This is a special edition of the Road to Paris, where Travis Mewhirter breaks down the Olympic beach volleyball race to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Mewhirter is in Ketchikan, Alaska with the Knudsen fam, catching salmon and eating nothing but salmon. He made a deal with himself: He’d only do a Road to Paris if an American team won a gold medal at the Volleyball World Espinho Challenge…which is exactly what Trevor Crabb and Theo Brunner did! So Mewhirter did what he always does, breaking down:
And a whole lot more.
ENJOY!
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Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter have a NEW BOOK! Playbook of Champions: The habits, routines, and stories of Olympians, Champions, and world-class athletes. If you listen to the show – which, if you’re reading this, then you are – then this is the perfect book for you, as it is a distillation of the best golden nuggets from our first five years of the podcast. Check it out on Amazon!
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SHOOTS!
Ben O'Dea, Brad Fuller: Putting New Zealand Volleyball Back on the Map
Road to Paris: France Goes CLUTCH Mode in Continental Cup, and the Netherlands Gets "Bizarre"
April Ross, Alix Klineman, and the Last Dance of the A-Team
Road to Paris: Olympic Histories Written, Legacies Made, Records Broken
Kelsey Robinson Cook: The Indomitable Will of USA Volleyball's "Fireball"
Road to Paris: What every team needs to do to qualify for the Olympics
Erik Shoji: Life as the Best Libero in the World
Road to Paris: Chase Budinger, Miles Evans on Verge of Qualifying; Dutch Race Gets Even Wilder
Taylor Crabb, Taylor Sander, and the Bigger Mission of America's Most Popular Team
Evan Cory is Playing Volleyball His Own Damn Way in 2024
Mailbag! Are Tri and Chaim done? New AVP Partnerships? Paris Podium Predictions?
Road to Paris: Chase Budinger and Miles Evans have taken the driver's seat
Abby Van Winkle: The rookie whose volleyball career is only up from here
Road to Paris: The Grimalts just did THAT! Ittlinger-Borger win first gold, Anouk retakes the lead
Zana Muno: Rediscovering Herself on the Trip of a Lifetime
Road to Paris: Cuba -- SHARPIE! And Switzerland still loves Mexico
Hendrik Mol, Mathias Berntsen: How the Beach Volley Vikings are Changing Beach Volleyball
Road to Paris: Comeback Kings, Qualifier Queens, and Sensational Swiss
Melissa Humana-Paredes, Brandie Wilkerson and the complete overhaul of Canada's top team
Miles Partain, Andy Benesh, and the mindset shift that changed everything
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