Engineered by Rowan Niemisto
Featuring Melissa KirschSarah LyallAlex Marshall and Elisabeth Vincentelli
The Olympics provide an opportunity to witness the peak of human athletic achievement and to savor the spirit of international competition. It also gives us a chance to fall in love with sports like kayak cross or badminton that we might otherwise never watch.
In this episode, Melissa Kirsch sits down with three New York Times writers who have intimate relationships with some of these offbeat sports. Sarah Lyall explains artistic swimming, Alex Marshall expounds on the art of dressage and Elisabeth Vincentelli shares her love of handball that started when she was “one of the worst goalkeepers” at her middle school.