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Team GB win a gold medal - so to celebrate in this episode we really do bring you MILAN & CORTINA John’s in Milan Michael’s 200 miles away in the snow of Cortina and has spoken to our first individual male Winter Olympic champion since 1980 Matt Weston - the sliding skeleton superstar! We also hear from the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association on how YOU could be an Olympic champion There’s...

We don’t want to get carried away like earlier this week - but GREAT news for Team GB that Matt Weston leads the men’s skeleton with two heats of the final to come!  Also great news Michael is heading from Milan to Cortina to see it! Follow our socials for his own journey - safe travels to them both! We sit down with British ice dancers who were smiling this week Phebe Bekker and James Hernandez -...

It wasn't to be for Lilah and Lewis but "that strength that they have as a team and individuals will mean many more big nights to come!" Performance Director of British Ice Skating and Leader for Team GB in Milan Jon Ely speaking to us the morning after the night before. Full reaction and the rest of the News from the Games and TNT with women's skeleton! But also a bumper edition of the pod, we're...

"We were outplayed - it feels like sh*t!" Just two reactions from Team GB after another day of medal moments and another day of fourth places. We catch up with the Chef De Mission and Olympic champion Eve Muirhead about what's still to come and there's still reason to be optimistic! In News from the Games, Michael watched the USA thrash Canada in Ice Hockey while in Tomorrow's News Today we catch...

We go again! Not the day Team GB or we had planned - was that part of the problem? After Muir & Mia finished fourth, we're hoping to avoid a similar position in the Curling and Ice Dance! We've a full round up as Michael saw Lilah's Gran last night! And in tomorrow's news today #TNT, Skeleton's Marcus Wyatt looks ahead to race day and Olympic silver medalist Grant Hardie can't wait to get on the C...

A historic day for Team GB to come? Could it be Magic Monday!? It was a shocking Sunday on the slopes - we’ve the latest on legend Lindsey Vonn And find out how Michael’s smoke alarm saved him! We've Short Track, Moguls and Biathlon chat with Team GB athletes Niall Treacy Mateo Jeannesson and Jacques Jefferies in Tomorrows News Today! And we’re ready to lead the Northern Olympic bid - Manchester M...

Skeleton defeat, Slopestyle supreme, Seven heaven Curling, Swiss time first gold and speed skating success for home nation! Day 1 delivered for Team GB and the organisers - and Michael got to his first Olympic venue! Baroness Katherine Grainger, chair of the British Olympic Association, even tells us we could exceed our ambition of 4-8 medals in Milano Cortina! In Tomorrow's News Today, we also he...

Multi coloured coffee pots, Mariah Carey and Nessun Dorma left us all in tears! A thoroughly Italian and traditional opening ceremony kicks off the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics in style in Milan - Team GB's Makayla Gerken Schofield in Livigno told us being part of it was cool - and it's clear the people there loved it too! Hear our verdict in FULL, the rest of the day’s news and tomorrow’s news...

How many medals have Team GB won at Winter Olympics? What's the most at one Games? What new sports are making their debut in Milano Cortina? Impress your friends as you watch the Opening Ceremony tonight - as we round up all the stats and facts you need for these Winter Olympcs. There's the latest Curling, Skating and Boarding News from the Games - plus in our Tomorrow's News Today we're joined by...

Winning, waiting, water and white stuff! Oh and Michael Weadock's on his way! We've the latest Curling and Skeleton 'helmet' news from Team GB There's too much snow in Cortina for the women's downhill And in wet Milan, we continue our Figure Skating Team Event focus with Ed Appleby! Download, listen & follow for all things Milano Cortina 2026 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices....

Lilah Fear and Brad Hall - two flagbearers for Team GB - in two host cities. The figure slater and bobsleigh pilot have been selected to carry the Union flag into the Opening Ceremonies - Lilah at the San Siro in Milan and Brad in Cortina. Hear from them - and the legend that's Lindsey Vonn in our latest Milano Daily And tomorrow's news today is the start of the Team Skating competition - we hear...

Unofficial day 2 and we're already getting an understanding there's more food available than Paris - particularly the Italian special of Pizza! Team GB athletes are enjoying their surroundings in Athletes Villages across N Italy - we hear from freestyle boarders Maisie Hill and Txema Mazet Brown - and Chris McCormick tells us what to watch out for in FreeSki! There's our News from the Games plus m...

It's the first Milano Daily of the Winter Olympics! Every day we'll have the latest headines, News from the Games and Tomorrow's News Today (TNT) In this episode, Olympic Curling champion Jen Dodds and silver medalist Bruce Mouat join us - four years on from fourth place in the Mixed Doubles in Beijing, the curlers kick off the Team GB campaign against Norway this Wednesday Feb 4 in Cortina! This...

It's nearly fun and GAMES time! A confirmed team of 53 athletes will be representing Team GB when the sport starts in the Winter Olympics this time next week! We've the final two names on the team sheet and hear from two of the 20 GB Snowsport stars confirmed on skis and boards! And make sure you follow, download & listen for our Milano Diary from next week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

14 days to go - 14 Team GB athletes named in the Bobsleigh and Skeleton. We've won medals in these events throughout the history of the Winter Games and there's big hopes the Brits can do the business again this year. We hear from multi World Cup winner in Skeleton Marcus Wyatt on why Beijing is well and truly behind him, and our latest exclusive audio diary from bobsleigh pilot Adele Nicol as she...

Kitting out is one of THE moments for an athlete before the Games begin. Uniform, competition kit, casual wear, incase of the Winter Olympics hats, gloves and scarves - and the steel city of Sheffield the host of the first such event ahead of Milano Cortina. Michael was there too with his pal Eve - we've a special report! Sheffield was also one of the stars of the first European Figure Skating Cha...

23 days to go to the Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina. 51 days to the Paralympics. 4-8 medal range set by UK Sport for Team GB. 2-5 for Paralympics GB. We have reaction from Eve Muirhead, Phil and Dr Kate Baker PLUS the latest News from the Games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

British Ice Skating has been Torvill & Dean for so long, but as they officially bid farewell what's next? Well, not just Figure Skating it seems as Ellia Smeding becomes the latest named British skater competing for Team GB at Milano Cortina Winter Olympics next month. It's the Long Track Speed Skaters second Olympics and she can't wait! We review the state of British Skating with PD Jon Eley And...

Our brand new special series with British bobsleigh hopeful Adele Nicoll kicks off our 2026 countdown to the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics. We'll hear from her with a exclusive audio diary during her World Cup campaign in the monobob and 2 woman bob in the build up to the Games. Fortunately, she just needs ice - as the skiers, snowboarders and organisers look to the skies and hope for a bucket lo...

There's no one we'd rather hear from when building up to the next Olympic year than our pod friends from across the pond! Jill and Alison join us from Keep the Flame Alive to discuss all things Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. Happy Holidays, Happy Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy New Olympic Year! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

She's had it all - a medal laden elite track career - coaching - overseeing the most successful Para Athletics team ever, building on the success of London 2012 Paralympics - to now Performance Director at UK Athletics. It's "definitely" a dream job says our latest guest on Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy. We finish 2025, by looking back with Paula Dunn and what's in stores in 2026 th...

The biggest Olympic figure skating team for Great Britain and N Ireland since 1988 Calgary Games! 8 names have been confirmed for Team GB including World bronze medalists Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson (who you can hear from in previous episodes!) but in this episode we catch up with Anastasia Vaipan-Law & Luke Digby - the new British Pairs contestants! The flame is on its way to the San Siro for the...

A lasting legacy is the dream of Scott Meenagh as he prepares for a third and final Winter Paralympics in Nordic skiing. The former paratrooper became Britain’s first ever World Championship medalist for GB Snowsport  in 2023, bagged a World Cup bronze earlier this year and hopes for a place on the podium when selected for Milano Cortina 2026. But his hope now is he won’t be the last successful Br...

Three British skiers in the men’s world top thirty after two World Cups this year and ahead of the forthcoming Winter Olympics. There’s a real chance the ⁠GB Snowsport Alpine Boys could create a little bit of history at the 2026 Milano Cortina Games. In this fourth episode of the season, we hear from all three - make sure you download & follow for more - and you can also listen back to our first G...

Since Beijing 2022 Olympics, and despite funding cuts, ⁠GB Snowsport has delivered on the global stage, with athletes securing World Cup and World Championship medals, to the point the 2022/23 season was declared the most successful ever! Freestyle snowboarder Mia Brookes and free-ski’s Kirsty Muir played their part in that success. In fact the entire British Park and Pipe Skiing and Snowboarding...