S1E1 Medals & More - a conversation with Dame Katherine Grainger
02/11/20 • 19 min
Medals & More - a conversation with Dame Katherine Grainger - the podcast taking you behind the scenes of British Olympic and Paralympic Sport.
In this episode, we hear from British Olympic and Paralympic medallists who've won gold, silver and bronze since the start of funding in elite sport in the UK in 1996 and Katherine meets one of our greatest ever Paralympians - Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson - to discuss the impact the National Lottery has had on GB's success at recent Games, culminating in a record breaking performance at Rio 2016.
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Medals & More - a conversation with Dame Katherine Grainger - the podcast taking you behind the scenes of British Olympic and Paralympic Sport.
In this episode, we hear from British Olympic and Paralympic medallists who've won gold, silver and bronze since the start of funding in elite sport in the UK in 1996 and Katherine meets one of our greatest ever Paralympians - Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson - to discuss the impact the National Lottery has had on GB's success at recent Games, culminating in a record breaking performance at Rio 2016.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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S1E2 Max Whitlock, Sir Lee Pearson and Helen & Kate Richardson-Walsh
Medals & More - a conversation with Dame Katherine Grainger - the podcast taking you behind the scenes of Olympic and Paralympic sport.
In this episode, we focus on the record-breaking success of Rio 2016 and look ahead to this summer's Tokyo Games - can Team GB & Para GB equal those achievements?
Katherine catches up with double Olympic gold medallist Max Whitlock about his triumph in Brazil and how he's now preparing for Japan. We hear from Paralympic champions Sir Lee Pearson & John Walker on their goals for the Games and Helen and Kate Richardson-Walsh reveal the secrets behind the success of the British Women's Hockey team that claimed Olympic gold in 2016, four years on from winning bronze at our home games in London.
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