Podcasts about Nefeli Papadakis

Team USA judoka Nefeli Papadakis joins guest host Lisa Dent to discuss her journey to the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Nefeli talks about growing up in Gurnee, when she found out that she made the Olympic team, what we should know about the sport of judo, the support and coaching she’s received from her family, […]

This week on Quest for Gold: Japan releases its newest playbook, which provide guidelines for athlete, coach and official testing. The Japanese public still isn’t sold on holding a safe Olympic games. And on this week’s athlete spotlight we talk with USA Judo’s Nefeli Papadakis.  This Illinois 22-year-old is back to competing after an eight-month […]

On this week’s Quest for Gold: The Tokyo Olympic Games have been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  It’s unclear when they will be played, but organizers say it will happen by the summer of 2021 at the latest. WGN’s Ryan Burrow spoke with USA Volleyball player Dave Wieczorek (Chicago), Judoka Nefeli Papadakis (Gurnee), and […]