Kurt Fearnley is Australia's pre-eminent Good Strong Bloke (GSB).

Over a 25-year career, he's amassed three Paralympic Gold medals, two Olympic silver medals and seven world titles. He's also crawled the Kokoda Trail, crewed the winning yacht in the Sydney to Hobart, and jagged an OAM.

We hear what it's like to be an 18-year-old competing in front of 118,000 people at Sydney 2000, to winning Gold in Athens 2004 (despite busting a tyre 5km from the finish line). We discuss the pressure of perfection at the elite level - including Simone Biles' exit from Tokyo 2020 - and the 'feast or famine' nature of life after sport for many Olympians.

We also get the low down on which Australians to look out for in the upcoming Paralympics, which kick off August 24.

Audio production thanks to Tim 'T-Dog' Eldridge, with graphic design by Julia Edwards.

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