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USA Today’s Dan Wolken, the hundred day countdown begins, and the IOC releases its playbook
Manage episode 306346706 series 2956684
Welcome to the China Sports Insider Podcast on the Sinica Network! If it's about sports and there's a China angle, we'll talk about it.
This week: fewer than a hundred days to go to the Beijing Olympics, and foreign athletes have been trickling in for test events. What's happening? What are they saying? (0:49)
The IOC released their playbook — their game plan for the Olympics. How will visiting media and athletes react to Beijing’s health and safety measures? (6:15)
Then we talk to USA Today’s Dan Wolken. He's covered four Olympics, and he's coming to Beijing. What does he make of the playbook? (12:39)
And we end with the saga of China's men’s national ice hockey team. Their story is getting a lot of attention from foreign media. At the Olympic tournament they'll be in a group with Canada, USA, and Germany, and there's a real chance they’ll get blown out. How did we get here? What’s the way out? (34:39)
Update: Since we recorded this, the IIHF has announced that China will not be kicked out of the Olympic tournament.
For more stories read China Sports Insider
Learn about the Olympic playbooks
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
50 episoder
Manage episode 306346706 series 2956684
Welcome to the China Sports Insider Podcast on the Sinica Network! If it's about sports and there's a China angle, we'll talk about it.
This week: fewer than a hundred days to go to the Beijing Olympics, and foreign athletes have been trickling in for test events. What's happening? What are they saying? (0:49)
The IOC released their playbook — their game plan for the Olympics. How will visiting media and athletes react to Beijing’s health and safety measures? (6:15)
Then we talk to USA Today’s Dan Wolken. He's covered four Olympics, and he's coming to Beijing. What does he make of the playbook? (12:39)
And we end with the saga of China's men’s national ice hockey team. Their story is getting a lot of attention from foreign media. At the Olympic tournament they'll be in a group with Canada, USA, and Germany, and there's a real chance they’ll get blown out. How did we get here? What’s the way out? (34:39)
Update: Since we recorded this, the IIHF has announced that China will not be kicked out of the Olympic tournament.
For more stories read China Sports Insider
Learn about the Olympic playbooks
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
50 episoder
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