,1,Olympic long jumper Brittney Reese works with a team of medical professionals, including Dr. Monique Burton, physician and chair of the USA Track and Field Sports Medicine and Science Committee. Not only does Dr. Burton ensure that Reese and other track & field athletes can perform at their highest levels, she also addresses any medical issues they may have both on and off the field of competition. “Changing the Games” is a 10-part video series produced in collaboration with Lyda Hill Philanthropies.
,1,For Olympic swimmers like Katie Ledecky and Haley Anderson, a huge part of their success in the water starts with their strength and conditioning training. Amanda Fleece is a senior coach for the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee and helps swimmers like Anderson train the right muscles to help them win gold. “Changing the Games” is a 10-part video series produced in collaboration with Lyda Hill Philanthropies.
,1,As paratriathlete Hailey Danz prepares for the 2020 Paralympic Games, she incorporates mindfulness into her training. Mindfulness is the practice of concentrating on what’s happening in the moment of competition. She does this with the help of Dr. Sara Mitchell, a sports psychologist for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee. “Changing the Games” is a 10-part video series produced in collaboration with Lyda Hill Philanthropies.
,1,Wrestler Adeline Gray makes her sport look easy, but after a shoulder injury kept her from winning an Olympic medal in 2016, she hopes to prevent re-injury. Sarah Wilson is a research engineer at the Steadman Philippon Research Institute in Vail, Colorado, working at the forefront of biomedical engineering and injury prevention using the Dynamic Stereo X-Ray System (DSX). “Changing the Games” is a 10-part video series produced in collaboration with Lyda Hill Philanthropies.
,1,April Ross and Jennifer Kessy won silver in beach volleyball at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Both are heading to Tokyo for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, but this time Kessy will have the role as head coach for Ross and her new partner Alix Klineman. She uses math and statistical tools to help guide game strategy and make decisions that will give her team the best shot to win gold. “Changing the Games” is a 10-part video series produced in collaboration with Lyda Hill Philanthropies.
,1,This NBC News Learn video, part of a series on “Chance Discoveries” in chemistry, tells how three different chemists in two countries over more than 30 years happened to make a white, waxy substance during lab experiments that, once recognized as potentially useful and developed, became polyethylene -- the most common plastic in the world.
,1,In an online discussion, NBC News' Luke Russert talks about the evolving role of the Internet, social media, and politics with congressional reporters Kate Nocera of Buzzfeed and Jake Sherman of Politico.