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>> THE PANDEMIC DELAYED SUMMER
OLYMPIC GAMES IN TOKYO ARE
FINALLY SET TO TAKE PLACE AND
THEY WILL DO SO WITH A STRONG

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INDIANA PRESENCE.
BILL BENNER HAS MORE IN THIS
WEEK'S INSIDE INDIANA SPORTS.
BILL.

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>> GERRY, THANK YOU. INDIANA
UNIVERSITY SWIMMER LILLY KING,
BROWNSBURG CYCLIST CHLOE DYGART
AND CATHEDRAL HIGH SCHOOL GRAD

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AND DISTANCE RUNNER COLE HOCKER
WILL LEAD A HOOSIER DELEGATION
PURSUING MEDALS IN WHAT PROMISES
TO BE A MOST UNUSUAL OLYMPICS,

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BEGINNING WITH THE FACT THAT
THERE WILL BE NO FANS.
AD JOINING US TODAY TO OFFER
PERSPECTIVE IS THE INDYSTAR'S

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PROLIFIC OLYMPICS BEAT WRITER,
DAVID WOODS, WHO HAS COVERED
EVERY SUMMER GAMES SINCE 1996
AND WILL DO SO AGAIN THIS TIME.

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ONLY VIRTUALLY. AND DAVID,
WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, BILL. THIS
IS A REAL TREAT FOR ME.

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>> YOU AND I GO BACK TO MY
INDIANAPOLIS STAR DAYS. YOU
COVERED YOUR FIRST OLYMPICS, AND
I COVERED MY LAST OLYMPICS IN

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1996 IN ATLANTA. SO YOU'VE BEEN
AT IT A LONG TIME. BUT CERTAINLY
THIS IS A, AS WE SAID, A HIGHLY
UNUSUAL OLYMPICS WITH THE YEAR

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DELAY. WHAT KIND OF IMPACT DO
YOU THINK THAT'S HAD OVERALL ON
THE ASPIRING OLYMPIC ATHLETES?
>> I THINK FOR YOUNGER, THE

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YOUNGEST TO REPRESENT THE US IN
THE 1,500 METERS SINCE 1968,
THERE IS NO WAY HE WOULD HAVE
MADE THE OLYMPIC TEAM LAST YEAR.

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THIS YEAR HE HAS AN OUTSIDE
CHANCE TO MEDAL. I KNOW A
STEEPLE CHASER WHO I THOUGHT
WOULD MAKE THE TEAM RETIRED

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EARLIER THIS YEAR. HE COULDN'T
MAKE IT GO ANOTHER YEAR. SO
WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THAT, SOME
OF -- IT'S BEEN GOOD FOR SOME OF

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THE YOUNGER ATHLETES AND SOME OF
THE OLDER ATHLETES IT'S GOING
THAT ONE EXTRA YEAR HAS BEEN
BAD.

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>> AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN MAKE THE
TEAM, FOR EXAMPLE. DAVID,
INDIANA SEEMS TO HAVE A
TREMENDOUS PRESENCE AGAIN THIS

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YEAR. I KNOW THEY HAD A STRONG
CONTINGENT IN RIO FIVE YEARS
AGO. BUT, AGAIN, WHAT DOES THAT
SAY ABOUT INDY, THE -- SPORTS

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MOVEMENT. SEEMS THAT'S THE
RESULT OF OUR EMPHASIS ON
AMATEUR SPORTS IN INDIANA?
>> I THINK YOU CAN DRAW A LINE

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ON SOME OF THAT. I KNOW
LAST -- THE LAST OLYMPICS WAS
THE MOST INDIANA MEDALLISTS I
EVER COVERED. ATHLETES WON 19

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MEDALS, PUT THEM 12th IN THE
STANDINGS, AHEAD OF KENYA,
SPAIN, AHEAD OF SOME REALLY
PROMINENT NATIONS IN THE OLYMPIC

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SPORTS WORLD. AND THERE COULD BE
JUST AS MANY OR MORE THIS TIME.
OF COURSE THAT'S INCLUDING
ATHLETES FROM -- WHO WENT TO

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INDIANA COLLEGES, SOME FROM
OTHER NATIONS, WE HAVE LIKE NINE
FENCERS FROM NOTRE DAME WHO ARE
REPRESENTING I THINK US IN THREE

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OTHER COUNTRIES WILL BE THERE.
BUT I DO THINK THAT IT REALLY
DOES SHOW THAT JUST THE IDEA
THAT NOT JUST FOOTBALL AND

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BASKETBALL ARE IMPORTANT IN THIS
STATE, A LOT OF THESE OTHER
SPORTS ARE IMPORTANT, TOO. IN
FACT, ON THE SWIMMING TEAM THE

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STATE WITH THE MOST SWIMMERS ON
THE US TEAM, AND I ALWAYS TELL
PEOPLE, YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS
TO MAKE US OLYMPIC SWIMMING

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TEAM, THERE ARE LIKE 26 MEN ON
THE TEAM. THERE ARE 32 STARTING
QUARTERBACKS IN THE NFL, MUCH
HARDER TO MAKE THE OLYMPIC

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SWIMMING TEAM, SEVEN FROM THE US
ARE FROM CALIFORNIA, FIVE FROM
INDIANA. SECOND.
>> OF COURSE AT THE TOP OF THE

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INDIANA CONTINGENT. YOU LOVE HER
BECAUSE SHE'S OUTSPOKEN, AND A
HELLUVA SWIMMER, LILLY KING.
>> FIRST WOMAN TO WIN THE 100

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METER GOLD MEDAL AT THE OLYMPICS
ON THE WOMEN'S SIDE, TWICE. IF
ANYBODY IS GOING TO DO IT LILLY
KING. GOOD AT THE OLYMPIC

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TRIALS, BETTER AT THE OLYMPICS,
HER TRAINING PARTNER IS ONE OF
HER BIG RIVALS, THE 200 METER
BREAST STROKE, AN EVENT LILLY

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HAS BEEN TERRIBLE IN, MUCH
BETTER IN THAT NOW, SHE MIGHT
WIN TWO RELAY MEDALS. LILLY
BEING LILLY, YOU NEVER WANT TO

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UNDERESTIMATE.
>> A SILVER MEDALIST IN RIO IN
TEAM EVENT.
>> TEAM PURSUIT.

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>> AND COMING BACK AGAIN FROM A
HORRIFIC CRASH. A GREAT COMEBACK
STORY.
>> SHE'S HAD ALL KINDS OF THINGS

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BESET HER IN THE SUBSEQUENT FIVE
YEARS, SHE HAD A CONCUSSION IN A
2018 CRASH, TERRIBLE CRASH AT
THE WORLD CHAMPIONS IN ITALY

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LAST SEPTEMBER. RECENTLY WON A
NATIONAL TITLE IN INDIVIDUAL
TIME TRIAL, WHICH IS HER
WHEELHOUSE, SHE HAS A CHANCE TO

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WIN GOLD MEDALS ON THE TRACK AND
ROAD IN CYCLING. I REALLY THINK
SHE HAS A CHANCE TO BE ONE OF
THE BIG BREAKOUT STARS OF THE

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ENTIRE OLYMPICS FOR THE ENTIRE
US CONTINGENT. BUT SHE'S GOT TO
DO IT, AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT
INDETERMINANT WHAT HER FITNESS

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WILL BE BECAUSE OF THE SETBACK
THAT SHE HAD.
>> LESS THAN A MINUTE LEFT. YOU
MENTIONED COLE IN YOUR OPENING

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COMMENTS. AGAIN, TREMENDOUS
STORY THIS YOUNG MAN EXPLODING
ON THE COLLEGE STAGE, AND NOW AN
OLYMPIAN.

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>> YEP. HE DEFEATED DEFENDING
GOLD MEDALIST AT 1,500 METERS,
TREMENDOUS CLOSING SPEED, IF
YOU'RE ONE OF THE ATHLETES FROM

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THE OTHER NATIONS, YOU DON'T
WANT A SLOW PACE IN THE OLYMPIC
1,500 FINAL, COLE HOCKER, THE
FREIGHT TRAIN IS GOING TO BE

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RIGHT ON TOP OF YOU.
>> DAVID WOODS WILL BE COVERING
ALL OF THESE STORIES VIRTUALLY,
AND BECAUSE OF PANDEMIC AND

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OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT AGAIN
WHEN I SAY PROLIFIC, THIS MAN IS
PROLIFIC IN HIS COVERAGE, YOU