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Kelli Stavast Reflects on Covering the Empty Tokyo Olympics
Original: What Covering an Empty Tokyo Olympics During COVID Taught Kelli Stavast
Sportscaster Kelli Stavast is sharing lessons from reporting on the Tokyo Olympics, which took place in 2021 inside largely empty stadiums due to COVID-19 restrictions. Her reflections touch on what it was like to broadcast high-stakes competition without crowds, and what that unusual experience taught her about sports journalism. Her comments come as attention returns to the Olympic cycle and how pandemic-era Games changed broadcasting.
Why now: Her retrospective on the unusual crowd-free Tokyo Games resonates as audiences revisit how COVID reshaped sports broadcasting.
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