Nicola Adams, the Brownlee brothers and making sense of the medal table.
Nicola Adams describes the sacrifices she made to make history and win the first Olympic gold medal in women’s boxing. Alistair and Jonny Brownlee talk about their gruelling training schedule and the ...
10 Aug 201226min
Mo Farah, Andy Murray and Jessica Ennis
Team GB’s Mo Farah, gold medallist in the 10,000m, receives a surprise phone call from his school PE teacher on Victoria Derbyshire’s 5 Live show and we hear from Andy Murray prior to the Olympics, wh...
7 Aug 201232min
Sir Chris Hoy, Bradley Wiggins and Topping the Medal Table
Rowing pair Heather Stanning and Helen Glover end Great Britain’s five-day wait for Olympic gold while BBC Radio 2’s Simon Mayo gets carried away cheering on Team GB’s cycling sprint team. Sir Chris H...
3 Aug 201229min
Opening Ceremony, Rebecca Adlington and Olympic sex tests.
Comedians Rhod Gilbert and Lloyd Langford reflect on the Opening Ceremony of the London Games while singer Alex Trimble speaks about performing during the lighting of the cauldron. Ahead of Rebecca Ad...
1 Aug 201229min
Michael Johnson, Shanaze Reade and David Quantick and...the Games begin!
Can David Rudisha dominate the 800 metres and finally achieve Olympic gold after missing out on Beijing through injury. Richard Bacon is joined by Olympian Michael Johnson and guests to discuss what m...
27 Jul 201227min
Emma Pooley, Jeremy Hunt and fasting during the Olympics.
After Bradley Wiggins’ historic win of the Tour de France, Team GB cyclist Emma Pooley speaks about going for gold. BBC World Service investigates how top Muslim athletes are coping with the rigours o...
24 Jul 201229min
USA Dream Team, Steve Backley and Olympic Village life
The Olympic Village will be home to 16,000 athletes and officials during the course of the Games but is it all work and no play? Eleanor Oldroyd finds out about the more steamy side of life in the Vil...
20 Jul 201229min
Olympic security, Zara Phillips and 95 medals for Team GB?
Lord Seb Coe, London 2012 chairman tells BBC 5 Live that Olympic security will not be compromised despite the contractor G4S’s failure to provide sufficient staff. As Britain’s Team Sky lead at the T...
17 Jul 201229min
