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NBCUniversal Local’s NBC-owned stations and NBC Sports Regional Networks will present a new season of the award-winning multiplatform podcast My New Favorite Olympian profiling Team USA’s most-inspiring athletes leading up to Paris 2024. The seven-part audio and video series, which begins this Wednesday, June 12, is led by 12-time Olympic medalist swimmer Natalie Coughlin and Zena Keita, an NBC Sports Bay Area reporter, host and analyst.
My New Favorite Olympian provides in-depth narratives profiling established and emerging American stars who have overcome adversity, broken barriers, and committed to helping others as they pursue Olympic or Paralympic glory. Each 15 to 20-minute episode focuses on different Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls and includes interviews with the athlete, experts, and those closest to them.
My New Favorite Olympian will release new episodes on Wednesdays through July 17 leading up to the Olympic Games, which begin July 26. The series will return as My New Favorite Paralympian with new editions on Aug. 14 and Aug. 21 before the Paralympic Games — which will be held Aug. 28 to Sept. 8 — to spotlight Paralympians for the first time in the franchise’s history. Nissan is a supporter of NBCUniversal Local’s coverage of Paris 2024, including My New Favorite Olympian.
Coughlin is a three-time Olympian who captured 12 Olympic medals (three gold, four silver, and five bronze) over the course of her decorated career, which ties her with two athletes as the most decorated American female Olympian in history. The most decorated female athlete of the Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, the California native