After her double gold-medal performance at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Karen O’Connor will appear as a guest on NBC’s Today Show on Wednesday, Aug. 8.
The eventer will be one of ten athletes appearing in a preview segment of the 2008 Olympic Games in China, which will hold its opening ceremonies one year from Wednesday.
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O’Connor will join former Olympic medalists and current hopefuls from various sports in the segment, which is scheduled to run during the 8 o’clock hour, EST.
Although horses have appeared on Today in the past, O’Connor’s pony prodigy, Theodore O’Connor, will not be joining his rider in Manhattan’s always-electric Rockefeller Plaza. “He would lose his cookies!” said O’Connor.
