Beyond the Games with Helena Orts

For the season finale of Beyond the Games , we sit down with Myriam Glez, whose Olympic journey is anything but linear.  A two-time Olympian in synchronized swimming, Myriam competed for France at Sydney 2000 and later for Australia at Beijing 2008. In between, she made the difficult choice to step away from the sport to attend business school — only to return years later and make it back to...

In this episode, we're honored to be joined by a true volleyball legend, Paula Weishoff. Paula is a three-time Olympian who competed in the 1984 Los Angeles Games, where she won silver in her hometown, the 1992 Barcelona Games, where she earned bronze, and the 1996 Atlanta Games. A trailblazer in women’s sports, Paula helped bring women’s volleyball into the American mainstream and paved the way f...

Today’s episode is a little different and incredibly important. We’re joined by Lauryn DeLuca , a Paralympian in wheelchair fencing , for an honest conversation about what it really means to compete as a disabled athlete.  Lauryn opens up about the unique challenges she faced on her path to the Paralympics, the emotional and identity struggles that came with retirement, and how she’s now usin...

On this episode, we’re joined by Kimberly Vandenberg — better known as Kim Swim — an Olympic medalist who reached the pinnacle of her sport when she won bronze in the women’s 4×200-meter freestyle relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics . But as Kim shares with us, the medal was only the beginning.  In this episode, Kim opens up about what it really means to redefine success after the Games: shift...

This episode tells the extraordinary story of Or Svetlana Tokaev , a rhythmic gymnast who competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics . Her journey begins in the former Soviet Union, where she and her family faced religious discrimination that ultimately pushed them to immigrate to Israel. Against all odds, Or rose to the top of her sport and achieved her Olympic dream — but what happened after retiremen...

In this episode, we chat with Olympic silver medalist Dotsie Bausch , whose path to elite track cycling was anything but typical. Dotsie opens up about her unlikely rise to the top, her unforgettable experience winning silver at the 2012 London Olympics , and her role in Netflix’s The Game Changers . After retiring from competition, she didn’t slow down — she redirected her passion into founding t...

On this episode of Beyond the Games , we’re joined by Winter Olympian and luge star Kate Hansen , whose path to the Olympics started almost by accident. What began as a reluctant win quickly became an all-consuming pursuit, costing her a “normal” high school experience as she pushed her body—and emotions—to the limit on her way to competing at the Sochi Olympics . After retirement, Kate reinvented...

British Olympic medalist and world-class hurdler Tasha Danvers shares her journey beyond the track. In this episode, Tasha opens up about the mindset that led her to bronze at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the backlash she faced after announcing her pregnancy, and the challenges of redefining herself after retirement. From mental health advocacy to climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, Tasha reveals how she fo...

When you watch the Olympics, do you ever wonder what happened to the athlete you were once so invested in?  Coming soon, Beyond the Games explores what happens after the medals—when elite female athletes step off the world’s biggest stage and into an entirely new life. Featuring Olympians from swimming to lesser-known sports like judo and luge, with voices ranging from hurdler Tasha Danvers t...