Destination Tokyo

A really honest account of what it's like living and competing in a bubble for a month.

GB's top ranked mixed doubles pair of Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith talk about their time in Bangkok. And lesso…

Here's one of the few athletes who've had to endure Long Covid. Jonny Walton contracted the Corona Virus last Spring - and it's after effects were "scary" as Jonny struggled to return to fitness.

Tha…

There are set to be three new dads in Team GB's hockey squad for Tokyo. And that's a rarity.

Adam Dixon is Team GB's newest dad, becoming a father in late January. The England and GB Hockey captain …

Sal Montgomery has a special place in Helen Glover's life. She saved her husband from drowning. And Sal gives a unique insight into how Helen returned to the GB Rowing Squad having had 3 children i…

How do you balance athlete life and being a parent. Today double gold medal winner Helen Glover announced her intention to compete in Tokyo. We hear briefly from her performance director - with mor…

Shona shares her coping mechanisms and how she's turned to dogs to help her through injury and lockdown.

She was a consistent member of the GB hockey team which won an historic gold medal at the Rio O…

Athletes and their food; And football and the Olympics. Two guests today. Stef Reid, medal winning Paralympic Long Jumper. And Ellen White, footballing Olympian from London 2012.

Stef talks about …

Charlotte Henshaw is a medal favourite in her 'new' sport of paracanoe after competing at 3 Paralympics in GB's swimming team.

But she's recently had surgery and had a diagnosis of endometriosis. So …

Amidst the uncertainty, the athletes carry on, hoping Tokyo goes ahead this summer.

There's been more uncertainty for GB football. Phil Neville, likely manager in Tokyo has moved to the US. Ellen Wh…

Today is a lively chat with Olympian Patrick Huston, who competed for Team GB at the Archery in Rio.

I first met Patrick at the European Championships in Nottingham five years ago and he always has so…

Today's guest is one of Britain's Paralympic stars - Richard Whitehead. His gold medal moment at London 2012 was one of the highlights of the Games. He repeated this at Rio in 2016 but at 44 he wil…

Today's guest in this ten minute podcast is Paralympic powerlifter Ali Jawad who's hoping a Covid vaccination will help his Tokyo preparations enormously.

Ali has Crohn's Disease which makes him clin…

I've a lovely guest to finish the week. It's Donna Fraser who has just been awarded an OBE in the New Year.

Donna's making a big contribution to UK Athletics as its lead in Equality, Diversity and En…

So there are 7 guests packed into just over ten minutes of this daily podcast! I love it when the Olympic and Paralympic teams are announced and the athletes can mark the moment.

These are the first …

I've got two great guest today. Alice Dearing is aiming to be the first black woman to represent Team GB in swimming.

With so much speculation about the Games this summer, Alice tells me she's of the…

Three great guests today. From Bangkok there's badminton's Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith and here in the UK Andy Stevenson, from the Paralympic Podcast 'A Winning Mindset'.

Marcus Ellis and Lauren Sm…

Welcome to the first edition of Destination Tokyo - these are ten minute daily podcasts looking ahead to the Olympics and Paralympics.

The first of our regular contributors is Martyn Rooney who's g…