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Mental health and elite sports podcast Feb 25, 2023

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Our new podcast focusses on mental health issues facing elite athletes, Olympians, and all of us! We checked in with Cecile Landi, Simone Biles' coach, Italy's short track speed skating legend Arianna Fontana, and human performance consultant Dr. Craig Manning.

3x3 basketball Olympic qualifying with Jimmer Fredette Feb 08, 2023

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Remember Jimmer Fredette? Basketball and #YouTube sensation? The former NBA player is re-inventing himself for the U.S. 3x3 basketball team. We caught up with him in our latest podcast as he embarks on his journey to hopefully represent Team USA at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Jimmer-mania all over again?

Paris 2024 Olympic skateboard qualification with Jagger Eaton Jan 25, 2023

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Olympic skateboarding bronze medalist Jagger Eaton joins Tom Kirkland on the Olympics.com podcast. The American shares his pathway to the Paris 2024 Games, why he is hoping to still be around for LA 2028, and what's up with him listening to country music. Plus hear the Team USA star talk through the skateboarding Olympic qualification process ahead of the Park and Street World Championships 2023 in the UAE.

Christian Taylor: The triple jump king on his injury return Jul 05, 2022

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Two-time Olympic champion and four-time world champion Christian Taylor is making his comeback to triple jump after an Achilles rupture a year ago, ended his hopes of defending his Olympic title at Tokyo 2020.

The American caught up with Ash Tulloch to discuss his journey back to competition and the challenges he faced along the way, including depression, doubt and questioning if he should continue in the sport at all.

Taylor shares why Kobe Bryant's Mamba mentality has helped him as he works towards the athletics world championships in Oregon and Paris 2024. Vulnerable, honest and inspiring. This is a meaningful and uplifting conversation you don't want to miss.

Olympic State of Mind with Jordan Burroughs Jan 01, 2020

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High achieving athletes and Olympians guide you through the techniques they use to stay on top of their mental game. We spoke to Olympic freestyle wrestling gold medallist Jordan Burroughs, Olympic javelin champion Thomas Rohler, Rio 2016 badminton silver medallist PV Sindhu and teenage swimming world champion Ariarne Titmus about meditation, motivation, and visualisation.

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Ed Knowles Twitter

Olympic Channel Instagram

Simone Biles – the complete interview - REPLAY Dec 25, 2019

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To celebrate our most popular episode of 2019 - we are replaying our chat with Simone Biles. We caught up with the history-making four-time Olympic champion gymnast at her gym in Houston for an exclusive interview. We also spoke to Olympic champ Nastia Liukin about why she thinks Simone is the greatest of all time.

The athlete allergic to nearly all food: Annimari Korte on why she never gave up Dec 18, 2019

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There have been so many medical conditions, Finnish 100m hurdler Annimari Korte has lost count. Two rare conditions meant she couldn’t even swallow water and suffered pain similar to a heart attack. Slowly, she made a physical recovery and her dreams came true when she qualified for Tokyo 2020. But mentally, after all the trauma, she found it difficult to accept success.

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Annimari Korte Instagram

Ed Knowles Twitter

Olympic Channel Instagram

World champion Nathan Chen on Yale, success, quads, and Yuzuru Hanyu. Dec 11, 2019

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Figure skater and two-time world champion Nathan Chen sat down with Olympic champion Meryl Davis to talk about how he recovered from his 2018 Olympic performance to winning his third Grand Prix Final in 2019.

He beat Yuzuru Hanyu in Turin but the pair share a mutual respect and love competing against each other.

“(He) really fires me up, makes me want to take my jumps more and makes me want to be a little bit more aggressive with my skating. I think that's something that I don't feel quite as much when he's not competing with me.”

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Meryl Davis Instagram

Nathan Chen Instagram

Ed Knowles Twitter

Olympic Channel Instagram

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Kelly Slater on surfing at the Olympics, retirement, and Baywatch Dec 04, 2019

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The 11-time world champion surfer still has a chance to qualify for the Olympic Games in Tokyo. The Olympic Channel Podcast sat down with surfing legend Kelly Slater to look back his career which has stretched out for nearly 30 years.

Ben Ryan – the coach behind Fiji’s rugby 7s Olympic gold Nov 27, 2019

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Battling cyclones, family deaths, relationship problems, and mysterious magic curses – Ben Ryan’s time in charge of Fiji’s men’s 7s team was truly inspirational. He gives insight into the difficulties he faced and also how he had to develop his own mindset to draw out the best from his players.

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Ben Ryan Twitter

Andrew Binner Twitter

Ed Knowles Twitter

Olympic Channel Instagram

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