Science of Sport Spotlight 8: A Guilty or Innocent Sinner? And Tragedy at the Crossfit Games
We are back with a Spotlight show, and in this one, we discuss the case of Janik Sinner, who was cleared earlier this week of a doping violation after a panel agreed that his positive test for closteb...
22 Aug 20241h 10min
Does Talent Need Trauma To Succeed? A Sports Psychologist Weighs In
Dave Collins is a sports Performance Psychologist who has coached over 90 World or Olympic medallists and professional sports teams and performers. The team delve into the concept of what makes great ...
20 Aug 20241h 26min
Paris 2024 Recap Bumper Show: Highlights, Lowlights, Stats and Final Insights
One last time, we get the band together to bring you our bumper Olympic recap show. Sports editor Mike Finch joins daily hosts Prof. Ross Tucker and Discourse moderator Gareth Davies to look back on t...
14 Aug 20241h 57min
Paris 2024 Daily: Day 16 - Hassan makes History, Track Triumphs for Kipyegon and Ingebrigtsen
The "Zatopek" is complete, and while Sifan Hassan did not perfectly replicate the Czech legend's achievements, she did help close off the Athletics programme of the Paris Olympics in spectacular fashi...
11 Aug 20241h 29min
Paris 2024 Daily: Day 15 - A Magnificent Marathon and a Night of Redemption on the Track
Tamirat Tola won the men's Olympic Marathon gold today, but it was the marathon course that we thought was the star of the show, as it threw two severe hills at the athletes, creating a dynamic, unpre...
10 Aug 20241h 23min
Paris 2024 Daily: Day 14 - Tebogo claims the 200m, McLaughlin-Levrone breaks a WR, and Holloway gets his gold
The Paris 2024 Olympics were hyped as the Noah Lyles games, with the American's campaign to win four gold medals the anticipated storyline. That storyline was terminated by Botswana's Letsile Tebogo ...
9 Aug 20241h 28min
Paris 2024 Daily: Day 13 - Men's 400m and Steeplechase golds, and a weight loss controversy
The men's 400m Olympic Champion is Quincy Hall, who produced a remarkable final 100m to reel in Matthew Hudson Smith. We discuss the historically fast race, with a focus on Hall's last 100m were a tr...
8 Aug 20241h 15min
Paris Special: The Art and Science of Sport Climbing
Sport Climbing is one of the newest additions to the Olympic sporting menu. In Paris, climbers tackle two distinct disciplines - boulder/lead, and speed climbing. In this special episode, we are joi...
7 Aug 202447min
