Saturday, June 19th, 2021
Special Edition: Countdown to the Olympics
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We’re less than five weeks from the start of the summer Olympics in Tokyo. Organizers are trying to keep things safe by keeping strict rules in place. We’re talking about everything from daily COVID-19 testing to mandated mask-wearing and high-five bans.
Today we’ll hear from the chief medical officer for U.S. Soccer, Dr. George Chiampas, who will be traveling to Japan. He spoke with our main host Erica Mandy about safety regulations and his own expectations ahead of the games.
Then we’ll talk to skateboarding national champion, Bryce Wettstein. This is actually the first time skateboarding has been included as an Olympic sport. She’ll talk about what this historic moment means to her and how the pandemic impacted her training.
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Guest: George Chiampas, DO
Dr. George Chiampas is an assistant professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University and Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
He is the founder and co-director of Chicago Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation and Educational Services, a foundation that promotes public education, awareness, training and legislation on sudden cardiac death.
Dr. Chiampas has served as Bank of America Chicago Marathon Medical Director since 2007. He’s been the chief medical officer for U.S. Soccer and the U.S. men’s national team since 2014. He is also a team physician for the Chicago Blackhawks.
Guest: Bryce Wettstein
Bryce Wettstein is a skateboarder and high school student. She is the 2019 USA National Champion & 2021 Podium for Women's Park format. She has been a member of Team USA Skateboarding since 2019.
She is a native of Encinitas, California. In addition to skateboarding, Wettstein loves to surf, play volleyball and write songs on her ukulele.
Wettstein says skateboarding has taken her to five continents and seven countries and allowed her to make many international friends. She says although they all compete against each other on tour, they are a big skateboarding family.
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