In this episode, Ishan and Kelvyn are joined by Nischal, Digital News Producer at Olympics.com. Nischal helps us analyse Chelsea’s Boxing Day defeat and talks about his incredible experience covering the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:59 Nischal’s Blue Origin story
5:30 Covering Chelsea as a Journalist for the first time
8:05 Separating fandom from professionalism
9:45 Working at the Paris 2024 Olympics
14:01 Achieving the childhood dream of being a Sports Journalist
17:27 Favourite athletes interviewed
20:00 Importance of diversity in sports media
22:30 Relocating to Madrid and the importance of learning new languages
27:10 Facing racism and other challenges
29:55 How heavy is an Olympic Medal?
32:10 Initial reaction to Chelsea’s 1-2 loss to Fulham
36:00 Maresca’s lack of substitutions cost Chelsea
39:24 Nkunku’s misprofiling
41:45 Is Chelsea falling off like Maresca’s Leicester team?
43:17 Managing Cole Palmer’s workload
49:11 Chelsea’s defensive issues continue
54:26 Rapid Fire
55:30 Attending the 2021 Champions League Final
56:37 Rapid Fire Continues
59:18 Blue Flowers
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