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“#Lindsay Czarniak, ‘On Her Turf’ Shines Light on Female Olympians<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

Talk about competitive advantage: Women earned more than half of Team USA\u2019s medal count at the last two Summer Olympics. Having recognized this, NBC felt these talented athletes deserved a bit more of the spotlight. Enter <\/span>On Her Turf<\/span><\/i>, the first show from the broadcaster\u2019s streaming service dedicated to covering women\u2019s sports at the Game<\/a>s. <\/span><\/p>\n

Popular reporters Lindsay Czarniak and MJ Acosta-Ruiz will get together with champion hurdler and bobsleder Lolo Jones each evening on the Peacock streamer. The hosts will recount top stories featuring names such as Katie Ledecky, Alex Morgan, and Alix Klineman. <\/span>On Her Turf <\/span><\/i>accompanies similar branded coverage from Tokyo across social media<\/a>, blogs and podcasts. <\/span><\/p>\n

Before this \u201cladies first\u201d chapter gets underway, Czarniak previews what we can expect from the show <\/span><\/p>\n

Can you tell us a little about what the format will be like for <\/b>On Her Turf<\/i><\/b>? <\/b><\/p>\n

Lindsay Czarniak: <\/b>It\u2019s going to be a place where people can get the highlights and know what is happ<\/a>ening in the big events. We\u2019ll have a few different cohosts for the Games. We\u2019re going to have an opportunity to explore topics surrounding the females of the Games. I think that is going to be a really cool thing, with panel-type discussion and interviewing people on the ground in Tokyo. I\u2019m excited as a broadcaster because it has a little bit of everything. It makes me think of my <\/span>SportsCenter <\/span><\/i>days. Then there are the women I\u2019m working with on this, MJ and Lolo. Lolo has been there and in the midst of training for the next Winter Olympics. It\u2019s going to be awesome to lean on her experience. This is the perfect storm of the things I love to do. <\/span><\/p>\n

What are some of those topics you\u2019re looking to explore? <\/b><\/p>\n

I was reading a piece by Allyson Felix, a track and field star who wrote it for The New York Times<\/em>. [It was about] her situation with Nike and really wanting to speak up about equal pay for women and the situation she went through when she had a child. Things like that are fascinating. For me, I\u2019m interested in sports psychology. It\u2019s not a salacious topic. I think there\u2019s a lot to dig into there. There are a lot of moms at these games now. I\u2019m a mom. This is the first time I\u2019m working the Olympics and [being] a mom myself. Reading the article makes it feel really different for me now because I think about my daughter\u2019s love of gymnastics. My son is a swimmer. So I\u2019m looking at it through a different lens. There is talk about transgender [athletes]. That\u2019s a fascinating topic. I think there are a lot of things we will not be shying away from. <\/span><\/p>\n

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I cannot wait to get started and work with these rockstar women! @peacockTV<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/2SXLuZo8QH<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Lindsay Czarniak (@lindsayczarniak) July 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What kind of impact do you think the lack of family and overall spectators in Japan will have on the athletes? <\/b><\/p>\n

It will have a huge impact, but I\u2019m also sure some of these competitors believe it might have a positive impact. Not that it\u2019s positive not to have fans or family there for some of them. For others, it has impacted their focus in a unique way. I covered the sidelines on the NFL last year. I thought having to pipe in crowd noise and not having fans there was a narrative right out of the gate, that it was weird and strange. <\/span><\/p>\n

The hardest thing for them was players on defense and not having the crowd to pump them up if they were the home team. It\u2019s something to get used to. It\u2019s going to really test mental toughness further. The Olympics have the best athletes in the world. These are the people who know how to dig into that mental zone they need to be in. Still, it\u2019s something they are not used to. Also, I think the amount of time they\u2019re in their rooms with these new protocols of what they can and can\u2019t do, they need to figure out how to manage that. It becomes, How am I managing the time I\u2019ve got by myself? What am I doing in those hours that are typically taken up by seeing family or friends? <\/span><\/p>\n

The Olympics are also happening during this streaming explosion and the popularity of social media. Content has never been more accessible. <\/b><\/p>\n

We knew the Olympics were going to look different, like other sports. This is going to be a groundbreaking Games. <\/span>On Her Turf i<\/span><\/i>s such a solidified brand now and has a loyal following. I\u2019m excited about that because it\u2019s awesome to deliver more content to the fanbase around these games. It\u2019s going to be unprecedented the amount of access they\u2019ll have. When you talk about social media, I was reading today how Simone Biles got bored and reached out to her multimillion-person fanbase of followers. \u201cTell me a secret. I\u2019m bored.\u201d She turned into a therapist responding to people that were showing really random stuff. The athletes are also more accessible than they\u2019ve ever been before. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"Lindsay<\/p>\n

Lindsay Czarniak<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

When it comes to the Olympics, what are you most excited about? <\/b><\/p>\n

I am intrigued by soccer. That\u2019s one storyline because never has a team won the World Cup and the next opportunity come in and won gold. If the women can do that, that would be so amazing. Simone Biles, I\u2019m like everyone wondering what she is going to do. How amazing is she going to be? She was disappointed in falling off a beam recently. So, I want to see her come back with a vengeance. [Swimmer] Katie Ledecky, I\u2019m excited to see if she can add to her medal count. <\/span><\/p>\n

Your husband [<\/b>Today<\/i><\/b> host Craig Melvin] has been so supportive of you and <\/b>On Her Turf<\/i><\/b>. Have you two talked about working together? <\/b><\/p>\n

Funny story. That\u2019s how we met, by working together. We met the day after I got back from covering the Beijing Olympic games [in 2008]. It was the first day back at the station. I had no idea who this new guy was. I was working for NBC Sports. We really didn\u2019t know each other until then\u2026.We played the video of us meeting during our [wedding] rehearsal dinner. Pretty funny\u2026I would love to do something with him at some point because we just have a lot of fun. Who knows, maybe down the road. We both hope something can happen. He is so good at what he does, that makes it so much fun for me. <\/span><\/p>\n

On Her Turf<\/i><\/b> starts July 24, Monday through Saturday 7\/6c and Sunday at 6\/5c for free on Peacock <\/b><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n