Episode 83: "The Second Mark" with Book Club Claire

It's time for another Olympic Fever Book Club episode, which means a great conversation with our friend Book Club Claire! Today we're talking about "The Second Mark: Courage, Corruption, and the Battle for Olympic Gold" by Joy Goodwin. This book documents the judging scandal around the 2002 Olympic pairs figure skating competition, which resulted in a whole new system of judging. If you want to see these pairs' programs from Salt Lake City 2002, we've got them right here: Salé & Pelletier - short: https://youtu.be/h_Zsq2uwND0 long program: https://youtu.be/BjY_LtNtVDc Berezhnaya & Sikhardulize - short: https://youtu.be/dAJUcgMZMO4 long program: https://youtu.be/E4S7c9s56A4 Shen & Zhao - short: https://youtu.be/FXZayW_DFYg long: https://youtu.be/iIdqjryYbQI Here's Berezhnaya & Sikhardulize's Chaplin program. And, for good measure, we've got some "Battle of the Blades" action -- both Jamie Salé and David Pelletier were on the show on "Battle of the Blades," which is coming back to TV this fall! Speaking of scandals, there's a new development in the Russian doping scandal, so we bring you up to speed on that and learn about an opportunity Jill could be uniquely qualified for. We also have some exciting updates on our Team Olympic Fever members Meagan Duhamel, Jacqueline Simoneau and Nick Cunningham. Our next Book Club book will be Shirley Babshoff's Making Waves: My Journey to Winning Olympic Gold and Defeating the East German Doping Program. We're excited to have the opportunity to explore the East German doping scandal (speaking of doping scandals....), so we're looking forward to this read. DISCLAIMER: OLYMPIC® is a trademark of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee ("USOPC"). Any use of OLYMPIC® in the Olympic Fever podcast is strictly for informational and commentary purposes. The Olympic Fever podcast is not an official podcast of the USOPC. The Olympic Fever podcast is not a sponsor of the USOPC, nor is Olympic Fever associated with or endorsed by USOPC in any way. The content of Olympic Fever podcast does not reflect the opinions, standards, views, or policies of the USOPC, and the USOPC in no way warrants that content featured in Olympic Fever is accurate.