Anything but Footy

100 days too go and we continue to count down to the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games with British Triathlete, competing for Team England this summer, Sophie Coldwell.

The 27 year old from Nottingham is ready to compete in her home Games - her second Commonwealths - after claiming two podium finishes last summer in the World Triathlon Series...in Leeds and Abu Dhabi.

She'll be joined in the Team England triathlon squad by mixed relay Olympic champions George Taylor-Brown, Jonny Brownlee and Alex Yee.

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Season 3 of Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy, continues to look behind the scenes at sport in the UK.

Matt Gentry is the agent of Sir Andy Murray and co-founder with the 2 time Wimbledon and Olympic champion, of 77 Sports Management, a marketing company that actually puts the athletes performance first, rather than money!

We talk to Matt about how he started in the business, how 77 has developed with new younger clients, the advice given to sports men and women, often incredibly young, about giving their opinion on world events and we discuss Sir Andy Murray, his passion to return to sport and maybe win another Wimbledon title this summer!

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A formula 3000 driver, turned team founder, now CEO and Team Principal of current world champions Red Bull Formula One Team.

Christian Horner is one of the most recognisable Great British Bosses of the current sporting world - arguably the best in the business in the past 12 months. We talk leadership, rivalry, last season, this season, how it all started and what's the future hold.

He's also delighted to be heading back down under ahead of the third race of the season this weekend in Melbourne.

Welcome to a brand new season of Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy, where we speak to men and women leaders behind the scenes of sport in the UK.

Follow for more to come this season!

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6 months on from British Triathlon's best ever performance on one day the Paralympics Games, the UK is preparing to stage its first ever standalone World Triathlon Para series in Swansea this summer, as well as visually impaired Para Tri athletes competing at the 'home' Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. 

In this special edition of the podcast, produced for British Triathlon, we meet the medallists from Tokyo 2020 Paralympics - Lauren Steadman, George Peasgood and Claire Cashmore - and hear their stories on the challenges they all faced to reach the Paralympic podium. The trio also discuss the importance of themselves and fellow Paralympic, World and European champions being the centre of attention in South Wales on Saturday August 6th.

For more information on that event, how to watch or be involved check out - https://www.britishtriathlon.org/get-involved/paratriathlon or if you fancy volunteering go to https://www.britishtriathlon.org/get-involved/what-is-triathlon/volunteers-2022

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On Commonwealth Day, we start our official countdown to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games with one of the undoubted stars of the summer to come.

Three time Olympic breaststroke champion and 3 time Commonwealth gold medalist Adam Peaty will compete at new Sandwell Aquatics Centre...

And as you'll hear in this episode, he's hoping to compete in more events and his son gets to see him compete too...

This is Brum's the word - a podcast from Anything but Footy - focusing on the sports and stars competing at this summer's home Games.

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It started with controversy and serious question marks about the integrity of sport and its place in the world due to the Ukraine invasion.

But once Russia and Belarus were banned, the Winter Paralympics and GB's athletes have delivered once again.

John & Michael round up the action from Beijing 2022 - with the man in charge for Paralympics GB chef de mission Phil Smith.

This has been Beijing Bound from Anything but Footy - that's for supporting the second Olympics and Paralympics in 6 months! Only 2 years til Paris!

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Ollie Hill was riding motorbikes during the last Paralympics 4 years ago, now the 32 year old from Reading has become the first ever British snowboarder to win at medal at the Winter Paralympics.

He bagged a bronze in the banked Slalom and told us afterwards how lucky he was and how he found the sport after losing a leg in a car crash just 3 and a bit years ago.

This is Beijing Bound from Anything but Footy - the latest on the 2022 Winter Paralympics Games.

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Anything but Footy celebrates the life of Robbie Brightwell - Olympic silver medallist at Tokyo 1964.

This conversation was recorded with Robbie and his wife Ann in 2021. Robbie and Ann agreed to speak to us for a special edition of the podcast that was produced exclusively for the athletes heading to the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Robbie and Ann reminisce about taking part in the 1964 Olympic Games, also staged in Tokyo, and how they both returned home with medals. Ann won an unexpected gold medal in the 800m She had only agreed to take part after Robbie convinced her. She had wanted to go shopping instead! Anne also won the silver medal in the 400m at the same games. For Robbie, he had finished 4th in the individual 400m event and won his medal as part of the relay team.

Together they look back at Tokyo 1964 and offer words of advice and guidance to those who followed in their footsteps when the Games returned to Tokyo, after a 12 month delay, in 2021.

This is the first time this conversation has been made available publicly and is shared with the permission of Team GB.

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This is Beijing Bound from Anything but Footy the Olympic and Paralympic Podcast with two giants of British Winter sports!

Menna Fitzpatrick is now Britain's most decorated Winter Paralympian after more medals at the Beijing Games in the alpine skiing - and a newish guide!

Fellow VI athlete Neil Simpson created history when he and his brother Andrew, won gold in the Super G - becoming the first GB man to end up top of the Paralympic podium on snow!

In this episode we hear from them all after helping take Paralympics GB medal tally to 5 in 3 days!

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Unless you've been hiding under a bush for the past few weeks, Great Britain won a gold, silver and grabbed a 4th place in all of the 3 Curling events at the Beijing Olympics.

Now Wheelchair Curling takes centre stage at the Paralympics - with the mixed team of Hugh Nibloe (Skip), David Melrose, Gregor Ewan, Meggan Dawson-Farrell & Gary Smith (alternate).

At the Opening Ceremony of Beijing 2022, Gregor carried with union flag with debutant Meggan in third Paralympics, and he told us he wants to return to bronze medal form at least at these Games, after winning that eight years ago.

This is Beijing Bound from Anything but Footy - the series focusing on the 2022 Winter Paralympics in China.

*NB This podcast was recorded before the Russian invasion of Ukraine and subsequent banning of RPC and Belarus athletes*

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