Anything but Footy

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As Sir Mo Farah retires at the age of 40 in his last Great North Run - somewhere he's won 6 times - it's time to reflect on his outstanding track career and double double at London 2012 and Rio 2016. But is he better than Sir Steve Redgrave, Jason or Laura Kenny?

We round up the GNR results and hear from Charlotte Purdue, Sammi Kinghorn and David Weir.

The Brits are back on the water - we have a full British Rowing review of the World Championships

Novak Djokovic IS the greatest (just not the GOAT!) and there's Para table tennis and latest News from the Games too!

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The countdown to the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics is really getting going...

UK Sport is confident Great Britain and NI will finish in the top 5 of the Olympics and Paralympics medal table next year, and it's also targeting that for LA and Brisbane.

But as we visited Bisham Abbey, one of the UK Sport Institute bases in tis country, we also found out winning isn't enough, it has to be winning the right way, and why we should never call Paris 2024 a home games!

In this episode, you'll hear from CEOs Sally Munday, Matt Archibald and Performance Director Dr Kate Baker... as well as our usual round up in our News from the Games!

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Qualifying as many boats as possible for the Paris 2024 Games...

The aim of British Rowing as 62 strong Olympic and Paralympic team named for the 2023 World Rowing Champions in Belgrade this coming week...

We hear from 6 members of British Rowing in this special episode - reigning world champs Oli Wilkes and David Ambler of the men's four, Lola Anderson and Georgie Brayshaw from the Women’s quadruple sculls and Frankie Allen and Morgan Fice-Noyes from the PR3 Mixed Coxed Four

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Josh Kerr was the story from the World Athletics Championships for many of us - storming to victory in the men's 1500m and retaining the title for Great Britain from when Jake Wightman won it a year ago. Hear from the man himself on this episode!

But there's so many more stories to tell from Budapest 2023, a glorious championships and not only for Great Britain who equalled their record haul from 30 years ago! A full review - good and bad - follows, if you follow (!), including shared gold medals!!!!

Plus Paris prepares to stage its first ever Paralympics in a years time - and there's Para Canoe, Table Tennis, Rowing, Triathlon, Hockey and Modern Pentathlon!

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This is Anything but Footy, and episode 92 we're joined by Olympic medalist Holly Bradshaw ahead of the 40th anniversary of the World Athletics Championships - this time being held in Budapest...

The pole vault star is returning from injury and joins a 50+ strong Great Britain and NI squad. We also look back at some of the past World Champs - let us know your memories - and even discuss Mascots!*

Plus Scotland smashed the first ever World Cycling Championships with British Cycling winning 100 medals - we should definitely do it again!? And there's Winter Olympics, canoeing, boxing and archery in our News from the Games !

*btw the Budapest mascot is Youhuu, a native Hungarian racka sheep #justforMichael

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Cancelled - the Marathon swimming test events in the river Seine for next summer Olympics because of poor water quality. World Aquatics say it's clear something has to happen.

Commonwealth chaos as Alberta pulls out of preferred bidder status to stage the 2030 Games.

World Para Swimming in Manchester & World Cycling in Glasgow round ups

And our News from the Games ahead of Paris 2024 next summer!

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It was suggested in our 'Year to go' episode that Tom Daley might return for Team GB for Paris 2024.

And he's back in the diving pool with the Olympics next summer 'a goal'.

We've the latest from the Tokyo gold medalist - as well as the other British headlines from the World Aquatics Championships in Japan too. Plus there's World Triathlon, Cycling & Athletics.

John reveals his thoughts behind how athletes from Russia and Belarus could compete in Paris next year, while Michael discusses how British Athletics smaller team might make it more successful!

This is Anything but Footy - the Olympic and Paralympic podcast!

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It's One Year to Go! Paris 2024 organisers, and the French capital city, are in full preparation mode as John finds out on his trip on the Eurostar, across the channel!

The International Olympic Committee are still refusing to talk about Russia and Belarus...

And we're at the training ground of PSG (but we don't talk footy!), we it's actually the Georges Lefevre Stadium and complex which is one of three Team GB bases for the summer games next year.

We hear from IOC President Thomas Bach, Team GB chef de mission Mark England, Olympic champion Helen Glover and Team GB gymnast Joe Fraser on the plans for Paris in 12 months time!

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We were promised a Games like no other. A new way of doing the Commonwealth Games. Multi city. Across regions.

But just like that, and apparently without consultation, the state of Victoria Government has withdrawn the funding for the Games, and pulled the plug on staging the 2026 edition.

In a special 'breaking' edition, we bring you the latest statements and ask who could step up and deliver the event in just 3 years time?

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People keep talking about the new footy season - we won't here! We don't deal with weekly transfer tittle tattle or 105 million pound signings! We actually talk about heroes who've won something!

We've had a great few weeks at Wimbledon, there's also been the World Para Athletics Championships in Paris and Glasgow is about to stage it's biggest ever sporting event - even larger than the 2014 Commonwealth Games! We hear from one of the riders taking part!

This is Anything but Footy the Olympic and Paralympic podcast!

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