The Breakdown with Orla Chennaoui and Greg Rutherford

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Welcome to The Breakdown, where we bring you conversations with sports stars and celebrities, breaking down the components of success, the battles common to us all, and the elements of sport that unify each and every one of us.

The Breakdown, with Eurosport presenters Orla Chennaoui and Greg Rutherford

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Greg Rutherford

To mark the end of Series One of The Breakdown, Orla Chennaoui puts co-host Greg Rutherford in the interviewee seat for a special bonus episode... In what could be a therapy session, the 2012 Olympic champion looks back in candour on the childhood experiences which propelled him into the world of sport and shares the sliding doors moment when as a tearaway teenager, he could have died ‘car surfing’. We take a deep dive into the trials and tribulations of his career, and explore the chip on his s...

Sep 13, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 9

Barry Hearn

In the latest episode of The Breakdown, Orla Chennaoui and Greg Rutherford pay a visit to one of the most successful operators in the history of the British sport industry, Barry Hearn. Renowned for his revolutionary promotion of snooker, darts and boxing, Barry - now aged 74 - draws distinct parallels between sport and business and looks back light-heartedly at the many lessons of success he’s learned throughout his accomplished career: “My candle is not the brightest in the room, but it burns ...

Sep 06, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 8

Amy Williams

Amy Williams, MBE joins Greg and Orla for an enlightening and honest account about life as a retired athlete and working mum. “I actually love being spontaneous and I love not having the routine, and then I know in certain elements of life, you have to.” The former skeleton racer and Olympic gold medalist also reflects on her career, the importance of trusting your gut and knowing the ‘right’ time to walk away. Then based on her own personal experiences, Amy shares her approaches for managing an...

Aug 30, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Ronnie O'Sullivan

We’ve taken a short break to make way for an epic summer of sport, but we’re back with a bang with none other than the legendary Ronnie O’Sullivan. In an incredibly open conversation with Orla Chennaoui and Greg Rutherford, Ronnie takes us back to the dark places he promised himself he’d never return to en route to winning his record-equalling seventh World Snooker Championship title. He also opens up about his experiences with anxiety over the last decade, the invaluable buzz he gets from runni...

Aug 23, 2022•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 6

Robert Rinder

In a change of pace this week, we speak to TV celebrity, and good friend of Greg, Robert Rinder. You may know him from an array of TV shows, and what follows is a fascinating conversation about life, sport, and everything in between. Rinder tells us how taking up running "really did change my life" - even if he's not a fan of the London Marathon route... We also hear about the extraordinary challenge he faced for Sport Relief and how his first response was, “I do think you should know everybody'...

May 31, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Jess Learmonth

After last week's emotional discussion with Sir Chris Hoy, another Team GB gold-medal winner joins Orla and Greg this week as we meet Jess Learmonth. Part of the team which brought home the gold in the mixed relay triathlon in Tokyo, Jess has a remarkable backstory, which involves working in Sainsbury's on minimum wage - a world away from some elite athletes. We also hear about the moment she thought her "world was about to end", when she broke her back just five months before the Olympics were ...

May 24, 2022•58 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Sir Chris Hoy

Greg and Orla’s latest guest on The Breakdown is track cycling royalty Sir Chris Hoy. The six-time Olympic champion dives into a range of topics on our new podcast, including the dangers of comparison, using visualisation for focus, and how revered sports psychologist Steve Peters “changed my life”. We also discuss the importance of smiling, and the psychology behind using that as a weapon in elite sport, in a fascinating insight into high performance from one of its very best practitioners. How...

May 17, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Jamie Chadwick

We've been blown away by the reaction to our first episode of The Breakdown (check out the chat with Mark Cavendish if you haven't already) - and we hope you enjoy episode two just as much as Orla and Greg sit down with Jamie Chadwick. Jamie is the two-time reigning champion of the W Series and tells us what it's like to have the one and only Caitlyn Jenner as a team boss, having signed for Jenner Racing for the 2022 season, which began with a double-header of victories in Miami at the weekend. ...

May 10, 2022•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 2

Mark Cavendish

Eurosport is delighted to announce the launch of a brand-new podcast taking you into the heart of elite sport, The Breakdown with Orla Chennaoui and Greg Rutherford. With new episodes every Tuesday, Warner Bros. Discovery presenters Orla and Greg meet sports stars and celebrities, breaking down the components of success, the battles common to us all, and the elements of sport that unify each and every one of us. The season kicks off with British Cycling legend Mark Cavendish. The most successful...

May 03, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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