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From rugby legends, to Premier League managers & beyond – the biggest names in sport tell us their stories.
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The Helen Glover one
Helen Glover discusses her career as an Olympic Gold medal winner and also her aims for this summer's games in Paris.
She talks about how she began her rowing career, the legacy that she hopes to leave and her greatest moments in life and her career.
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0 mins - Preparing for Paris
3 mins - Earning her place
5 mins - Juggling parenting with competition
10 mins - Helen's rowing beginnings
13 mins - "Work hard and you can do anything"
15 mins - Helen's first Olympic gold medal
20 mins - Helen's greatest moments
22 mins - Goals for Paris -
The Seb Coe One
Sebastian Coe looks back on his days as an Olympian, including his rivalry with Steve Ovett and training on Christmas Day. He talks about his role at the London 2012 Olympic Games and the pleasure in awarding Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill her heptathlon gold medal. Also, as the current president of World Athletics, he discusses the biggest challenges ahead for the sport.
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0 mins The start of an Olympic year
3 mins Supporting Jessica Ennis as London poster-girl
5 mins Awarding Jessica Ennis her gold medal
11 mins Rivalry with Steve Ovett
17 mins Being coached by his father
22 mins Career after competing
26 mins Challenges ahead for athletics
30 mins What’s next? -
The Sir Steve Redgrave one
The Olympic rowing great discusses his incredible career with Elly Oldroyd - one that saw him win five rowing gold medals across five consecutive Games.
He also opens up on his health issues, his struggles during Covid and his regrets at not getting the opportunity to work in a coaching capacity with the GB team. He also explains how it feels when they build a statue of you in the town where you live.
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0 mins Memories of entering an Olympic year.
2 mins Maintaining motivation.
4 mins Redgrave’s relationship with Matthew Pinsent.
6 mins The special bond from the gold in 1984.
7 mins The final gold in Sydney.
10 mins Diabetes, health and fitness after retirement.
18 mins Recognition and a statue in his hometown of Marlow.
20 mins His role with the Chinese team, the difficulties of working there during Covid and the subsequent mental health issues.
26 mins Whether he still has ambitions to work with the GB team.
29 mins The new generation of Redgrave’s. -
The Laura and Jason Kenny One
Cycling greats Laura and Jason Kenny speak to the BBC for the first time since the birth of their second child Monty back in July.
In a wide-ranging interview with 5 Live Breakfast’s Rachel Burden Laura speaks about recently announcing her return to cycling and her hopes to qualify for Paris 2024.
She also discusses the miscarriage and the ectopic pregnancy she had following the Tokyo Games and why she wants to do more to support other female athletes who want to start a family.
Jason who retired in 2022 is now a sprint coach for the British Cycling team.
The Kenny’s have a combined 12 Olympic gold medals between them!
0:50 – The challenge of qualifying for Paris
2:00 – The motivation to return to cycling
6:00 – Severe hip pain following birth of Monty
8:00 – Dealing miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy
10.00 – Helping other female athletes start a family
11:00 – Female athlete periods and RED-S
15.00 – Lifestyle with lots of animals to look after
18:20 – Jason on transitioning to coaching
20:30 – Quickfire questions on their life and relationship -
Tom Dean and his five-medal plan
Double Olympic gold-medal winning swimmer Tom Dean discusses in depth with Elly Oldroyd his plans to win five medals at the Paris Olympics. No GB athlete has ever won five medals at a single Games and Dean explains how the idea came about and how he plan to do it.
He also discusses his career so far and his role as a leader in the GB swimming team.
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1:45 2023 World Champs
3:10 Having Covid for the second time
6:10 Training for the Olympics
8:30 Olympic champion
10:45 Family celebrations
12:00 Post Olympics
15:05 Going for 5 medals 2024
22:30 Preparation
24:10 Competitiveness of 200m freestyle
27:30 Impact of crowds -
The Hannah Cockcroft one
Wheelchair racer Hannah Cockcroft speaks to Eleanor Oldroyd about her brilliant career. The winner of seven Paralympic golds and the holder of five world records in the T34 classification, Hannah discusses how she got into the sport, the people who inspire her as well as the importance of her wheelchair (and making sure the size is correct!) and why she is determined to just keep on winning
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1:50 Three year turnaround
2:45 Discovering wheelchair racing
4:20 Racing
5:10 Classification
7:30 Role models
8:20 Race chairs
9:40 World records
10:50 London 2012
17:20 More competition?
20:30 Motivations
23:20 Paris aims