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The unashamedly biased Olympic & Paralympic sport podcast! "A relaxed, affable show. The hosts display wide-ranging knowledge" : The New York Times essential top six podcasts to follow for Olympics [25/07/2021]
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14 days to go - 14 Team GB athletes named in the Bobsleigh and Skeleton.
We've won medals in these events throughout the history of the Winter Games and there's big hopes the Brits can do the business again this year.
We hear from multi World Cup winner in Skeleton Marcus Wyatt on why Beijing is well and truly behind him, and our latest exclusive audio diary from bobsleigh pilot Adele Nicol as she's named by Team GB!
We've also the latest from organisers and the IOC President Kirsty Coventry!
Listen, download and follow for more ahead and throughout of Milano Cortina Winter Olympics 2026!
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Kitting out is one of THE moments for an athlete before the Games begin.
Uniform, competition kit, casual wear, incase of the Winter Olympics hats, gloves and scarves - and the steel city of Sheffield the host of the first such event ahead of Milano Cortina. Michael was there too with his pal Eve - we've a special report!
Sheffield was also one of the stars of the first European Figure Skating Championships in the UK in a decade - we also hear from GB medalists Lilah Fear & Lewis Gibson, team-mates Phebe and James and Niall Treacy on his European Champs in short track speed skating!
Two weeks to go before Milano Cortina 2026!
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23 days to go to the Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina.
51 days to the Paralympics.
4-8 medal range set by UK Sport for Team GB.
2-5 for Paralympics GB.
We have reaction from Eve Muirhead, Phil and Dr Kate Baker PLUS the latest News from the Games.
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British Ice Skating has been Torvill & Dean for so long, but as they officially bid farewell what's next?
Well, not just Figure Skating it seems as Ellia Smeding becomes the latest named British skater competing for Team GB at Milano Cortina Winter Olympics next month. It's the Long Track Speed Skaters second Olympics and she can't wait!
We review the state of British Skating with PD Jon Eley
And talk sliding with our latest audio diary from Adele Nicoll ahead of the European Champs this weekend!
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Our brand new special series with British bobsleigh hopeful Adele Nicoll kicks off our 2026 countdown to the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.
We'll hear from her with a exclusive audio diary during her World Cup campaign in the monobob and 2 woman bob in the build up to the Games.
Fortunately, she just needs ice - as the skiers, snowboarders and organisers look to the skies and hope for a bucket load of the white stuff!
Let it snow with a month to go!
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There's no one we'd rather hear from when building up to the next Olympic year than our pod friends from across the pond!
Jill and Alison join us from Keep the Flame Alive to discuss all things Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
Happy Holidays, Happy Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy New Olympic Year!
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She's had it all - a medal laden elite track career - coaching - overseeing the most successful Para Athletics team ever, building on the success of London 2012 Paralympics - to now Performance Director at UK Athletics.
It's "definitely" a dream job says our latest guest on Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy.
We finish 2025, by looking back with Paula Dunn and what's in stores in 2026 through to LA 2028 Olympics and Paralympics!
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The biggest Olympic figure skating team for Great Britain and N Ireland since 1988 Calgary Games!
8 names have been confirmed for Team GB including World bronze medalists Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson (who you can hear from in previous episodes!) but in this episode we catch up with Anastasia Vaipan-Law & Luke Digby - the new British Pairs contestants!
The flame is on its way to the San Siro for the Opening Ceremony in February - we have a special report from Greece - and the rest of the News from the Games inc Ice Hockey, Curling, Snowboard and Skiiing as well as cross country, marathon, Taekwondo and shooting!
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A lasting legacy is the dream of Scott Meenagh as he prepares for a third and final Winter Paralympics in Nordic skiing.
The former paratrooper became Britain’s first ever World Championship medalist for GB Snowsport in 2023, bagged a World Cup bronze earlier this year and hopes for a place on the podium when selected for Milano Cortina 2026. But his hope now is he won’t be the last successful British Para Nordic skier.
This has been a special second season of episodes looking ahead to the Winter Games in early 2026 - make sure you download & follow for more - and you can also listen back to our first GB Snowsport season too!
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Three British skiers in the men’s world top thirty after two World Cups this year and ahead of the forthcoming Winter Olympics.
There’s a real chance the GB Snowsport Alpine Boys could create a little bit of history at the 2026 Milano Cortina Games.
In this fourth episode of the season, we hear from all three - make sure you download & follow for more - and you can also listen back to our first GB Snowsport season too!
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Since Beijing 2022 Olympics, and despite funding cuts, GB Snowsport has delivered on the global stage, with athletes securing World Cup and World Championship medals, to the point the 2022/23 season was declared the most successful ever!
Freestyle snowboarder Mia Brookes and free-ski’s Kirsty Muir played their part in that success. In fact the entire British Park and Pipe Skiing and Snowboarding team are on a roll ahead of the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
We want to out the secret of their success with a special Great British Bosses episode with Head Coaches Jamie Matthew & Ben Kinnear.
This is Episode 3 of Season 2 with GB Snowsport - make sure you download & follows and you can also listen back to our first GB Snowsport season too!
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Season Two, Episode 2 and to be fair we could've called it another comebacks! With Menna Fitzpatrick returning from injury for the Winter Paralympics and Katie Guest looking to finally make her Paralympic debut after missing Beijing through covid!
But we wanted to focus on the unique partnership of this World Cup winning World Championship duo, ahead of the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics and Paralympics with GB Snowsport
We’ve more specials to come - so make sure you download & follow and you can also listen back to our first GB Snowsport season too!
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Welcome to another special season of podcasts with GB Snowsport ahead of the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
In this latest episode, we hear from two of Britain’s most experienced freestyle skiers - Gus Kenworthy and Kirsty Muir who are at either ends of their careers - and the different comebacks they’ve made in the last year.
We’ve 4 more specials to come - so make sure you download & follows and you can also listen back to our first GB Snowsport season too!
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Olympian from Rio 2016, Relay bronze medalist at the World Athletics Championships, three time European sprint relay champion and individual bronze in 2014 and two time Commonwealth Games gold medallist in the 4x100m relay.
But for some youngsters Harry Aikines-Aryeety maybe better known as Nitro from the revamped Gladiators and the 'king of the pecks' on the dance floor of Strictly Come Dancing.
He's now teamed up with HSBC to encourage you to look at your finances and investments - so what better way to ask him about his future and his return to athletics?
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It's nearly here - the flame's about to be lit, they're testing the new Sliding Centre on Cortina and Britain's got high hopes of Ice Dance success not seen since well you know how!
In fact two couples will represent Team GB in Milan in the Figure Skating Ice Dance category - we expect current world number ones Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson but also Phebe Bekker and James Hernandez - they join us on the pod to tell us more about themselves!
We also have the latest News from the Games and just want does it mean to be the alternate in Curling? We ask Team GB's Fay Henderson
This is Anything but Footy - we're moving onto Milan and looking ahead to LA!
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Next year, the first Olympics qualification spots are available for LA 2028 in gymnastics! It follows more gold, silver and bronzes being won by British Gymnastics at recent World Championships.
We ask Performance Director Dave Hart about the success and the challenges he's dealt with since arriving in the organisation in 2022.
This is Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy - the behind the scenes conversation of sport in the UK!
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History maker, Olympic and World championship medalist - now wife, mum and wannabe sports broadcaster.
Laura Deas won Skeleton bronze in the 2018 Winter Olympics with Team GB colleague Lizzie Yarnold retaining her gold! But 4 years later was a different story.
Now retired, after becoming world champion post Beijing 2022, we talk about support, sacrifice and sports opportunities of the future! PLUS with THREE MONTHS TO GO how will GB get on in Cortina in the Skeleton & Bob - Laura gives us her medal prediction!
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The Commonwealth Games tickets for Glasgow 2026 are now on sale.
10 sports, 6 para sports, 215 gold medals to be won across one summer in one city!
We hear why you need to be there from Commonwealth weightlifting champion Emily Campbell and Scotland's very own world champion Jake Wightman - named by Team Scotland for the 'Mile' this week!
& if you want more details about tickets for the Games check out Glasgow 2026
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The Ice Queen - not our words - but our guests very own in her new autobiography.
With 100 days to go before Milano Cortina 2026, we want to find out more about the person behind the Olympic champion curler and February's Chef De Mission for Team GB.
This is Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy - the behind the scenes conversation of sport in the UK (and we may have only done Eve last year but this episode is totally different - promise!)
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Boxing is back at the Olympics - if it ever went away!
As you'll hear in this episode of Great British Bosses - the behind the scenes conversation of sport in the UK - with chair Jason Glover, thanks to GB Boxing, and subsequently World Boxing, the sport will maintain its place in the Games for LA 2028.
We also hear about the recent World Boxing Championships in Liverpool and the frustrating of the lack of coverage!
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