IN THE VILLAGE

A highly accomplished competitive gymnast as a teenager, Kate Nye may have envisioned herself winning an Olympic medal for a sparkling floor routine or an amazing vault. But here’s Nye in Tokyo with a silver medal around her neck ... for weightlifting.

How did that happen?

On this episode of In The Village, Nye tells host Elizabeth Beisel how a knee injury at 16 coaxed her to transition from a gymnast to a CrossFit athlete, where she found her “passion for lifting heavy things.” Fast forward a few years and she's a medal-winning Olympic weightlifter.

In The Village is your exclusive look inside the Athlete’s Village at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. For more episodes of In The Village, check out on Amazon Music or below: