Off The Podium - An Olympics Podcast

It's time to return to the greatest sport on the planet of Modern Pentathlon as we chat with Australian two-time Olympian Ed Fernon about his amazing career and the amazing sport he competes in! We find out from Ed just what made him decide to take up the sport and how he was able to go from picking it up to qualifying for his first Olympics in such a short period of time. We also find out the uni...

It's an exciting day today as we chat with our first ever Artistic Swimmer in the form of Australian Olympian Kirsten Kinash to learn about her amazing career, Olympic experiences and of course more about her amazing sport! We find out Kirsten's unique journey from growing up in Canada and getting involved in the sport right through to moving to Australia and the challenges in continuing her caree...

It's time to get on target once more as we go back to the sport of Shooting by speaking with Australian Olympic shooter Laura Coles about her amazing journey in the sport! We find out which sport Laura actually started out in and why that sport was her initial goal to become an Olympian in. We also find out how a series of heartbreaking near Olympic misses spurred her on towards he Tokyo appearanc...

Excited to go back to the sport of Swimming today as we sit down with Australian Olympic Bronze Medallist Alex Graham to talk about his recent Olympic experience and amazing career! We find out from Alex just why he decided to focus on swimming and which other sports he potentially had a future in if he had of pursued them. We also find out how the disappointment of missing the Rio Olympics helped...

It's time to return to boxing once again as we chat with two-time Australian Olympic Boxer Brad Hore about his amazing career! We learn from Brad about his unique debut Olympic experience in Sydney and just why it had such an affect on him that he was unable to even watch the Olympics until recently. We also learn more about how he was able to walk away from his experiences in Athens as a better p...

It's time for arguably one of our biggest ever interviews today as we sit down with the icon that is Kieren Perkins to learn more about his incredible career and legacy he has left on not only Swimming in Australia but also for the Olympics too! We find out just why he wasn't the most sporty kid growing up and how a freak accident helped set a path for him to his incredible and record breaking car...

An incredible interview coming your way today as we speak with legendary Canadian canoeist and two-time Olympic medallist Laurence Vincent Lapointe about her extraordinary career and recent experience in Tokyo! We find out from Laurence how she got into the sport and why she continued to persist in a sport that she didn't exactly take to immediately. We also learn about the amazing barriers she ha...

It's time to get inspired and entertained all at the same time today as we sit down with two-time Canadian runner Malindi Elmore to learn more about her extraordinary career! We find out what brought her into the sport of running and why she pursued distance running over the shorter distances. We also learn more about her unique experiences at the Athens Olympics and just what she had to go throug...

A special interview coming your way today as we sit down with legendary Australian cricketer Lisa Sthalekar to talk about her incredible broadcasting career and recent experiences as part of the Channel Seven coverage of the Tokyo Olympics! We find out from Lisa how she got started into broadcasting and how quickly she became addicted to it when she did. We also learn about her unique experiences...

It's time to get your first taste of Taekwondo on the show today as we speak with three-time Australian Olympian Carmen Marton about her extraordinary career! We find out from Carmen just why she got into the sport and why it turned into a bit of a family business for her and her brother and sister. We also find out about the thrill of becoming Australia's first ever World Champion in the sport an...

It's time to get your canoe and kayak back on today as we sit down with Aussie Gold Medallist Jean van der Westhuyzen to learn about his incredible career and recent success at the Tokyo Olympics! We find out from Jean about his experiences growing up in South Africa and what brought about his move to Australia. We also find out more about his progression in the sport and just how he was able to g...

Excited to bring you a new sport to cover on the show today as we punch our way into Boxing by speaking with legendary Canadian boxer Mandy Bujold about her extraordinary career! We learn from Mandy how she got into the sport and just what the boxing scene was like in Canada for females as she progressed her through the sport. We also learn about her incredible experience at the Rio Olympics and j...

Super pumped to be able to bring you our first ever returning guest to Off The Podium today as we welcome back Canadian race walker Evan Dunfee to talk about his recent success at the Tokyo Olympics and everything else in between! We learn from Evan just what was going through his mind in the closing stages of his race that spurred him on to claim a Bronze Medal and just what it meant to him to fi...

It's time to return to High Jumping today as we speak with two-time Australian Olympian Eleanor Patterson about her amazing career in her amazing sport! We find out from Eleanor how a sleepover at a friend's house set her on her career path and just what it was about high jump that sparked her interest. We also learn about some of the challenges growing up in rural Victoria and how they actually h...

It's time to bring you your first ever taste of Badminton on the show today as we speak with Australian Tokyo Olympian Simon Leung about his Olympic experience and the amazing sport of Badminton! We learn from Simon just how he got into the sport and what made him choose it over a variety of other sports he took part in. We also learn about how he ended up switching from singles into doubles and j...

A massive interview coming your way today as we sit down with American Artistic Gymnast Jordan Chiles to chat about her incredible career and her amazing experiences at the recent Tokyo Olympics! We learn from Jordan just what got her into the sport and why we could've been talking to her about winning a medal in a different sport had her career gone a different direction. We also learn more about...

It's time to return to one of our favourite sports in Figure Skating as we chat with American Olympic bronze medallist Jason Brown about his incredible career! We learn from Jason the very unique way in which he got into the sport of figure skating as well as which other sport he had to give up in order to pursue his skating career. We also learn just how the 2010 Olympics played a huge part in sp...

An amazing interview is coming your way today as we speak with legendary four-time Olympic Race Walker from Australia Jane Saville about her incredible Olympic experiences and amazing career! We find out from Jane just how & why she got into the sport and what it was that set her on a path to her four Olympic experiences. We also learn about her experiences as an 'Olympic tourist' during her d...

It's time to bring you a fun episode today as we sit down to rank our favourite Olympic medals from the last 27 years and give you a taste of some of the more unique medal designs that we have seen through some of the more modern Olympics! We go over each of the Olympic medals from 1994 right through to 2022 and rank them in order of our least favourite to favourite and come up with our overall nu...

It's time to lift some weight once more as we speak with Australian Tokyo Olympic Weightlifter Matthew Lydement about his weightlifting career and experiences at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. We find out from Matt how he transitioned from a background of playing team sports to eventually going on a journey that would take him to an Olympic Games. We also learn about having two-time Olympian Damon Kelly...

It's time to bring you our first ever Field Hockey athlete today as we speak with London Olympian Ashleigh Nelson about her incredible career for the Hockeyroos and Olympic experiences! We find out from Ash more about growing up in rural Western Australia and how deciding not to go on a trip with her family ultimately helped her towards her future Olympic appearance. We also learn more about her i...

A very special interview coming your way today as we speak with Sudanese rower Esraa Khogali about her groundbreaking appearance at Tokyo and what it means to her to be a history making Olympian! We learn from Esraa just what brought her into rowing and the many challenges she had to overcome in taking up the sport and pushing towards her dream appearance at Tokyo. We also learn just what it meant...

A very exciting interview for you today as we return to the sport of weightlifting by speaking with Belgian Tokyo Olympian Nina Sterckx about her incredible career and her incredible time at the 2020 Olympics! We learn from Nina about her journey as a promising young gynmast into the sport of weightlifting and why a simple training exercise set her on a path towards the Olympics. We also learn mor...

It's time to get back into the boat today as we sit down and chat with Tokyo Gold Medal winning Australian rower Lucy Stephan about her incredible career and her Olympic experiences! We learn from Lucy just how she went from a tiny town in rural Victoria in the middle of a drought to taking up the sport of rowing that would lead her to the ultimate prize in sport. We also learn about some prestigi...

It's time to hit a home run with our next interview as we get our first taste of Softball and speak with Canadian Bronze Medallist from Tokyo Joey Lye about her amazing career and recent Olympic experiences! We learn from Joey just why a decision from her parents as a child helped steer her on a path towards an Olympic medal and what other sport she potentially could've gone to the Olympics in. We...