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About this episode
She was the only athlete to compete for Russia in either track of field at Rio 2016. Her Olympic experience was not enjoyable. Darya Klishna had to take a break from long jumping altogether in 2018 to recover mentally. The Olympic Channel Podcast spoke to her as she prepares for action at the IAAF World Championships in Doha.
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What is the Olympics podcast?
It's another exciting year of Olympics.com podcasts. We are looking forward to offering you another season of the best Olympic stories, with the Paris Games being the big highlight of 2024. The show will have great guests, the episodes will dig deep into the topic, the Olympics, Olympians, and sports. We’ll, of course, be truly global. Touching all 5 continents with our content. We’ll pay close attention to all the key events, updating stories and backstories on and off the field of play. It’ll be an all-encompassing conversation and we will signpost you to some of our outstanding original feature programming across all our Olympics.com platforms. So much to see, so much to enjoy. Be prepared to be entertained and inspired!
