Destination Tokyo

Richard Whitehead is a double leg amputee sprinter who won gold and silver at the Rio Paralympics and a memorable gold in London in 2012. He's also worked across the world with humanitarian charitie…

Our first pod after Easter captures the remarkable story of Steph Davis. Less than two years ago Steph Davis was starting with the masses at the London Marathon. But last month she looked comfortab…

A chance to reflect on the last three months of the podcast as I head towards an Easter break. I've gone back to January to listen back and learn again.

Shona McCallin gave some excellent thoughts on…

Former world champion high hurdler Dai Greene talks us through the difference of being a funded and non-funded athlete. Injuries in the last few years have meant Dai has to pay most of his own way. …

Nick Samuels is the endurance athlete who almost ran himself to death. He's also an old friend of the remarkable winner of today's(26th March)Olympic Trials for the marathon, Chris Thompson.

Chris b…

Here's the latest from Paralympic powerlifter Ali Jawad who's aiming for Tokyo this summer. He's doing so against the odds. He's suffered badly from his Crohn's Disease since winning a medal in Rio…

Alice Dearing is hoping to head to Tokyo as part of Team GB in marathon swimming. She's just back from her first competition for 13 months in Doha.

Alice talks about the sport and that there are only…

Who is Tom Evans?

Tom Evans was a captain in the army until two years ago. Now he's looking to represent GB at the Olympics in an event he's only competed in once before. His background his ultra …

Today it's Alistair Brownlee - twice Olympic gold medal winner in the triathlon who's going for a hat-trick in Tokyo.

This is part of an interview Alistair gave to Track and Ball Podcast with football…

Sharing his love of the Olympics and Paralympics is the BBC's Nick Hope. THis week Nick won an award from the Sports Journalist Association for his work. And we talk about some of the key stories h…

Here's a Paralympian who's written a book in lockdown. Claire Cashmore has written a children's book. It's called Splash and you can pre-order here.

https://www.whsmith.co.uk/products/splash/claire-…

This is fascinating. Some fairly simple exercises we can all do at home - talked through by GB Olympic archer Patrick Huston.

He spends ten minutes pulling faces. And shows artistry and flexibility …

Stef Reid is aiming for a third Paralympics for GB in the Long Jump.

She tells us about the issues facing amputees in the extremes of weather - the cold British winter and hot humid conditions of To…

It's bubble time again for badminton's best. This time it's at the 'Wimbledon' of badminton - the All England in Birmingham.

Lauren and Marcus talk us through their latest bubble - they can't go outs…

Emma Wiggs is part of the paracanoe team training for the Tokyo Olympics. This is an excerpt from a video Emma and I made for British Canoeing this week. You can see the whole video on British Cano…

Summer in Tokyo will be hot and humid and a challenge for athletes competing outdoors - especially in endurance events.

We met George Peasegood in Episode 22 and it's definitely worth listening to his…

James Ellington competed in London and Rio. But the sprinter's career came to a shuddering halt in 2017 when he was involved in a motor bike accident whilst on a training camp in Tenerife.

He talks f…

Trampoline gymnastics is one of the sports that I love to watch. We don't get to see it much until the Olympics comes round. And it's one of those sports that we all become 'experts' for a few days…

For today GB Hockey player and gold medal winner Shona McCallin presents....and she's invited along her squad colleague Emily Defroand.

Shona chose Emily because she's unique because of all the work s…

Here's an optimistic Libby Clegg who's on track to make her 4th successive Paralympics as a sprinter. It's fair to say she's had a hectic and difficult 5 years since winning double gold in Rio in 20…