Let's get you back in the zone of Ski Jumping as we inch closer to the Beijing Olympics by speaking with Canadian Ski Jumper Abigail Strate about her career and her amazing sport! We find out from Abi about her pathway into ski jumping and why she is so addicted to the sport that she loves. We also find out what it was like growing up without being able to experience the usual high school life most teenagers did and why going to Europe for most of her school year always ended up being more fun. ...
Jan 28, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 210
With only days until the Beijing Olympics, we continue our chats with some great winter athletes as we chat with Australian Alpine Skier Harry Laidlaw about his incredible sport and his incredible career & Olympic achievements! We find out from Harry just how he got into the sport and what other sports we could've seen him make a name for himself in had things taken a different route. We also find out just how difficult it is for an Australian to make it in the sport of Alpine Skiing and jus...
Jan 27, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 209
It's a return to ski jumping today as we sit down and chat with upcoming American ski jumper Logan Sankey about the incredible sport and learn more about her chances to compete in Beijing! We find out just why she switched from Alpine Skiing to Ski Jumping and how a crossover between the two sports helped her along the way. We also learn more about the fear aspect of the sport and how that is able to be used to her advantage. Added to this we find out just what path she will need to take to get ...
Jan 26, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 208
A great chat today for you to enjoy as we talk more about the legendary sport that is Nordic Combined by speaking with three time American Olympian Taylor Fletcher about his extraordinary career! We find out how Taylor was pretty much born with skis on his feet and how early his Olympic dreams started. We also learn about the groundbreaking performance by Team USA in Nordic Combined in Vancouver and how it was to be part of that success. Added to this we learn just how difficult some of the last...
Jan 25, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 207
Get pumped and excited today as we return to the sport of Nordic Combined by speaking with American rising star Niklas Malacinski about the amazing sport and his amazing journey in it! We find out from Niklas how he got into the sport and how being able to touch an Olympic medal helped spur on his Olympic dreams. We also find out about the unique combination of training the sport requires and how the balance works when it comes to it. Added to this we find out more about his love of all things F...
Jan 24, 2022•54 min•Ep. 206
Another great interview coming through your speakers today as we chat with American ski jumper Paige Jones about her time in the sport and her Olympic hopes for the upcoming Beijing Olympics! We find out how being born in an Olympic city in an Olympic year helped her on her journey in the sport and just what it was about ski jumping that took her preference over some other winter sports. We also find out her progression through the ranks and how much her experiences at the 2020 Youth Olympics he...
Jan 23, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 205
Another great ski jumping interview for you today as we speak with American Olympian Casey Larson about his incredible journey in the sport and Olympic experiences! We find out from Casey how growing up near a ski jumping facility helped spur his passion for the sport and just why so many people from his local club ended up becoming Olympians. We also learn more about his experiences at the 2016 Youth Olympics and just why 2016 was one of the best years of his life. Added to this we find out abo...
Jan 22, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 204
After ticking off ski jumping from our sports list last episode it's time to continue with some more talk about the great sport as we chat with Canadian ski jumper Natasha Bodnarchuk about her Olympic aspirations and athletic career! We find out from Natasha just why she chose ski jumping as a sport to pursue and just why she fell in love with it so much at an early age. We also learn more about the unique techniques involved in the sport and just how important the mental aspect is. Added to thi...
Jan 21, 2022•56 min•Ep. 203
An exciting day today on the show as we bring you your first ever taste of Ski Jumping by speaking with Canadian Ale Loutitt about the sport ahead of her Olympic debut in Beijing! We find out just how she got into the sport and her rapid rise through the ranks that are leading her to make her Olympic debut in 2022. We also find out more about the technicalities around the sport, including some of the very unique and odd rules that exist in ski jumping. Added to this we find out just why she was ...
Jan 20, 2022•1 hr 58 min•Ep. 202
It's time to return to the sport of Speed Skating and speak to a legend of the sport in five-time American Olympic medallist Chad Hedrick about his incredible skating career! We find out how Chad was literally born with skates on his feet and how this enabled him to dominate the sport in both inline and speed skating. We also learn how a trip to the 1988 Calgary Olympics didn't turn out how it perhaps should've and how close he felt he came to making a different Olympics had things played out di...
Jan 19, 2022•44 min•Ep. 201
It's time to take another brief break from our interviews to bring you another clip show to help us celebrate our epic 200th episode! Yes we're back once more to bring you highlights from our episodes 151-200, featuring some amazing interviews and guests as well as the best bits of all our other episodes that you loved! So strap yourself in for another fun journey with some great highlights as we celebrate the 200th episode of your favourite Olympics podcast!
Jan 18, 2022•3 hr 32 min•Ep. 200
As we inch closer and closer to Beijing it's a perfect time to tick off another sport on the show that we have never covered before in Speed Skating as we chat with two-time Australian speed skater Daniel Greig about his amazing career and experiences in the sport! We find out more from Daniel just how he transitioned from roller sports into ice sports and how difficult that transition was as an Australian in a sport in which there are no full sized facilities anywhere the country. We also find ...
Jan 17, 2022•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 199
A special interview coming your way today as we speak to CBC reporter Devin Heroux about his amazing career and Olympic broadcasting experiences! We find out just what brought him to the industry and how his passion and love for sport helped spur him from Saskatchewan right through to the biggest sporting event on the planet. We also find out just what his experiences were like in Tokyo covering 51 straight days of both Olympics and Paralympics action and just how he will use those experiences h...
Jan 16, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 198
Excited to bring you a chat today with legendary Australian long jumper and broadcaster David Culbert to learn more about his athletic career as well as his post-Olympic career that continues to get bigger and bigger! We found out from David just why his aspirations as a kid were to go to the Olympics and just why it was long jump that took him towards that dream. We also learn about his Olympic experiences as an athlete and just what it was like to have a conversation before his competition in ...
Jan 15, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 197
We're excited to welcome back to the show today three-time Australian Olympic Mogul skier Britteny Cox to chat about her preparation leading up to the Beijing Olympics, her experiences in PyeongChang and everything else in between! We find out from Britteny just how her preparation has been in the lead up to the Olympics as well as just how her experiences in 2018 have helped along the journey to Beijing. We also learn more about the attention the sport has gotten in Australia and just why the f...
Jan 14, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 196
It's time for another taste of Field Hockey on the show today as we speak with Canadian Olympian Oliver Scholfield about his journey into the sport and his Olympic experience. We learn from Oliver just why we chose to stick with field hockey throughout his youth after playing a variety of different sports and just how his Olympic dream helped along the way. We also learn about how it was transitioning into playing the sport in Canada from the UK and how important it is to him to try to continue ...
Jan 13, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 195
As we get closer and closer to the Beijing Olympics it's time to get all winter again as we speak with two-time Canadian Olympic Aerial Skier and Olympic Bronze Medallist Deidra Dionne about her extraordinary career and Olympic experiences! We find out more about the sport of Aerial Skiing in Canada and why Deidra could've very nearly competed in another discipline in the sport at the Olympics. We also learn more about her amazing Olympic appearances, including the feelings of winning a medal at...
Jan 12, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 194
It's time for us to bring you your very first taste of Judo and your very first taste of Britain as we speak to two-time British judoka Gemma Howell about her amazing career and her amazing sport! We find out from Gemma how her math teacher father got her involved in the sport and what it was that made her fell in love with it. We also learn about the experience of qualifying for her first Olympics being at home and the experience of being a British athlete during the London Olympics. Added to t...
Jan 10, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 193
It's time to return to the sport of wrestling as we speak to three-time Australian Olympic Wrestler Ali Abdo about his amazing career! We find out from Ali just how he got into the sport and how being in his final year of high school helped him towards his ultimate goal of being an Olympian. We also find out about the unique way he always found himself qualifying for each of his Olympics, as well as what it took to switch between both Greco-Roman and Freestyle. Added to this we learn about just ...
Jan 08, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 192
It's time to return to the greatest sport on the planet of Modern Pentathlon as we chat with Australian two-time Olympian Ed Fernon about his amazing career and the amazing sport he competes in! We find out from Ed just what made him decide to take up the sport and how he was able to go from picking it up to qualifying for his first Olympics in such a short period of time. We also find out the unique swimming training methods he had to undertake in order to improve his times as well as just how ...
Jan 06, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 191
It's an exciting day today as we chat with our first ever Artistic Swimmer in the form of Australian Olympian Kirsten Kinash to learn about her amazing career, Olympic experiences and of course more about her amazing sport! We find out Kirsten's unique journey from growing up in Canada and getting involved in the sport right through to moving to Australia and the challenges in continuing her career on this side of the world. We also learn more about the sport and why it is maybe the most difficu...
Jan 04, 2022•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 190
It's time to get on target once more as we go back to the sport of Shooting by speaking with Australian Olympic shooter Laura Coles about her amazing journey in the sport! We find out which sport Laura actually started out in and why that sport was her initial goal to become an Olympian in. We also find out how a series of heartbreaking near Olympic misses spurred her on towards he Tokyo appearance and just what that moment meant to her lining up in the Australian uniform on her competition day ...
Jan 02, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 189
Excited to go back to the sport of Swimming today as we sit down with Australian Olympic Bronze Medallist Alex Graham to talk about his recent Olympic experience and amazing career! We find out from Alex just why he decided to focus on swimming and which other sports he potentially had a future in if he had of pursued them. We also find out how the disappointment of missing the Rio Olympics helped spur him on towards his Tokyo appearance and made him pursue his Olympic dream even further. Added ...
Dec 31, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 188
It's time to return to boxing once again as we chat with two-time Australian Olympic Boxer Brad Hore about his amazing career! We learn from Brad about his unique debut Olympic experience in Sydney and just why it had such an affect on him that he was unable to even watch the Olympics until recently. We also learn more about how he was able to walk away from his experiences in Athens as a better person and just why it was the best match of his entire career. Added to this we learn more about his...
Dec 29, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 187
It's time for arguably one of our biggest ever interviews today as we sit down with the icon that is Kieren Perkins to learn more about his incredible career and legacy he has left on not only Swimming in Australia but also for the Olympics too! We find out just why he wasn't the most sporty kid growing up and how a freak accident helped set a path for him to his incredible and record breaking career. We also learn which other legendary Australian sporting icon helped give him a boost ahead of t...
Dec 27, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 186
An incredible interview coming your way today as we speak with legendary Canadian canoeist and two-time Olympic medallist Laurence Vincent Lapointe about her extraordinary career and recent experience in Tokyo! We find out from Laurence how she got into the sport and why she continued to persist in a sport that she didn't exactly take to immediately. We also learn about the amazing barriers she had to break throughout her career in order to succeed and just why canoe seemed to be so anti-female ...
Dec 25, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 185
It's time to get inspired and entertained all at the same time today as we sit down with two-time Canadian runner Malindi Elmore to learn more about her extraordinary career! We find out what brought her into the sport of running and why she pursued distance running over the shorter distances. We also learn more about her unique experiences at the Athens Olympics and just what she had to go through post-Athens as she attempted to return to the Olympics in both Beijing and London. Added to this w...
Dec 23, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 184
A special interview coming your way today as we sit down with legendary Australian cricketer Lisa Sthalekar to talk about her incredible broadcasting career and recent experiences as part of the Channel Seven coverage of the Tokyo Olympics! We find out from Lisa how she got started into broadcasting and how quickly she became addicted to it when she did. We also learn about her unique experiences of being thrown into the deep end among some iconic Australian broadcasters and just what those expe...
Dec 21, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 183
It's time to get your first taste of Taekwondo on the show today as we speak with three-time Australian Olympian Carmen Marton about her extraordinary career! We find out from Carmen just why she got into the sport and why it turned into a bit of a family business for her and her brother and sister. We also find out about the thrill of becoming Australia's first ever World Champion in the sport and what that achievement meant to her. Added to this we also learn some very honest details about her...
Dec 19, 2021•48 min•Ep. 182
It's time to get your canoe and kayak back on today as we sit down with Aussie Gold Medallist Jean van der Westhuyzen to learn about his incredible career and recent success at the Tokyo Olympics! We find out from Jean about his experiences growing up in South Africa and what brought about his move to Australia. We also find out more about his progression in the sport and just how he was able to get to his first Olympics at such a young age. Added to this we find out more about the experiences o...
Dec 17, 2021•51 min•Ep. 181
