How Team U.S.A. weightlifter Olivia Reeves became a gold-medal favorite

Ever since women began competing in weightlifting in the Olympics, in the year 2000, only one American woman has won a gold medal. This year, there are hopes that might change. And many of those hopes rest on the (very strong) shoulders of a 21-year-old college student in Chattanooga, Tenn. named Olivia Reeves. For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for C onsider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org . Email us at considerthis@npr.org . Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy