Olympic Channel podcast with Marcel Hirscher and the Dufour-Lapointe sisters
He finally did it! Skier Marcel Hirscher has added an Olympic gold medal to his already very full trophy cabinet. We catch up with him - plus the three Dufour-Lapointe sisters talk about their difficult year. Olympic Channel volunteer Haeji Kim is back for more on Korean culture - if we can tear her away from her phone. And that's not easy... It's all here on Episode 7.
13 Feb 201817min
Olympic Channel podcast with Pita Taufatofua, Gus Kenworthy and Shannon-Ogbani Abeda
Tops off time! Tongan flagbearer Pita Taufatofua braved the PyeongChang cold shirtless at the Opening Ceremony but what's the story behind the stunt? Freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy gives us a secret about his abs. And Eritrea's first alpine skier Shannon-Ogbani Abeda reveals his lessons from the Youth Games. Episode six is already here...
12 Feb 201816min
Olympic Channel podcast with Julia Mancuso and the Jamaican bobsleigh team
Fancy doing some freezing surfing? Olympic champion skier Julia Mancuso did! She gave us her expert view on the USA alpine skiing team. It's 30 years since the movie 'Cool Runnings' - now the women's Jamaican team want in on the action - we have an interview with Jazmine Fenlator and Carrie Russell. Plus, what's kimchi? Episode five has all the answers...
11 Feb 201815min
Olympic Channel podcast with Lindsey Vonn and Akwasi Frimpong
The buzz of the Opening Ceremony is still in the air but it's straight back to business for episode number four. Olympic champion skier Lindsey Vonn cried at a press conference plus we have an incredible interview with Ghana's first skeleton slider Akwasi Frimpong.
10 Feb 201816min
Olympic Channel podcast with Martin Fourcade and Wim Hof
It's go time! PyeongChang starts to fill up ahead of the Opening Ceremony so we get the lowdown from two-time Olympic champ and France flagbearer Martin Fourcade on how the cold affects the biathlon plus some fascinating perspective from Wim Hof who argues we should embrace the cold. Plus, Ed and Haeji warm up by talking about spicy food.
9 Feb 201814min
Olympic Channel podcast with Shaun White and Chloe Kim
It was an early start for the Olympic Channel podcast team this morning to bag a place at the news conference for top USA half-pipe snowboarders Shaun White and Chloe Kim. We catch up with them plus get a bit of snowboard history from Hilary Sims. And Olympic Channel volunteer Haeji Kim teaches Ed about Korean superstitions. Beware of the fan at night...
8 Feb 201815min
Olympic Channel podcast with Jamie Anderson and Eve Muirhead
Grab your backstage pass to PyeongChang 2018 for the first episode of the Olympic Channel podcast. We learn the Korean word for 'awesome'. Plus, we sit down with Olympic gold medallist snowboarder Jamie Anderson and Olympic bronze medallist curler Eve Muirhead.
7 Feb 201812min
