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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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The 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics are coming to a close, but have they show the way forward for the Games of the future? IOC president Kirsty Coventry suggests so.
We're joined by Team GB's Niall Treacy to review his Olympics
And in our News from the Games, the latest Bobsleigh updates, talk flying Dutchmen (and women) and the Canadians leave it late in the hockey again!
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Another winning weekend in store for Team GB? Saturday night's alright as the British men's Curling team go for gold in the Olympic final knowing they have guaranteed a medal. While Zoe Atkin qualified first in the Freeski Halfpipe final - that happens at the same time this weekend!
During the last few days of the Olympics, we are going to lookback and reflect some of the highs and lows for Team GB during these Games - and in this episode we're joined by 5 time British pairs champion Anastasia Vaipan Law and Luke Digby.
We round up the USA victories in women's Ice Hockey and Figure Skating in Milan - and in Tomorrow's News Today #TNT we hear from the very last British athlete in action in the Ski Cross - Ollie Davies!
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The greatest skier of all time was crowned on the slopes in Cortina as Czechia nearly delivered the Miracle on Ice Part 2. Another crazy day at the Winter Olympics which is why we love it!
Team GB curlers are loving it too - crucial matches today before the semi finals hopefully!
In tomorrow’s news today we have the latest on the British bobsleigh and hear from Summer now Winter Olympian Ashleigh Nelson!
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Curtains for Curlers? The best men's team in the world for the past 4 years - Great Britain - are now relying on other results going their way for a medal. We've all the details!
An injury concern for Team GB's 4 man bobsleigh ahead of official training - as the Ryussians are back for the Paralympics in two weeks.
PLUS as the snow continues in Livigno, in tomorrow's news today we talk to one of the youngest members of the Great British squad - Liam Richards who's about to compete in the freeski halfpipe!
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Kirsty Muir has had quite the Winter Olympics - another 4th place a record fifth for Team GB at the Games. What a show the snow and skiers put on in Livigno in the Big Air though!
We round up all the day's News from the Games incl a MUST win for Mouat's British Curlers!
And in Tomorrow's News Today, one of the blue riband events at the Winter Games is the men's 4 man bobsleigh - we have brake man Greg Cackett on looking ahead!
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The Greatest Ever Day in Team GB Winter Olympic History!
Mixed Snowboard Cross Gold followed by Mixed Skeleton GOLD - 3 new Olympic champions in Huw Nightingale Charlotte Bankes and Tabby Stoecker, and Matt Weston becoming the first British winter Olympian to win two golds in one games!
Hear from them all in this episode and a jubilant Team GB chef de mission Eve Muirhead
PLUS latest news from the Games and with a big week to come for British men’s Curling we focus on them in Tomorrow’s News Today!
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The Milano bells are ringing for the second week of the Winter Olympics! Can Team GB add to their one medal?
John and Michael team up in person in Milano to look ahead!
We also round up the News from the Games and in TNT Tomorrow’s News Today we’ve joined by five time Team GB Olympian Dave Ryding and slalom team-mate Billy Major.
And there’s a new contender against Matt Weston for SPOTY from the British Indoor Athletics Champs!
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Team GB win a gold medal - so to celebrate in this episode we really do bring you MILAN & CORTINA
John’s in Milan Michael’s 200 miles away in the snow of Cortina and has spoken to our first individual male Winter Olympic champion since 1980 Matt Weston - the sliding skeleton superstar!
We also hear from the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association on how YOU could be an Olympic champion
There’s the News from the Games and in Tomorrow’s News Today - we are back at the Figure Skating in Milan on Sunday with the Pairs short program - hear from Team GB’s Anastasia Vaipan-Law and Luke Digby about it all!
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We don’t want to get carried away like earlier this week - but GREAT news for Team GB that Matt Weston leads the men’s skeleton with two heats of the final to come! Also great news Michael is heading from Milan to Cortina to see it! Follow our socials for his own journey - safe travels to them both!
We sit down with British ice dancers who were smiling this week Phebe Bekker and James Hernandez - and we suggest a new nickname?
It's Italy's best ever start to an Olympics in the the latest in News From the Games and a special TNT Tomorrow's News Today with mono bob pilot and audio diarist for Anything but Footy Adele Nicoll!
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It wasn't to be for Lilah and Lewis but "that strength that they have as a team and individuals will mean many more big nights to come!"
Performance Director of British Ice Skating and Leader for Team GB in Milan Jon Ely speaking to us the morning after the night before.
Full reaction and the rest of the News from the Games and TNT with women's skeleton!
But also a bumper edition of the pod, we're joined by World Champion 60m sprinter Jeremiah Azu ahead of the Novuna UK Athletics Indoor Championships in Birmingham - see we REALLY do Olympic sport all the time!
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"We were outplayed - it feels like sh*t!"
Just two reactions from Team GB after another day of medal moments and another day of fourth places.
We catch up with the Chef De Mission and Olympic champion Eve Muirhead about what's still to come and there's still reason to be optimistic!
In News from the Games, Michael watched the USA thrash Canada in Ice Hockey
while in Tomorrow's News Today we catch up with world silver medalists in Snowboard Cross Huw Nightingale and Charlotte Bankes and Curling attention switches to the Women's Team Rebecca Morrison!
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We go again! Not the day Team GB or we had planned - was that part of the problem?
After Muir & Mia finished fourth, we're hoping to avoid a similar position in the Curling and Ice Dance! We've a full round up as Michael saw Lilah's Gran last night!
And in tomorrow's news today #TNT, Skeleton's Marcus Wyatt looks ahead to race day and Olympic silver medalist Grant Hardie can't wait to get on the Curling ice!
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A historic day for Team GB to come? Could it be Magic Monday!?
It was a shocking Sunday on the slopes - we’ve the latest on legend Lindsey Vonn
And find out how Michael’s smoke alarm saved him!
We've Short Track, Moguls and Biathlon chat with Team GB athletes Niall Treacy Mateo Jeannesson and Jacques Jefferies in Tomorrows News Today!
And we’re ready to lead the Northern Olympic bid - Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham just give us a call!
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Skeleton defeat, Slopestyle supreme, Seven heaven Curling, Swiss time first gold and speed skating success for home nation!
Day 1 delivered for Team GB and the organisers - and Michael got to his first Olympic venue!
Baroness Katherine Grainger, chair of the British Olympic Association, even tells us we could exceed our ambition of 4-8 medals in Milano Cortina!
In Tomorrow's News Today, we also hear from Phebe Bekker and James Hernandez on what to watch out for in the Ice Dance competition with them and Lilah & Lewis and Ellia Smeding goes in the women's 1000m speed skating!
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Multi coloured coffee pots, Mariah Carey and Nessun Dorma left us all in tears!
A thoroughly Italian and traditional opening ceremony kicks off the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics in style in Milan - Team GB's Makayla Gerken Schofield in Livigno told us being part of it was cool - and it's clear the people there loved it too!
Hear our verdict in FULL, the rest of the day’s news and tomorrow’s news today with GB cross country skier Andrew Musgrave
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How many medals have Team GB won at Winter Olympics? What's the most at one Games? What new sports are making their debut in Milano Cortina?
Impress your friends as you watch the Opening Ceremony tonight - as we round up all the stats and facts you need for these Winter Olympcs.
There's the latest Curling, Skating and Boarding News from the Games - plus in our Tomorrow's News Today we're joined by Kirsty Muir and Chris McCormick from Livigno to talk FreeSki on Saturday and obviously Pizza!
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Winning, waiting, water and white stuff! Oh and Michael Weadock's on his way!
We've the latest Curling and Skeleton 'helmet' news from Team GB
There's too much snow in Cortina for the women's downhill
And in wet Milan, we continue our Figure Skating Team Event focus with Ed Appleby!
Download, listen & follow for all things Milano Cortina 2026
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Lilah Fear and Brad Hall - two flagbearers for Team GB - in two host cities.
The figure slater and bobsleigh pilot have been selected to carry the Union flag into the Opening Ceremonies - Lilah at the San Siro in Milan and Brad in Cortina.
Hear from them - and the legend that's Lindsey Vonn in our latest Milano Daily
And tomorrow's news today is the start of the Team Skating competition - we hear from Kristen Spours
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Unofficial day 2 and we're already getting an understanding there's more food available than Paris - particularly the Italian special of Pizza!
Team GB athletes are enjoying their surroundings in Athletes Villages across N Italy - we hear from freestyle boarders Maisie Hill and Txema Mazet Brown - and Chris McCormick tells us what to watch out for in FreeSki!
There's our News from the Games plus more British cycling success away from the Winters!
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It's the first Milano Daily of the Winter Olympics!
Every day we'll have the latest headines, News from the Games and Tomorrow's News Today (TNT)
In this episode, Olympic Curling champion Jen Dodds and silver medalist Bruce Mouat join us - four years on from fourth place in the Mixed Doubles in Beijing, the curlers kick off the Team GB campaign against Norway this Wednesday Feb 4 in Cortina!
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