Olympic Channel Podcast

Gu Ailing Eileen of China is a freestyle skier with a Youth Olympic silver medal and went to Paris Fashion Week in her spare time. We also catch up with Estonia's Kelly Sildaru who won the slopestyle freestyle skiing. Plus, two-time Olympic champion curler John Morris gives some tips on how to calm your nerves.

After one of her biggest achievements, Olympic bronze medallist Emma Terho of Finland nearly left her sport. She explained why she decided to continue at her talk at the Chat with Champions event. Plus, find out why US halfpipe snowboarder Tessa Maud is excited to get started at the Winter Youth Olympic Games.

We find out what trick Kiernan Fagan would love to land at the Winter Youth Olympic Games. Plus, we sent influencer Tobi Jizzle down a luge and tested his Olympic knowledge at the same time.

USA men's luge doubles team, Sam Day and Sam Eckert, talk about their big ambitions for their career. Plus, two Afghan volunteers who are living in Lausanne tell their incredible stories. Plus, a last question with some of the British curling team.

On finals day of the mixed gender event, two-time Olympic gold medallist John Morris explained why the sport of curling is so popular in Canada. Plus, successful Spanish ski mountaineering medallists Maria Costa and Ot Ferrer on their historic achievement. Also, would you rather eat cucumber for a week or never taste chocolate again? Find out what the Norwegian curling team said about that.

Five-time Olympian cross-country skier and cancer survivor Kikkan Randall spoke at the Chat with Champions event about how to combat negative thoughts. Plus, a last question with figure skater with figure skater Kate Wang.

We've packed as many sports into today's episode. There are updates from curling, biathlon, speed skaitng and alpine skiing. Plus, men's figure skating champion Kagiyama Yuma stopped by to give his reaction.

Olympic gold medallist Patrick Chan and two-time European champion Nathalie Pechalat on how to savour the moment. Plus, we hear the pre-game team talk for a mixed nationality ice hockey team here at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Switzerland.

The Swiss athletes are off to an amazing start at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne. Twin brothers Thomas and Robin Bussard were first and second place in the ski mountaineering. Thomas said it was the best day of his life! And we caught up with alpine skier Amelie Klopfenstein who came off the reserve list to take first gold medal of the Games.

Two-time Olympic champion alpine skier Aksel Lund Svindal gives a good luck message to those competing at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne. Plus, Pakistani alpine skier Mia Freudweiler on her hope to inspire more women to ski in her country and a last question with Lausanne mascot Yodli.

It’s day one of the Winter Youth Olympic Games. Olympic silver medallist Stephane Lambiel gave us his opinion on who to look out for and opened up about his new coaching link up with Japanese figure skater and Olympic silver medallist Shoma Uno. Plus, some other athletes to look out for and we chat to Lausanne 2020 Olympic medal designer Zakea Page.

We’ve all the info you need for the start of Lausanne 2020... There's a good luck message from eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt, a walk through the historic St Moritz track with Olympic silver medallist Chris Mazdzer, and much more...

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.LINKS:Ed Knowles TwitterOlympic Channel Instagram

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.

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.LINKS:Annimari Korte InstagramEd Knowles TwitterOlympic Channel Instagram

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.” LINKS: Meryl Davis Instagram Nathan Chen Instagram Ed Knowles Twitter Olympic Channel Instagram Gracie Gold episode

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.

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.LINKS:Ben Ryan TwitterAndrew Binner TwitterEd Knowles TwitterOlympic Channel Instagram

The 400m runner Salwa Eid Naser took a silver medal at the Youth Olympics in 2014 wearing a hijab and a full body suit. Fast forward to her incredible performance at the 2019 World Athletics Championships – she wasn’t wearing a hijab but now has nine tattoos and five piercings.“I don’t really care what people think. It’s my life and I do what I want.”LINKS:Salwa Eid Naser InstagramOlympic Channel InstagramEvelyn Watta TwitterEd Knowles TwitterThe consequences of the Caster Semenya ruling

Team GB hockey captain Kate Richardson-Walsh had a year from hell in 2014. “I started to ask myself some really big life questions. Why am I here? What is my value?” After breaking her jaw in the first game of the 2012 Olympics, she took a bronze medal on home soil. The quest for an Olympic gold seemed to be impossible after a disappointing performance in the 2014 World Cup. But the team did become champions at Rio 2016. So, how did she make her dreams come true? LINKS:Kate Richardson-Walsh Instagram David Childs Twitter Ed Knowles Twitter Olympic Channel Instagram Jordan Burroughs episode