Episode 66 - Lou Lauria

Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective

English - September 09, 2020 19:00 - 51 minutes - 70.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 18 ratings
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Lou Lauria, Chief of Sport and Games at Special Olympics International, joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast in a special Paralympics-focused episode (recorded 4 September 2020). A breakdown of the episode is below.

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WARM UP
00:27 - Welcome Lou!
02:16 - Special Olympics primer

PRELIMS
05:54 - The potential for the Special Olympics
10:28 - From Sydney to Salt Lake

QUARTERFINALS
14:15 - Taking on a Paralympic role
18:03 - Integration challenges

SEMIFINALS
20:26 - A lack of preparedness
23:31 - Paralympics breaks out

FINALS
26:04 - Working in the MOC
28:24 - Transition

MIXED ZONE
32:27 - People leave - 9/11
35:28 - Marketing the Paralympic Games

COOL DOWN
39:12 - The broadcast piece
46:24 - "The only band that matters"