EPISODE · Nov 12, 2020 · 15 MIN
COVID-19's body blow to college sports ripples all the way to the Olympics
from The Week in Philly from KYW Newsradio · host Audacy
The coronavirus pandemic has devastated college sports. Most of the focus has been on the team sports like football and basketball, but smaller sports like fencing, volleyball, swimming, and field hockey have borne the brunt of the pandemic in many ways, and that has ripple effects all the way up to the highest level of competition -- the US National teams that go to the Olympics. So how exactly has the pandemic affected the pipeline the US uses to send our best athletes to the Olympics? Dr. Karen Weaver, college athletics expert and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania joins KYW Newsradio in Depth to break down how we'll see the repercussions of the pandemic in the Olympic teams of the future.
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