All About... Olympics

All About... Olympics

By BBC Radio 5 Live

From track and field legends, to stars chasing gold in Paris at the Olympic and Paralympic Games – Eleanor Oldroyd, Katharine Merry and Allison Curbishley talk to the biggest names ahead of the greatest show on Earth.

Episodes

The Adam Peaty & Gordon Ramsay one

Team GB Olympic swimming champion Adam Peaty talks to celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay about everything, from food to fame.In this in-depth interview, Peaty opens up about his difficult journey to the Games, his return to form and how he has found happiness away from the pool.
26/07/2431m 58s

The Sebastian Coe one

Sebastian Coe looks back on his days as an Olympian, including his rivalry with Steve Ovett and training on Christmas Day. He talks about his role at the London 2012 Olympic Games and the pleasure in awarding Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill her heptathlon gold medal. Also, as the current president of World Athletics, he discusses the biggest challenges ahead for the sport.
26/07/2434m 57s

The Dame Denise Lewis one

In this latest episode the spotlight falls on Dame Denise Lewis as she shares her experience of claiming Gold in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, seeing the Commonwealth games come home to Birmingham and her journey to the top of the sport. She also details how her life changed following global success.
25/07/2436m 38s

The USA Basketball one

Sam Harris is joined by basketball analyst Mo Mooncey and NBA journalist Grant Afseth to look ahead to Team USA at the Paris Olympics. The team chat about whether this is the 'Last Dance' for LeBron James, Steph Curry and Kevin Durant, and they also look at who of the younger generation could be passed the Team USA torch. And with the rest of the world improving in their standard of basketball, Sam, Mo and Grant look at who might pose the USA problems at the Paris Olympics, before hearing straight from newly-crowned NBA champion Jayson Tatum, as well as Tyrese Haliburton.Timecodes 01'17: Finals MVP Jaylen Brown's omission 02'55: The current state of the USA men's roster 04'33: The depth of the USA men's roster 05'18: Is there a lot to prove? Plus the recruitment of Embiid 08'07: Jayson Tatum interview 11'50: The passing of the Team USA torch 13'23: Tyrese Haliburton interview 18'31: Who might pose the USA problems? 22'20: Can Team USA women make history? 23'51: The omission of Caitlin Clark 26'04: Is Caitlin Clark ready?
24/07/2429m 59s

The Hannah Cockroft one

Wheelchair racer Hannah Cockcroft speaks to Eleanor Oldroyd about her brilliant career. The winner of seven Paralympic golds and the holder of five world records in the T34 classification, Hannah discusses how she got into the sport, the people who inspire her as well as the importance of her wheelchair (and making sure the size is correct!) and why she is determined to just keep on winning.
24/07/2423m 4s

The Tom Daley one

After taking a two-year break from the sport, Tom Daley is back to compete in his fifth Olympics at Paris 2024. And, speaking to his former diving mentor Leon Taylor, he reflects on how it felt to finally end his wait for gold at Tokyo 2020.
23/07/2428m 6s

The Dame Sarah Storey one

Dame Sarah Storey discusses her remarkable Paralympics career with Ely Oldroyd explaining how she developed her love for swimming, but ended up switching to cycling, where she continued to win gold after gold.
23/07/2429m 27s

The Sir Steve Redgrave one

The Olympic rowing great discusses his incredible career with Elly Oldroyd - one that saw him win five rowing gold medals across five consecutive Games.He also opens up on his health issues, his struggles during Covid and his regrets at not getting the opportunity to work in a coaching capacity with the GB team. He also explains how it feels when they build a statue of you in the town where you live.
22/07/2432m 49s

The Michael Johnson one

Sprint legend Michael Johnson joins Katharine Merry and Allison Curbishley on the podcast to discuss his many career highlights that have included winning eight world titles and four Olympic gold medals.The American chooses as his 'gold medal achievement' his sensational 200m and 400m double at his home Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996.It wasn't easy to find a 'wooden spoon moment' but Johnson explains that he still holds some regret about losing a race at high school.
19/07/2438m 32s

The Helen Glover one

Helen Glover discusses her career as an Olympic Gold medal winner and also her aims for this summer's games in Paris. She talks about how she began her rowing career, the legacy that she hopes to leave and her greatest moments in life and her career.
18/07/2424m 36s

The Zharnel Hughes one

From his training base in Jamaica, Zharnel Hughes sits down with Eleanor Oldroyd ahead of this summer's Paris Olympics. He’s a double Commonwealth Games and European Championships gold medallist, and now he’s aiming to add an Olympic title to his collection.He goes right back to the beginning - from when he first discovered he was pretty fast, to making the move to Great Britain, and moving on from the disappointment of missing Rio and false starts and team disqualification in Tokyo.He also gives us a glimpse inside his mind when on the start line and discusses if it’s time for a new era of athletics
17/07/2435m 9s

The Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill one

Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill is the latest athlete to discuss the most memorable moments from her career and she looks at some of the highlights in the sport that stand out for her.She reminisces on watching a remarkable world record breaking run from Usain Bolt in 2009 and having an unlikely fan in Denzel Washington.Ennis-Hill also talks about returning to compete as a mum and how that impacted her Olympic performance in 2014 and reflects on her gold medal win on Super Saturday at London 2012
16/07/2432m 11s

The Dame Kelly Holmes one

The British athletics legend chats to Eleanor Oldroyd about her incredible career, capped by winning Olympic gold in the 800m and 1,500m in 2004.She discusses her career - and explains how portable toilets and ice creams featured during the Athens Games.She also opens up about living in fear for years that her sexuality would be revealed, and how inspiring just one other person by coming out would eclipse all her sporting success.WARNING: This episode contains discussions about suicide and self-harm. If you or someone you know is in need of help, you can find links to organisations who can provide help and support at www.bbc.co.uk/actionline
15/07/2427m 31s

COMING SOON - All About...Olympics

From track and field legends, to stars chasing gold at the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games – Eleanor Oldroyd, Katharine Merry & Allison Curbishley talk to the biggest names ahead of the greatest show on earth - the 2024 Olympic & Paralympic Games.
12/07/2439s
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