No longer Anything but Footy

The first athletes for Team GB have been confirmed for the Winter Olympics - 39 days after the end of Tokyo 2020! This is Beijing Bound from Anything but Footy - the Olympic and Paralympic podcast - counting down to the second Games in six months - and we're joined by Head Coach of British Curling David Murdoch as 6 curlers are named for Britain in Beijing!

Paralympics GB ended Tokyo with more medals in more sports than any other nation - 18 - and second in the overall table with 124 including 41 golds. We hear from the chair of governing body UK Sport on their achievement, the importance of supporting all athletes, and why the Games like no other could be repeated in 6 months time in Beijing!

We catch up with the Chief Brand & Communications Officer of the International Paralympic Committee Craig Spence a week before the Games begin - we talk Tokyo Olympics, London 2012, no spectators and why Tokyo could've been the next Games changer for Para Sport in the world!

Chef De Mission for Team GB Mark England on how the team is coping with covid-19 restrictions in Tokyo ahead of the Games and calling for reduction in isolation timeframe as testing regime is so comprehensive.

Greg Rutherford reveals this week he's training to compete at Beijing 2022 in the Bobsleigh - but as Michael explains its not the first time the 2012 Olympic champion has thought about the Winter Games! Plus British Gymnastics has a new star at European Champs & big cricketing teams confirmed for Birmingham 2022...

The first part of the athletics team is named for Tokyo 2020, as Team GB picks 7 marathon and race walkers for the Games this summer - HEAR Stephanie Davis and Tom Bosworth!

President Thomas Bach says they are 'so confident' of the Olympics in Tokyo going ahead as planned this summer, ahead of the publication of the IOC's covid-19 safely plans and protocol next week.

Team GB and Paralympics GB have teamed up for the first time since 2012 to name the British Shooting team for the Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo this summer. Hear from Seonaid McIntosh and Matt Skelhon on why they're preparing for games without a crowd!

Decision's on whether fans will be able to attend Tokyo 2020 in 2021 will be made in the Spring. There's 'Breaking' about Breaking - it's the latest new sport at Paris 2024 + Birmingham continues preparation for 2022 party!

Great Britain's Track Cycling team finished top of the medals table with 6 golds and 11 medals in total at the European Championships while Adam Peaty breaks another world record at the ISL in Hungary!