Olympics.com Podcast

July 26th marks one year since the Opening Ceremony of Paris 2024, an eye-popping start to what proved to be an Olympic Games to remember. While household names like Simone Biles, Tom Daley and Katey Ledecky soared, new stars in Leon Marchand, Noah Lyles, Summer McIntosh and Julien Alfred introduced themselves to the global Olympic audience. We dive back into Paris in this special rewind episode,...

Having combined for nine Olympic medals at Paris 2024, American swimmers Kate Douglass and Regan Smith deserved a little rest. The close friends join the  Olympics.com  podcast to discuss their downtime - and why they felt like it was so important as they both set goals ahead of LA 2028 in three years' time. Among other topics, Douglass details an altered training approach at her collegi...

Kasra Mehdipournejad wants you to understand something about refugees: "We are someone like you; we're not different," he says on the latest episode of the Olympics.com podcast. "Same, same. We are human." It's a stirring message from the member of the IOC Refugee Olympic Team in taekwondo, who reflects on his Paris 2024 experience with host Nick McCarvel with both World Refugee Day (20 June) and...

British diver Tom Daley was just 14 years old when he made his Olympic debut at Beijing 2008. The now five-time Olympic medallist is a household name in the UK and beyond, and is sharing his story in a new Olympic Channel documentary, '1.6 Seconds.' Daley sits down with Olympics.com producer Scott Bregman to discuss the project, as well as reflect on his nearly two-decade-long career in the water...

Running is an activity over 600 million people participate in on a regular basis. This week on the podcast, we speak with two world-class runners who compete in vastly different running spheres: Marathoner Desiree Linden and 1500-metre specialist Yared Nuguse. Linden reflects on her decision to move on from marathoning earlier this year - but how she's far from done with running itself. Meanwhile,...

"We are always going to get other teams' best shots," basketball legend Sue Bird tells host Nick McCarvel on the latest episode of the Olympics.com podcast. The five-time Olympic champion has been named as the first-ever managing director for the U.S. women at a time when the game has never been more popular. But as the USA has won eight Olympic golds in a row, the rest of the world is getting bet...

What has the pre-Olympic season brought about in the winter sports of curling, ice hockey, snowboard and free ski? Host Nick McCarvel is joined by Olympics.com colleagues Chloe Merrell, Andrew Binner and ZK Goh in a special roundtable episode to give their reporting insights on those respective sports and their qualifying events for Milano Cortina 2026. Plus, exclusive audio from Olympic gold...

Did Alysa Liu ever dream she could be world champion after two years away from figure skating? And what piques Ilia Malinin's interest about time-travelling to post-Milano Cortina 2026? Olympics.com contributor Gracie Gold, the 2014 Olympic medallist, got those answers and much more for this week's podcast, which features full sit-downs with both of the American champs from the ISU World Figu...

Jason Brown was unsure if he'd be able to compete at the World Figure Skating Championships. But after finishing eighth, the fan favourite is more hopeful than ever that he'll make his third Olympics at Milano Cortina 2026 next year. He sat down in Boston with Olympics.com podcast host Nick McCarvel for a one-on-one chat - including his advice for teammate Ilia Malinin, the two-time world champ. P...

" We all want it bad," 19-year-old Canadian snowboarder Cameron Spalding tells host Nick McCarvel on the latest episode of the  Olympics.com  podcast. The teenager claimed the snowboard slopestyle Crystal Globe ahead of the World Championships in what has been a breakthrough season for him. He discusses how Olympic medallist Mark McMorris has motivated Canada's next generation of boarder...

"It is way harder than I thought," says three-time Olympic champion in bobsleigh, Kaillie Humphries, about the challenges she's faced in coming back after giving birth to her son Aulden in June. Humphries and tennis champion Petra Kvitova join a special episode of the podcast, centered around International Women's Day (on 8 March), to reflect on their respective journeys back to the sporting stage...

We're less than a year away from next February's Olympic Winter Games. Host Nick McCarvel is joined by Milano Cortina 2026 ambassador Carolina Kostner and organising committee member Marta Pagnini to find out just what it feels like in Italy as the Games draw ever closer. Kostner opens up on her role as flag-bearer at Torino 2006, while both women - each of them Olympic medal winners - talk of how...

It's been a tragic week in figure skating after 28 members of its extended community died in the D.C.-area plane crash on 29 January. 1988 Olympic champion Brian Boitano joins host Nick McCarvel to discuss how the skating world is coping with the heart-wrenching moment. Boitano also shares memories of the great Dick Button, a two-time Olympic gold medallist, who passed away (separate from the cras...

It's set to be a big year in Olympic sport, with official test events ahead of Milano Cortina 2026 and quota spots on offer. Olympics .com reporter ZK Goh breaks it all down with host Nick McCarvel. Meanwhile, Alessandro Poggi checks in from the mountainous slopes of Cortina with an update from Lindsey Vonn and a one-on-one sit-down with New Zealand skiing superstar Alice Robinson. 

What an Olympic year it was. In our final podcast of 2024, host Nick McCarvel is joined by Olympics.com editor in chief Mary Byrne and news producers Andrew Binner and Chloe Merrell for a roundtable discussion on the moments we won't soon forget from Paris and beyond. Plus, our team of producers from around the world share the Olympic moment that stuck with them the most.

USA's most successful cross-country skier, Jessie Diggins isn't done yet at age 33. The American talks openly about her battle with an eating disorder, and describes how she and her coaching team plan "super peaks" every four years for the Olympics - and much more. Plus, she explains to host Nick McCarvel just what, exactly, toe yoga is. Yes, toe yoga.

Rafael Nadal won 22 majors, two Olympic golds... and countless hearts around the world in his legendary two-decade tennis career. Host Nick McCarvel brings us thoughts from Rafa - and his Spanish teammate Carlos Alcaraz - from his farewell in Malaga, Spain, at the Davis Cup Finals. Nick is also joined by Olympics.com reporters Nischal Schwager-Patel and Marta Martin, who were in Malaga and weigh i...

The hills are alive with the sound... and sight and speed of Alpine skiing this season, with the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 looming. Host Nick McCarvel is joined by Olympics.com resident skiing expert Alessandro Poggi to discuss the top storylines in the sport this year. Ales also shares one-on-one interviews with Norwegian-turned-Brazilian Lucas Braathen and American superstars Mika...

"The payoff is definitely worth it," Olympic champion gymnast Simone Biles tells Olympics.com reporter Scott Bregman of her mental health work in a one-on-one sit-down on this episode of the podcast. It's an all-gymnastics episode, as Bregman joins host Nick McCarvel to give his takeaways from Biles' triumphant Paris 2024, and shares further interviews with Jordan Chiles, Ellie Black and Jade Care...

" My perspective has totally changed," says Alysa Liu, the 2022 world bronze medallist who retired over two years ago at 16. The American star joins host Nick McCarvel on this episode of the podcast to reveal how skiing (yes, skiing) brought her back to skating - and much more. Plus, Canada's two-time Olympian Kaitlyn Weaver on the many hats she wears in the skating world post-competitive life.

Lacrosse is set to return to the Olympics at LA 2028 as a medal sport for the first time since 1908. American Charlotte North is one of the standout stars of the game, and speaks one-on-one with host Nick McCarvel about how the Olympic platform could help lacrosse grow, and why she thinks the sport is so well-suited for the Games.

With the Paralympic flame extinguished at Paris 2024, we wrap up our coverage from the city of light with sit-down interviews with wheelchair fencer Bebe Vio, swimmer Abbas Karimi and the dynamic husband-wife duo of Hunter Woodhall and Tara Davis-Woodhall. Hosted by Nick McCarvel; interviews: Lorena Encabo.

The Paralympics are in full swing for Paris 2024. Olympics.com sits down with athletics star Nick Mayhugh and wheelchair rugby players Sarah Adam and Chuck Aoki to hear how they're shifting perspectives on Para athletes - while chasing the podium.

The Paralympic Games Paris 2024 are here! Host Nick McCarvel previews some of the top storylines to watch for with Olympics.com producer Lena Smirnova. Plus, wheelchair tennis star Dana Mathewson on how to grow the para movement - and what she's learned about resiliency.

As the Olympic Games Paris 2024 come to a close, host Nick McCarvel is joined by Olympics.com producers Andrew Binner and Ash Tulloch to discuss their lasting memories from the Games. Ash details the surfing in Tahiti, while the trio also chat about Leon Marchand, Antoine Dupont, Novak Djokovic - and their favourite moments from a memorable Games.