Beyond the Ordinary

If you have missed hearing from incredible people who push the boundaries of their sport, we have got something beyond the ordinary for you. Mind Set Win is a podcast about how we can apply the mental tactics that elite athletes use to our everyday lives.

BMX legend Daniel Dhers joined hosts Cédric Dumont and York Peter-Klöppel to reveal his key to competing at the highest level. Daniel talks about being prepared for something to go wrong at any moment – no matter how unlikely it seems. He also talks about how this attitude has enabled him to build a long and successful career. it’s not about always having the perfect solution in stressful situations, but rather not panicking, and taking things step-by-step.

Hosts Cédric and York expand on TJ’s mindset techniques by offering guidance on how to best create our own long-term plans - and actually stick with them! The trick here is to begin thinking about what obstacles you might encounter along the way while setting your goals, as the path to achieving them is “never a straight line”.

Does this sound like it could be useful to you? We recommend you check out Mind Set Win for more tips and tricks on how you can harness the winning mindset of the world's leading sports professionals!

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Meet B-Boy Lee, a young breaking phenomenon from Amsterdam who’s taking the breaking world by storm with his creativity, explosive moves and signature style. With a b-girl for a mother, hear how Lee’s family, crew and upbringing are key to the Red Bull BC One All Star’s evolution as a breaker. He’s been winning battles the world over with his instinctive moves, and now he’s headed to New York City for the 2022 Red Bull BC One World Final.

This is a long read taken from Redbull.com, written and read by Josh Sampiero, based on an interview by Mireia Juste Castillo. Read this article at https://www.redbull.com/int-en/b-boy-lee-red-bull-bc-one-interview

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Aidan Heslop is built for cliff diving – and it shows. The British athlete fell in love with the sport at the age of 10, and is now helping push it into a new era for a new generation. Hear how he got hooked after watching Gary Hunt in action and made it his goal to compete in the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. He achieved that ambition when he became the youngest diver ever to compete in the Series at 16. Now he's scoring 10s and setting the bar ever higher with his inventive diving techniques. His next goal? World Champion.

This is a long read taken from Red Bull.com. Read this article at https://www.redbull.com/int-en/aidan-heslop-cliff-diving-beyond-the-ordinary-podcast-profile

Discover more about Beyond the Ordinary and find every episode at redbull.com/beyondtheordinary

Meet basketball player Nadine Selaawi, the teenage schoolgirl from Egypt who challenged cultural expectations and went to the USA to follow her dreams. Inspired by her family, Nadine became a record-breaking athlete at college, and now she's preparing for the Red Bull Half Court World Final back home in Cairo.

This is a long read taken from Red Bull.com. Read this article at https://www.redbull.com/int-en/nadine-selaawi-egyptian-basketball-profile

Discover more about Beyond the Ordinary and find every episode at redbull.com/beyondtheordinary

Meet Principal Strategy Engineer Hannah Schmitz – part of the team making real-time race-winning decisions for Oracle Red Bull Racing. Hannah has been working with the team since joining as an intern in 2009. Together with Head of Race Strategy Will Courtenay and a skilled team, it’s their split-second strategy brilliance that was a large contributor towards Max Verstappen claiming his first FIA Formula One World Championship title in 2021.

We sat down with Hannah to find out more about how her and the team make their race-defining decisions.

This is a long read taken from Red Bull.com. Read this article at https://www.redbull.com/int-en/hannah-schmitz-oracle-red-bull-racing-strategist

Discover more about Beyond the Ordinary and find every episode at redbull.com/beyondtheordinary.

Nepal-born Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja is the first Gurkha to serve in the United Kingdom Special Forces. After 10 years of service he decided to give everything up to climb all the world’s 14 peaks over 8,000m in seven months – the last person who achieved the feat took seven years. Hear his story, in his own words, about his humble beginnings and his big dreams.

This long read from RedBull.com is written and read by Josh Sampiero.

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Australian cliff diving sensation, Rhiannan “Rhi” Iffland has leapt from hot air balloons, helicopters and plunged into oceans all across the globe. 

But even as a five time world series champion and two time FINA world champion, Rhi says she still experiences fear and sometimes it’s what keeps her safe. 

Rhi began her cliff diving career with a stunning win. In her rookie year – 2016 – she won her first-ever competition as a wildcard entry into the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series.

Rhi was hailed as the 'Australian cliff diving sensation' – not only was she the youngest female diver ever to win an event, but she also scored podium places on all of her seven starts.

These achievements are the fruits of the hard work of an athlete who's been practising their sport from early childhood – Rhi began diving at the age of nine and before that she was an avid acrobatic trampolinist

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Snowboarder and Olympian Jess Rich has had to contend with fear and push past her comfort zone throughout her career.

Jess didn’t grow up in the snow and never dreamt that she’d one day compete in the winter Olympics. 

Jess made her Olympic debut in the new Olympic discipline of women's snowboard Big Air at PyeongChang 2018.

The Sydney-sider, who originally intended to compete in both slopestyle and Big Air, ruptured her ACL only one month before the Games and was forced to sit out of the snowboard slopestyle but was given medical clearance to compete in Big Air.  

Jess was one place shy of qualifying for the final after placing 13th in the qualification runs at PyeongChang; however two clean runs was an impressive performance for the injury recovering Olympic debutant.  

Jess placed seventh in slopestyle at her World Cup debut in 2015. In February 2016, she placed eighth in slopestyle at the Winter Olympic Test Event at Bokwang Park.

Following her top-10 performances she signed her first professional contract with the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia.

She broke into the top-10 an additional four times before she stepped up to the Olympic stage in February 2018. 

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Episode five of Beyond the Ordinary : Game Changers dropping 1st March 2022

Paralympic gold medallist Kelly Cartwright embodies all the grit and determination.

At the age of 15, after being diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer in her right knee, Kelly was forced to make a decision that would change the direction of her life.

In November 2004, faced with the option of amputation or radical surgery to remove the cancer Kelly had her right leg amputated.

​ After a painstaking 3 months of rehabilitation, she was fitted with a prosthetic leg. Having learnt to walk again, and facing the reality that her netball career was over, she looked for a new direction.

That direction was running.

​ With a growing passion for running, Kelly’s training intensified in pursuit of her next goal – to be the best above-knee amputee 100m sprinter in the world.

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Episode four of Beyond the Ordinary : Game Changers dropping 22nd February 2022

The BMX sensation, who's already a five-time world champion.

Saya Sakakibara is an Olympic BMX rider and at 22 she’s already a champion.

Saya’s love for BMX began before she could walk and despite some devastating setbacks, Saya’s never let fear influence her performance. 

At the age of four Saya attended practice sessions and races that Kai, her older brother was involved in and her love of the sport of BMX racing grew from there.

At 22 Saya has already amassed a seriously large haul of trophies in her 15 years of riding: four times World Champion, and counting.

Of her incredible success at such an early age, she attributes much of it to her incredibly close family.

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Episode three of Beyond the Ordinary : Game Changers dropping 15th February 2022