The Ringer Guide to the Summer Games

One Small Step for Mankind. Two Giant Jumps for JuVaughn Harrison.

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About the episode

No man has represented Team USA in both the high jump and the long jump since Jim Thorpe in 1912. But that’s exactly what JuVaughn Harrison will do in Tokyo. He’s not only defying a century of Olympic convention—he’s making it seem routine.

Host: Rodger Sherman

Guest: JuVaughn Harrison

Associate Producers: Erika Cervantes, Lani Renaldo

Additional Production Supervision: Ben Glicksman, Noah Malale, Arjuna Ramgopal

Fact Checker: Daniel Chin

Talent Booker: Allyson Turner

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