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.
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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!
Andy Benesh: The blocker who is helping to revive USA Beach Volleyball
Road to Paris No. 11: If you’re not jump-setting, are you even trying?
Beach Volleyball Mailbag: What’s up with the AVP’s streaming? Can anyone stop Benesh and Partain? Is Klineman coming back?
Joe Worsley, Gage Worsley, and the explosion of Out of System Volleyball
Brooke Niles: Building Florida State’s beach volleyball powerhouse as ”a family that works hard”
Road to Paris No. 10: Bend the Knee to Mel and Brandie -- the real Queens of Canada
JD Hamilton: The remarkable story of an AVP dream eight years in the making
Chase Frishman is taking flight
How Scott Davenport became the most sought-out volleyball coach in America
Road to Paris No. 8: ’Americans don’t take well to losing’
Tri Bourne, Travis Mewhirter, and the Playbook Of Champions
Dain Blanton, USC Beach Volleyball, and the building of an NCAA dynasty
Brook Bauer: ”If you don’t dream big, what’s the point?”
Road to Paris No. 7: Aussie Aussie Aussie! GOLD GOLD GOLD!
Mailbag Episode! What’s up with the Taylors? Alison to the AVP? New partnerships everywhere!
Riley McKibbin and Carli Lloyd: The All-American volleyball couple living the life of athlete-parent
Road To Paris No. 6: USA makes massive moves in Ostrava
April Ross: The Olympic gold medalist who is onto the most important role: Mom
Alice Zeimann: The New Zealand ’mid-major’ seeking to prove herself
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