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Quest for Gold

WGN’s Ryan Burrow hosts “Quest For Gold,” a weekly update on preparations for the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games in this podcast from Chicago"s Very Own, 720 WGN.

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Quest for Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 20: Year in...

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2023/12/22

On this weeks’ episode of Quest for Gold:Germany is teed up for a strong 2036 Olympic bid, but will the German public get on board for the first games there since 1972?

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Quest for Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 19: The debate...

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2023/12/15

On this week’s Quest for Gold: -The head of the IOC doubles down on the policy of Russian athletes competing in Paris 2024-The U.S. Boxing Trials have wrapped up-Skateboarding Olympic bids are on the line in Japan-There’s a push to make flag football an NCAA sport-And U.S. lawmakers debate transgender athletes in women’s and girl’s […]

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Quest for Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 18 – Olympic...

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2023/12/08

On this week’s Quest for Gold:-U.S. Olympic Boxing Trials are underway-U.S. Soccer has named a new training center-There will be one noticeable team missing from the Summer Games-Surfers could boycott the Paris Olympics-And we chat with seven-time Olympic medal gymnast Shannon Miller about her battle with cancer

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Quest for Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 17 – Goalkeeper...

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2023/12/01

On this week’s Quest for Gold:-The IOC prepares to name the 2030 and 2034 Winter Olympic host cities-More tickets go on sale for the 2024 games in Paris-You could see Giannis or Luka in Paris next summer, but not both-And we talk to U-23 Men’s Soccer Goalkeeper Christopher Brady about trying to make the Olympic […]

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Quest for Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 16 – The...

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2023/11/17

On this week’s Quest for Gold:-Team USA Basketball Coach Steve Kerr is one and done with the Olympics-Brittney Griner has her eyes on Paris-The U.S. Men’s Water Polo team will be competing in Paris-The torches have been completed for the upcoming games-And we speak with Greensboro College wrestling coach Justin Harty as his school hosts […]

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Quest for Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 15 – Live from...

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2023/11/03

In this episode of Quest for Gold:-We’re live from Atlanta’s Centennial Park-We talk with Terrence Burns of T Burns Sports Group LLC about how Olympic bids come to be, and how host nations and countries are chosen – Terrence Burns blog on the LA 2028 bid | Terrence Burns blog on the Pyeongchang 2018 bid-The […]

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Quest for Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 14: Flag...

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2023/10/27

This week on Quest for Gold:-The PanAm Games are underway in Chile-Argentina has a spot for Messi-The Tour De France is changing course-Daft Punk won’t be getting together ‘One More Time’-And we talk with USA Football CEO Scott Hallenbeck about flag football joining the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic program for the first time

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Quest for Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 13 – Will LIV...

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2023/10/20

On this week’s episode of Quest for Gold:-The Paris 2024 Organizing Committee offices were raided again-New sports have been added to the 2028 Olympics in L.A.-Kevin Durant has his eyes on a new Olympic record-Mary Lou Retton remains hospitalized-A celebrity lands a job with the IOC-Boxing is still up in the air for 2028-And we […]

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Quest For Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 12 – Germany...

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2023/10/13

On this week’s episode of Quest for Gold:-Mary Lou Retton is fighting for her life-The IOC makes a decision on Russian athletes for 2024-Israeli conflict could impact the games-LIV is shut out of the world golf rankings-Molly Seidel had a great run in Chicago-The US Men’s Olympic Soccer team roster

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Quest for Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 11 – American...

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2023/10/06

On this week’s episode of Quest for Gold:-USA Men’s Gymnastics does something they haven’t done in nearly a decade-Simone Biles continues to wow-Another NBA superstar is eyeing Paris-The U.S. has its first Olympic breakdancing bid-What’s up with Paris bedbugs?-And we talk with marathon runner Molly Seidel about the upcoming Chicago Marathon and what life has […]

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Quest for Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 10 – German...

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2023/09/29

On this week’s episode of Quest for Gold:-We talk with German rower Nikita Mohr about training in the U.S. vs. Germany-Megan Rapinoe says farewell to the USWNT-USA Gymnastics preps for Worlds

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Quest for Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 9 – We tour the...

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2023/09/23

On this week’s episode of Quest for Gold we get a tour of the Olympiapark Munich, the location of the 1972 Summer Olympic Games. We learn about the originality of the park, the contemporary uses, and the potential for a future games there. For more on Olympiapark Munich: https://www.olympiapark.de/en

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Quest for Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 8 – Is a...

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2023/09/15

On this week’s episode of Quest for Gold:-Coco Gauff is on top of her game-LeBron James plans to woo NBA stars to Paris-Suni Lee takes a pause on her gymnastics season-USWNT prepares to say goodbye to two legends-Five American surfers have punched their tickets to Paris-And there’s a new effort to create a games that […]

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Quest For Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 7 – When will...

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2023/09/08

On this week’s Quest for Gold:-The US Men’s Basketball team has been bounced from the FIBA World Cup-The U-23 USMNT team has a new head coach heading into the Olympics-Simone Biles is eyeing France-A U.S. Judo Olympian gets engaged-Molly Seidel is prepping for the 2023 Chicago Marathon-And when will pickleball become an Olympic sport? It […]

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Quest for Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 6 – Canadian...

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2023/09/01

On this week’s episode of Quest for Gold:-The U.S. Men’s Basketball team has been rolling through Manila-Simone Biles keeps checking the boxes on a possible Olympic appearance-U.S. Track and Field cleaned up in Budapest-A couple big names are officially retiring from USWNT-And we speak with Canadian beach volleyball duo Brandie Wilkerson and Melissa Humana-Paredes about […]

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Quest for Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 5 – USA Men’s...

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2023/08/25

On this week’s Quest for Gold:-Sha’Carri Richardson and Noah Lyle shine in the 100m at the World Championships in Budapest-Simone Biles prepares for her second test of her comeback-Olympic bids for Rhythmic Gymnastics are on the line in Spain-And the men’s FIBA World Cup gets underway in Manila, Joe Vardon, Senior Basketball Writer for The […]

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Quest for Gold – Episode 4 – U.S. Men’s Beach...

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2023/08/18

On this week’s episode of Quest for Gold:-The USWNT is looking for a new head coach-There’s a men’s golf Olympic qualifying tournament this weekend-We talk with Tri Bourne and Chaim Shalk ahead of the AVP Manhattan Beach Volleyball Open-The World Athletic Championships begin this week-The US Men’s Basketball team is loaded heading into the FIBA […]

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Quest for Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 3: What’s going...

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2023/08/11

On this week’s episode of Quest for Gold:-Simone Biles wows in her return to the mat-USWNT falls in disappointing fashion. We talk about it with Jeff Rueter of The Atlantic-The FIBA World Cup begins soon-France is trying to clean up the Seine River in time for the games

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Quest for Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 2: Simone Biles...

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2023/08/03

On this week’s Quest for Gold:-The USWNT needs to put down a frequent foe to move on in the WWC-Simone Biles competes for the first time since the Tokyo Olympics. NewsNation’s Adrienne Bankart spoke with former Olympian, and gymnastics commentator Kathy Johnson Clark on Biles’ return to the sport-Katie Ledecky grabbed gold to set a […]

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Quest for Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 1: One year...

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2023/07/28

On our first episode of Quest for Gold ahead of the 2024 Summer Games in Paris:-We talk with Nexstar’s Marielena Balouris, who was in France and on hand for the one year preview celebration.-We keep our eye on the USWNT as it competes in the Women’s World Cup, where they’ve been more successful recently than […]

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