Anything but Footy

The Olympic rings are on the Eiffel Tower - although Michael is not impressed!

He's in Sheffield for the GB Boxing team announcement as Team GB also name their biggest - and smallest - sporting squads so far. Chef De Mission Mark England talks rowing and weightlifter Emily Campbell joins us!

We hear from Tokyo medalist Holly Bradshaw hoping to make an impression at the European Athletics Championships in Rome

And talk Ultimate Championship in Budapest including a future Olympic bid!

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British Cycling is one of the biggest national sporting governing bodies, responsible from grassroots to the very elite. It's one of the most successful Olympic and Paralympic teams in this country and is also about to stage its first ever 'Tour of Britain Women'. (from Thu 6 to Sun 9 June 2024, with stages starting in Welshpool, Wrexham, Warrington and Manchester). British Cycling has also just signed a new landmark partnership deal with Lloyds Bank for the next 5 years

This is a special episode of Great British Bosses with British Cycling’s Chief Executive Jon Dutton OBE.

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Paul Foster, and his Great Run team, stage the biggest and best half marathon in the world every year.

The Great North Run is famous for its iconic course, passionate fundraisers and the world's best athletes - watch out for the stars from Paris 2024 Olympics this September!

But the Great Run Company is now more than that and the very future of athletics could also depend on it!

This is the podcast with the behind the scenes conversation of British sport - Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy.

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The last chance regatta isn't the nicest of titles for an event but the GB women's double sculls don't mind! Becky Wilde and Mathilda Hodgkins Bruyne bagged their place in Paris with a brilliant row in the final in Lucerne this weekend, to ensure British Rowing as 10 boats competing this summer - and Becky tells the world to watch out for the rejuvenated British team after the disappointment of Tokyo!

We round up the rest of the News from the Games from diving to judo, athletics to swimming

And it's 100 days to go til the first ever Paralympics in France - we hear from 2012 legend and Paralympic champion Richard Whitehead and Commonwealth gold medalist Emmanuel Oyinbo-Coker on the summer ahead and keeping healthy!

This is Anything but Footy - enroute to the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games!

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Can't believe we're 74 episodes into Great British Bosses and this is our first captain!

We met Kathy Rogers, skipper of the Great Britain women's water polo team at the launch of Aquatics GB - and we knew she and her team had a great story to tell!

World and European Championship performances in the past year - and eyes on the Olympics in 2028 now surely!

We also ask her who's going to win in Paris 2024?

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Famous British double-acts and sporting brothers! It's like we planned this podcast in advance!

70 days to go to Paris 2024 and nearly 70 athletes confirmed for Team GB - Izzy Thorpe and Kate Shortman are going for a medal in the artistic swimming the pool - can the Bello brothers Javier and Joaquin join them on the beach? We ask them all!

There's also our News from the Games rowing, pentathlon and it's 100 days to go the Paris Paralympics!

Download, listen and follow - and give us a review get the Olympic word out there!

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UK Anti Doping is the national body responsible for ensuring athletes and sports in this country are clean. Jane Rumble is UKAD’s Chief Executive and our latest guest during Clean Sport Week.

The aim is to celebrate clean athletes on their journey to the podium, and ahead of this summer’s Olympics and Paralympics.

But how much trust should sports fans have in the anti-doping system, particularly after the revelation of 23 Chinese swimmers being cleared before the Tokyo Games. And what might the much lauded Enchanced Games mean for sport?

Find out in this episode of Great British Bosses - the behind the scenes conversation of sport in the UK.

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We're diving into Paris 2024 with the 8 athletes confirmed by Team GB to compete as 4 pairs of synchro divers at this summer's Olympics. Hear from an Olympic champion, about an Olympic champion, World Championship medalists and much more!

There's Judo, BMX, Gymnastics, Athletics and Cycling in our news from the games.

And a world champion and two legends join us to discuss the future of the Crucible as a venue - shouldn't world championships be going round the globe anyway?

PLUS as Paris 2024 revealed it's official theme for the Games*, we put together our best Olympics Music playlist on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6nNHYGjQLbkGKRKUcsmHgt?si=T1diRLYjS3OWfoDmc5ZTEQ&pi=e-3Z5SzSvFRQme

*The music used in this podcast came courtesy of @Paris2024. The official theme of the Games, "Parade" is composed by Victor le Masne, recorded with the Orchestre National de France and the Chœur et Maitrise de Radio France.

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We're onto episode 72 of Great British Bosses and 4 years on, from our first conversation, Vicky Gosling is back, she's our first full returnee and we're delighted!

We originally caught up with the GB Snowsport CEO in early 2020. 4 years on, a pandemic and covid hit Winter Olympics later, we're now talking GB Surfing - a brand new governing body aiming for wins on the waves!

Vicky is the chair and reveals there's still a slim chance for a Team GB surfer at the Paris Games but the real focus is on LA in 4 years time.

She also updates on how GB Snowsport bounced back after a disappointing Beijing 2022 and funding cut, ahead of Milano Cortina in 2026.

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"You are bang up to date on everything you need to know ahead of Paris 2024"

Michael sums it up perfectly in our latest Paris 2024 episode - European Champions!

A full rowing round up from Hungary includes Helen Glover, Rebecca Shorten, Esme Booth and Sam Redgrave the women's four gold medalists, and men's pair Tom George & Ollie Wynne-Griffith.

British Boxing's been praised by the IOC for its role in helping Cindy Ngamba book her place in the biggest refugee team ever for Paris 2024.

And Michael speaks to Georgia Bell a rising star on and off the track for British Athletics as the new outdoor season is now upon us!

We're less than 3 months til the Olympic Games - tell your friends where you get the news you need to know!

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