sports of Nordic combined and ski jumping rarely make international headlines, and when they do, it’s often for controversy. The latest controversy over ski suit tampering led to coaching suspensions and threatened to become one of the storylines at Milano... 
by flamealivepod | Jul 30, 2026 | Podcast, Atlanta 1996
Remember when Atlanta won the right to host the 1996 Olympics? The Centennial Olympics, the ones that Athens desperately wanted to host and everyone thought Athens would win because the Olympics were born in Greece? And then Atlanta won, and everyone was surprised?...