Olympians Week: Margaret Abbott Won Olympic Gold Even Though She Didn’t Know She Was In The Olympics

Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson

We’re replaying some of our favorite episodes about the Games and those who have competed in them. In this episode from October 2022, the story of Margaret Abbott. She became the first American woman to win an Olympic title, even though she didn’t know she was in the Olympics! Plus: Ruth Hamilton of British Columbia gets an unexpected visitor at home.

Margaret Abbott (New York Times)

B.C. woman awakes to a hole in her roof and a space rock on her pillow (Castlegar News)

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