Anything but Footy

This is Beijing Bound from Anything but Footy - with the latest news and interviews from the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games.

Day one brought joy for Paralympics GB and for Millie Knight and Brett Wild as the VI skier and her guide won bronze in the women's downhill.

It's a 4th Paralympic medal for Millie but means more since the journey of the last 4 years.

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

Team GB won 2 medals in Beijing - Paralympics GB have been predicted to win between 5 & 9 by UK Sport.

It's chair Katherine Grainger looks ahead to the Games and what happens now for Team GB following their 2 Curling medals.

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

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Introducing Asha Philip - The BAC Podcast reveals the latest member to the board of the BAC - the voice of Great Britain's elite athletes.

The 2 time Olympian and sprint medalist at Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth level explains why she wants to work on behalf of all athletes and for the future of British sport. In this episode, she's joined by BAC chair Vicki Aggar on how the organisation itself is changing as it works to ensure the collective athletes voice is listened to.

This is a special edition of the podcast, produced by Anything but Footy, for the British Athletes Commission.

For more information, check out britishathletes.org

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A bumper edition of the podcast reviewing all things Beijing 2002 - our first Winter Olympics as Anything but Footy!

We're joined by Curling gold medalists Eve Muirhead, Vicky Right, Jen Dodds, Hailey Duff & Milli Smith, and silver medalists Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr and Ross Whyte on what's been the most successful Games for British Curling ever!

But CEO of the British Olympic Association Andy Anson, joins us to review the rest of the games and start the process of what went wrong for Team GB, who were predicted to win up to 7 medals.

We can't talk Beijing 2022 without the Chinese hosts and Russian Kamila Valieva either - Gus Kenworthy gives us his forthright view on the figure skater competing at the Games - and the biggest doping scandal to ever hit Team GB too!

Plus there's Commonwealth Games, Athletics, Hockey, Judo, Rowing and netball to discuss too!

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

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He started playing before the Opening Ceremony, and ended with a silver medal on the penultimate day of Beijing 2022 - it's been quite the rollercoaster for Bruce Mouat these Winter Olympics - in fact he has spent over 40 hours in competition since his campaign began on 2 February!

Now on the final day he'll carry the Union flag at the Closing Ceremony.

Bruce, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie and Hammy McMillan Jr just missed out to Sweden in the Men's Curling Gold Medal match - and Bruce had earlier finished 4th in the Mixed doubles with Jen Dodds.

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Mica McNeill is heading to her second Olympics having built a 30m bobsleigh run in her backyard during lockdown! Montell Douglas is the first British woman to ever compete in the Summer and Winter Olympics and is a one of a kind having done it now in the same City - Beijing '08 and Beijing '22!

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

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Charlotte Bankes was the favourite for the snowboard cross for Team GB heading into the Games - Ollie Davies a former junior world champion doesn't haven't that focus on him.

But he wants to achieve great things himself and do something for his friend Charlotte too!

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

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Team GB are not having the greatest Games - into the second week and no places on the podium as yet.

But there's opportunities to come in Beijing - with 26 year old Lloyd Wallace continuing the Freestyle Skiing challenge!

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More history has been made at the Beijing Winter Olympics - with Northampton based Jamaican Benjamin Alexander competing in alpine skiing.

Despite really poor weather conditions, he made it to the end of two runs of the Giant Slalom when 50% entrants fell. He may have been the lowest ranked in the end and more than a minute behind Marco Odermatt of Switzerland who took the gold, but as Benjamin told Michael that's not the whole story...

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

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Just over 6 months ago, Triathlon's Mixed Team Relay was one of the standout moments of the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Now the event is set to make its debut at the World Triathlon Championship Series Leeds in June, as well as being part of the 'home' Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in six months time. 

In this special edition of the podcast, produced for British Triathlon, we reunite the fab four of Jess Learmonth, Jonny Brownlee, Georgia Taylor-Brown and Alex Yee, to talk us through their history making Olympic gold medal! They look ahead to Leeds, Birmingham and even Paris 2024 and retaining that title!

World Triathlon Championships Series Leeds takes place in Roundhay Park on June 11 and 12. Entries are open now - there's swim, bike and run events for all levels and experiences, and there's a relay option too, where you can team up with two people to complete the Triathlon together by taking a discipline each! Check out /leeds.triathlon.org/ for more...

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