The Sam Oldham Podcast

🇬🇧 At the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Reuben Ward made history for Team Scotland, becoming the first Scottish male gymnast to win the all-around title in men’s artistic gymnastics. He followed that up with a silver medal on the pommel horse. His performances earned him selection for Great Britain at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam in October. Although the British men’s team narrowly missed out on a podium finish and automatic qualification for the LA 2028 Olym...

🥇 In 2026, we're launching a brand-new monthly gymnastics show on The Sam Oldham Podcast. Each month, we'll explore the biggest names, emerging storylines, and major championship build-ups in artistic gymnastics, alongside post-competition debriefs with some of the sport's most passionate experts, coaches, and analysts. In this episode of The Sam Oldham Podcast, I look back at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Sixteen years after representing Great Britain...

🥇 In 2026, we're launching a brand-new monthly gymnastics show on The Sam Oldham Podcast. Each month, we'll explore the biggest names, emerging storylines, and major championship build-ups in artistic gymnastics, alongside post-competition debriefs with some of the sport's most passionate experts, coaches, and analysts. In this episode of the Sam Oldham Podcast, I’m joined by Kensley Behel, the talented voice behind Neutral Deductions — a podcast, website and social media platform dedicated t...

🇬🇷 At the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Eleftherios Petrounias won gold for Greece in the still rings, achieving a dream that had begun twelve years earlier. As a young boy, Eleftherios was in the arena at the Athens 2004 Olympics when fellow Greek gymnast Dimosthenis Tampakos won gold in front of his home crowd. Watching that moment firsthand showed him what was possible in the sport he loved. But his own journey was far from straightforward. Eleftherios stepped away from gymnastics for sever...

At the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, Naoya Tsukahara helped Japan’s men’s artistic gymnastics team win Olympic gold for the first time since 1976. It was a victory that continued an extraordinary family legacy. Naoya’s father, Mitsuo Tsukahara, was part of the great Japanese dynasty that dominated men’s gymnastics, winning consecutive Olympic team titles in 1968, 1972 and 1976. Naoya went on to build an incredible career of his own, winning six World Championship medals. After the disappointment...