Cyclone Great Lisa Uhl Shares Her Olympic Trials Story
Lisa (Koll) Uhl Is a True Iowa State Cyclone Underdog
Distinguished distance runner Lisa Uhl joins Tim and Andy Flattery for an in-studio conversation. A Fort Dodge, IA native, Lisa reflects on her remarkable career, roller skate limbo, and the time Dan Taylor played matchmaker.
Lisa is a former Iowa State Cyclone who competed in the 10,000 meters at the 2012 Olympics. She is currently retired from running and working as a veterinarian, but hopes to compete again in the future.
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It seems like every four years our eyes turn to the Olympics and America falls in love with a new gymnastics icon. Iowa has been fortunate to have close ties to names like Liang Chow, Gabby Douglas, and Shawn Johnson. The leaps, flips, and twists are like a non-stop highlight reel. Gymnastics takes center stage at the Olympics each cycle and then sort of slides into the background. This week, we get an inside look from former junior Olympian and Big 12 gymnast Brooklyn (Doggette) McMurray.
Tim calls American curling gold medal-winning John Shuster to talk about the curling phenomenon, his comeback story after getting cut from the team tryouts for the Olympics, and of course, the real Moonlight Graham.
John is our first Gold Medalist on the show.
This week’s guest is a fan and pod favorite; Olympic gold medalist John Shuster. John Shuster led the American curling team to an improbable gold medal in the 2018 Olympics. This year will be his 5th Olympic games. Shuster is arguably the greatest American curler of all time even though his trip to the top of the medal stand started out as a true underdog.