Our last guest for Olympic Dreams: San Diego to Tokyo is the ultimate tale of perseverance. Lex Gillette is a blind paralympic long jumper whose also a motivational speaker. Lex has attended four Paralympics and has four silver medals. He’s also a world record holder.

Despite the accolades, Lex truly wants to spread his message of hope and achieving your goals through his trademarked tagline: “There’s no need for sight, when you have a vision.”

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Our guest today was one of the first Americans to qualify for Tokyo games, even before they were canceled last year. Brooke Raboutou was literally born to climb. Coming from a famous rock climbing family, she doesn’t remember a time she wasn’t climbing. Brooke is from Colorado and moved back there when coronavirus hit. She currently attends school at the University of San Diego as a junior. She does a lot of her training here, so she’s definitely an honorary San Diegan and can easily navigate through town.

Brooke is a young talent that will likely make multiple Olympic appearances now that sport climbing is an official sport of the Olympics.

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A lot of biggest Olympic sports, like swimming or gymnastics dominate the headlines. This week we wanted to feature an athlete in an overlooked sport who deserves just as much respect.

Brady Ellison has been shooting his shot as an Olympic archer for years. He’s been to three Olympics and has silver-medaled each time. Brady has set the bar in archery with his skill and has an incredible comeback story you might not believe.

Brady talks about how a Slovenian doctor healed his finger injury when he contemplated giving up the sport. It’s something of comic-book lore, and our conversation took a surprising spiritual turn. Enjoy this conversation with the Legolas of the Olympics.

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