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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 – Milan-Cortina 2026 – Episode 5: 100...

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2025/10/30

On this episode of Quest for Gold USOPC leadership discusses preparations for the games 100 days out from the opening ceremony. WGN’s Ryan Burrow is in New York for the Team USA Media Summit.

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Quest for Gold – Milan-Cortina 2026 – Episode 4: Meet...

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2025/10/17

On this week’s Quest for Gold we speak with aspiring American athletes:Nick Baumgartner (Snowboarding)Bryce Cheek (Bobsled)Taylor Anderson-Heidi (Curling)Chris Lillis (Freestyle Ariels)

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Quest for Gold – Milan-Cortina 2026 – Episode 3: The...

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2025/10/10

On this week’s episode of Quest for Gold:-Italy says there were be four flag bearers and two cauldrons in Milan-Cortina.-The International Paralympic Committee is lifting Russia’s suspension.-Olympic organizers are seeking peace ahead of the games.-And we’re talking Olympic hockey with Pittsburgh Penguins’ play-by-play radio voice Joe Brand.

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Quest for Gold – Milan-Cortina 2026 – Episode 2: Two...

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2025/10/03

In this latest episode of Quest for Gold:-Snoop Dogg is heading to Italy.-Milan organizers need to get to work on Olympic Village.-The Milan-Cortina medals have been revealed.-And we talk with two time Olympic ski jumper Casey Larson of Barrington, IL on his decision to hang up his skis ahead of the Milan-Cortina games. From 2022:

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Quest for Gold – Milan-Cortina 2026 – Episode 1: From...

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2025/09/26

On the first Episode of Quest for Gold Milan-Cortina 2026:-Russian athletes learn how they’ll compete in the Winter Games-The IOC president tours the Olympic Village-And we talk with Korean Sport and Olympic Committee President Ryu Seung-min

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Quest for Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 52: BMX racer...

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2024/07/26

On this FINAL episode of Quest for Gold of 2024:-The Summer Games are here!-Team USA names a second flag bearer-The U.S. Men’s and Women’s Olympic Soccer teams have already played their first games-The U.S. is guaranteed another Olympics after LA-Team USA Figure Skating will finally get gold-Ukraine has the fewest Olympic athletes in the nation’s […]

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Quest for Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 51: First-time...

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2024/07/23

This week on Quest for Gold:-Team USA has picked its male flag barer for the opening ceremony-Men’s basketball squeaks by South Sudan and Germany in their final exhibitions before Paris-Team USA Woman’s Basketball gets a loss ahead of their Olympic run-Rumors are swirling about who will perform on Friday-Team Israel is getting added security-And we […]

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Quest for Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 50: USA Judo’s...

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2024/07/19

This week on Quest for Gold:-Team USA athletes have their swag and are headed to Paris-Team USA Men’s Basketball has two more exhibitions before the Olympics-The USWNT will try to find more scoring opportunities at the Summer Games-An organization says the IOC isn’t following its own rules on Russian athletes-And we speak with John Jayne […]

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Quest for Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 49: Volleyball...

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2024/07/12

This week on Quest for Gold:-The full Team USA roster has been named, we break down the numbers-More than 10,000 athletes will be competing at the Olympics in Paris-The U.S. Men’s Olympic soccer team has been named-Kawhi Leonard is out for the Olympics, and a replacement has been named-Diana Taurasi is nursing an injury headed […]

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Quest for Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 48: U.S. triple...

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2024/07/05

On this week’s episode of Quest for Gold:-The men’s and women’s US Olympic gymnastics teams are named-We’re still waiting on US Men’s Soccer Olympic roster-The U.S. Skateboarding team is named-The U.S. Men’s basketball team gets a training camp in ahead of Paris-Is the Siene River clean enough to swim?-Athletes will get AC at the games […]

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Quest for Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 47: U.S....

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2024/06/28

On this week’s Quest for Gold:-The USWNT Olympic roster is out, we’re still waiting for the men’s roster-The Track and Field Trials wrap up this weekend-NBC will be using A.I. Al Michaels during the Games-The Seine River still isn’t ready for swimming-WADA is under fire from former Olympians-And we talk with U.S. men’s gymnast Paul […]

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Quest for Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 46: First-time...

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2024/06/21

On this week’s episode of Quest for Gold:-Coco Gauff, Scottie Scheffler, and Katie Ledecky are headed to Paris-Cameron Brink, Bryson DeChambeau are out-The U.S. Men’s Water Polo and Women’s Rugby teams have been announced-An American born Olympic hopeful was killed in a diving accident-More troubles with water in Paris-Ralph Lauren shows off the Team USA […]

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Quest For Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 45: U.S....

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2024/06/14

On this weeks episode of Quest for Gold:-The U.S. Women’s 5×5 Basketball Roster was announced, one big name is not on it-The U.S. Field Hockey and Artistic Swimming teams have been announced-The U.S. Men’s Olympic soccer team falls in the final warm up before Paris-Rafael Nadal wants to compete in Paris-French and Spanish officials are […]

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Quest for Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 44: U.S. sailor...

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2024/06/08

This week on Quest for Gold:-Olympic rosters have been announced for Rowing, Women’s Indoor Volleyball, 3×3 Women’s Basketball-Simone Biles blew everyone out of the gym in the U.S. Championships-U.S. Men’s Soccer has a final match before the Olympic roster is set-The Olympic rings have been added to the Eiffel Tower-Russia is using A.I. Tom Cruise […]

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Quest For Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 43: First time...

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2024/05/31

On this week’s episode of Quest for Gold:-The U.S. Women’s Water Polo Team has been announced for Paris-An American silver medalist will soon be a gold medalist-The U.S. Gymnastics Championships will be the final warm up headed into Olympic trials-U.S. Soccer has named 25 players headed into the final men’s Olympic training cycle, but that […]

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Quest for Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 42: 30 years...

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2024/05/24

On this week’s episode of Quest for Gold:-Simone Biles is doing Simone Biles things-The pool is being built for the USA Swimming Olympic Trials-USWNT finally has its coach-One soccer superstar won’t be competing in the Olympics-The U.S. golf team is coming into focus two months out from the Summer Games-France is struggling to hold rehearsals […]

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Quest for Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 41: The Paris...

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2024/05/17

On this week’s episode of Quest for Gold:-USA Volleyball has named the indoor men’s Olympic team-Brittney Griner’s status with Team USA isn’t certain-France will have a couple NBAers on the men’s basketball team-A longtime USA Swimming coach has died– Scottie Scheffler wants to go to Paris-“Anti-sex beds” return to the Olympic Village-And we speak with […]

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Quest for Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 40: Olympic...

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2024/05/10

On this week’s episode of Quest for Gold:-The Olympic torch relay has begun in France-Wrestling and Triathlon qualifications are up for grabs-Will Caitlin Clark make the Olympic Team?-A couple likely Olympians revive an old Sprite ad-USA Fencing has concerns over judging-And we speak with Tokyo Olympic gold medal volleyball player Jordyn Poulter about expectations headed […]

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Quest for Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 39: Crystal...

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2024/05/03

On this week’s episode of Quest for Gold:-Team USA uniforms and outfits are unveiled-Team USA has a new plane for the Paris games-Katie Ledecky is honored by President Biden-The USA Fencing roster has been set for the Olympics-French officials believe the River Siene will be cleaned up by July-The Olympic Refugee team has been named-And […]

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Quest for Gold – Paris 2024 – Episode 38: U.S....

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2024/04/26

On this week’s episode of Quest for Gold:-USA Swimming responds to doping reports out of China-13 American wrestlers punched their tickets to Paris this week-Novak Djokovic hopes to win his first ever Olympic gold-IOC President Thomas Bach will introduce this year’s Refugee Team-And we speak with USA men’s gymnast Yul Moldauer about what he hopes […]

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