17 episodes
ShuttleSquad - Badminton Podcast Thommy Fox
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This is your brand new badminton podcast featuring four European elite players: Kirsty Gilmour (Scotland), Selena Piek (Netherlands), Marvin Seidel (Germany) and Christo Popov (France). You will get a deep look into the life of an athlete on the badminton world tour and will join the four players on their road to PARIS24. The podcast is hosted by Thommy Fox who will talk to one of the four players each week.
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[17] Shoutout to Susan - with Kirsty Gilmour
After the European Championships 4 weeks ago, Kirsty Gilmour took a little break from badminton before starting into a training block which allowed her to stay at home in Scotland for a few weeks - quite special after 4 months of basically living out of a suitcase. But now the next tournaments are calling and we are getting ready for the upcoming Asian leg in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. Thommy is still still enthusiastic about his Thomas Cup experience and also has a lot to tell. Enjoy episode 17 of ShuttleSquad.
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[16] Quick layover in Beijing - with Marvin Seidel
We are tired. After a fun but intense week in Chengdu for Thomas Cup, Marvin and Thommy are recording this episode at the airport in Beijing during a layover on their way home. Good matches, amazing Chinese food and some really nice insights into one of the biggest badminton tournaments of the year. As we were recording in public and had to reduce noise, the audio is a little off this episode. We hope you can still enjoy episode 16 of ShuttleSquad.
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[15] I told him: That was sh*t! - with Christo Popov
Christo Popov went through an emotional rollercoaster in the recent weeks. From being on track to qualify for the Olympic Games in two disciplines, to being not qualified in either of them, and now back to hoping to go in men's doubles together with his brother Toma Junior. It's been a crazy ride and Christo & Thommy break down the final days of the Olympic qualification and also the crazy plot twist that came up a few days later. Enjoy!
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[14] Rushing through the Olympic showdown - with Selena Piek
Selena and Thommy are in holiday mode. The European Championships are over and marked a crazy ending to the Olympic qualification period. Selena will be playing her third Olympic Games in summer, but first: IBIZA!
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[13] Floating through the Europeans - with Kirsty Gilmour
European Championships are stressful. So stressful that Thommy and Kirsty recorded this episode on Monday, but didn't find time to push it out until Friday + there is no intro + the audio quality would need some serious post production effort (it gets better after a few minutes). Kirsty is on her road to another Europeans medal and Thommy is trying to stay on top of all the media work that he and his team get done in Saarbrücken (check @badminton_ec24 on Insta). It's a bit of a hustle this week but the episode is too good to not publish it and that is why we just pushed it out as it was. Enjoy!
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[12] It all comes down to this - with Christo Popov
If you see this, Thommy didn't fuck up this time :D The long anticipated episode with Christo Popov comes to you a week prior to the final and deciding tournament of the Olympic Qualification: the European Championships in Saarbrücken. Thommy and Christo recapped some highlights of Christo's successful weeks recently and are obviously talking a lot about the upcoming week. What are the chances to qualify in singles and doubles, how's the mental state after an exhausting period and why can we all be glad that Christo still has his eyesight? Find out in episode 12 of ShuttleSquad! Enjoy!