9 episodes

With the Paris 2024 Olympics around the corner - this twice a week 20 part series of short podcasts looks at the weird and wonderful history of the people and events that the Olympic Games have brought over the years.

And your mind will be blown. From quirky to painful. Weird to exciting. Jaw dropping to hilarious.

A series not to be missed.

The Weird and Wonderful History of the Olympic Games Richard Stokoe

    • Sport

With the Paris 2024 Olympics around the corner - this twice a week 20 part series of short podcasts looks at the weird and wonderful history of the people and events that the Olympic Games have brought over the years.

And your mind will be blown. From quirky to painful. Weird to exciting. Jaw dropping to hilarious.

A series not to be missed.

    Episode 9 - Paris 1900 Part 5 - Pigeon Shooting to, erm, Poodle Grooming

    Episode 9 - Paris 1900 Part 5 - Pigeon Shooting to, erm, Poodle Grooming

    We finish looking at the A-Z of crazy sports that featured in the Paris 1900 bonkers Games. The next 11 mins and 04 seconds look at the butchery of the live Pigeon Shooting through to the myth(?) of Poodle Grooming. 
    This is a twice weekly podcast series in the runup to Paris and the Olympic Games
    We explore the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boycotts, doping and so much more that have happened in the Olympic Games since 1896. 
    Each episode is stuffed full of the quirky and the crazy and in their no more than 15 minutes make your eyebrows raise, your head scratch and your lips smirk. 

    • 11 min
    Episode 8 - Paris 1900 Part 4 - Motorboating to Pigeon Racing

    Episode 8 - Paris 1900 Part 4 - Motorboating to Pigeon Racing

    Another delve into the A-Z of crazy sports that featured in the Paris 1900 bonkers Games. This next 10 mins and 10 seconds look at Motorboating to Pigeon Racing. 
    This is a twice weekly series in the run up to Paris 2024. 
    We look at the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boycotts, doping and so much more that have happened in the Olympic Games since 1896. 
    Each episode is stuffed full of the quirky and the crazy and in their no more than 15 minutes make your eyebrows raise, your head scratch and your lips smirk. 

    • 10 min
    Episode 7 - Paris 1900 Part 3 - Cannon Shooting to Firefighting

    Episode 7 - Paris 1900 Part 3 - Cannon Shooting to Firefighting

    We meander into look at next of the A-Z of crazy sports that featured in the Paris 1900 bonkers Games. The next 7 mins and 49 seconds look everything from Cannon Shooting to Firefighting.  
    This is a twice a week podcast that will chart the Games before the start of the 2024 Paris Games. 
    We chart the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boycotts, doping and so much more that have happened in the Olympic Games since 1896. 
    Each episode is stuffed full of the quirky and the crazy and in their no more than 15 minutes make your eyebrows raise, your head scratch and your lips smirk. 

    • 7 min
    Episode 6 - Paris 1900 Part 2 - Angling to Croquet

    Episode 6 - Paris 1900 Part 2 - Angling to Croquet

    We start to look at the A-Z of crazy sports that featured in the Paris 1900 bonkers Games. The next 9 mins and 40 seconds look at Angling through to Croquet.
    A twice weekly podcast in the run up to the Paris 2024 Games. We chart
    the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boycotts, doping and so much more that have happened in the Olympic Games since 1896. 
    Each episode is stuffed full of the quirky and the crazy and in their no more than 15 minutes make your eyebrows raise, your head scratch and your lips smirk. 

    • 9 min
    Episode 5 - Paris 1900 Part 1 - The Most Bonkers Games EVER!

    Episode 5 - Paris 1900 Part 1 - The Most Bonkers Games EVER!

    Paris - 1900. The first real Games. And what a Games it was. Almost six months of some of the most bizarre sports ever conceived. This is the first of five episodes looking at this absolutely bonkers Olympic Games.
    The countdown to Paris 2024 Olympic Games is on us. 
    This is the fifth of a 20 part short nugget series charting the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boycotts, doping and so much more that have happened in the Olympic Games since 1896. 
    Each episode is stuffed full of the quirky and the crazy and in their no more than 15 minutes make your eyebrows raise, your head scratch and your lips smirk. 

    • 8 min
    Episode 4 - The First Ever Team GB winners

    Episode 4 - The First Ever Team GB winners

    This episode looks at the very first winners for Team GB in the Olympics and how, these two individuals, were not as red, white and blue as they first may seem.
    This is the fourth of a 20 part short nugget series charting the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boycotts, doping and so much more that have happened in the Olympic Games since 1896.
    It is just weeks now until the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
    Each episode is stuffed full of the quirky and the crazy and in their no more than 15 minutes make your eyebrows raise, your head scratch and your lips smirk. 

    • 11 min

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