No time for slacking! We have world record breaking Grant Holloway of USA give his motivations ahead of his 110m hurdles final. Plus, some inspirational words to get you fired up from Sakura Kokumai. And how many calories does an Olympic champion shot putter have to eat? Ryan Crouser has the answer.

Full episode Grant Holloway: https://olympics.com/en/podcast/podcast-grant-holloway-world-champion-record-holder-positive-thinker

Full episode Sakura Kokumai: https://olympics.com/en/podcast/podcast-sakura-kokumai-olympics-coronavirus

Full episode Ryan Crouser; https://olympicchannel.com/en/podcast/detail/podcast-ryan-crouser/

Lizzie Armanto represents Finland in skateboarding. She is one of the best ever and the only female skater to conquer Tony Hawk's infamous 360 loop. She speaks highly of fellow competitor Sky Brown (who we also hear from in the podcast!) Plus, Emma Coburn of the USA is in the 3,000m steeplechase final. She talks about what can be learnt from athletics in terms of gender parity.

Full Lizzie episode: https://olympics.com/en/podcast/podcast-lizzie-armanto-tony-hawk-skateboarding

Full Emma episode: https://olympics.com/en/podcast/podcast-emma-coburn

Full Sky Brown episode: https://olympics.com/en/podcast/podcast-sky-brown-great-britain-gb-skateboarder

The Free Solo star and climbing legend Alex Honnold gives an in-depth rundown of what to expect from climbing as it appears at the Olympic Games for the first time at Tokyo 2020.

2019 episode with Alex: https://olympics.com/en/podcast/podcast-alex-honnold-free-solo-climbing-olympics

Shaunae Miller-Uibo's iconic dive / fall made her an Olympic champion at Rio 2016. She explains the fall plus the reasons why she's switched focus to the 200m. Also, the wrestling is underway - we hear from Team USA medal hope David Taylor.

Full episode from Shaunae Miller-Uibo: https://olympics.com/en/podcast/podcast-shaunae-miller-uibo-and-maicel-uibo

USA weightlifter Katherine Nye is a world champion. But her successful 2019 coincided with a diagnosis with Bipolar II Disorder and mild ADHD. She speaks lucidly about her mental health journey ahead of the 76 kg competition. And 100m sprinter Trayvon Bromell is aiming to be the fastest man in the world. He opens up about his inspirations - including a talk with the 'hip hop preacher' Eric Thomas.

Katherine Nye - full episode: https://olympics.com/en/video/podcast-katherine-nye-on-mental-health-medals-weightlifting

Trayvon Bromell - full episode: https://olympics.com/en/podcast/podcast-trayvon-bromell-100m-tokyo-2020

Mondo Duplantis represents Sweden and has pushed the boundaries of the pole vault event. He goes into the Olympics as the world record holder. Mondo joined the podcast to talk about nutrition, his baseball obsession, and his backyard training situation. Plus, the women's 400m hurdles promises to be one of the marquee events of the whole Games. We hear from the top two contenders: Dalilah Muhammad and Sydney McLaughlin.

Full episode with Dalilah: https://olympics.com/en/podcast/podcast-dalilah-muhammad-talks-400m-hurdles-world-record-doubt-and-kobe-bryant

Full episode with Sydney: https://olympics.com/en/podcast/podcast-sydney-mclaughlin-mindset-olympics-and-the-400m-hurdles

The track and field stars are aligned and ready for Tokyo 2020. We have exclusive chats with double Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, world champion Dina Asher-Smith, and world record holder Joshua Cheptegei. The athletics starts today and we have a lot more coming up so subscribe and tell your friends.

Dina Asher-Smith full episode: https://olympics.com/en/podcast/podcast-dina-asher-smith-the-world-champion-team-gb-sprinter

Joshua Cheptegei full episode: https://olympics.com/en/podcast/podcast-joshua-cheptegei

We hear from Simone Biles who spoke with stunning honesty at a news conference following her withdrawal from the team event. Since then, she announced that she isn't going defend her all-around Olympic title. Reporter and gymnastics expert Scott Bregman gives us his analysis and reaction from Tokyo. Plus, super heavyweight boxer Frazer Clarke of Great Britain talks about surviving a knife attack in 2016.

Full Frazer Clarke podcast: https://apps.olympicchannel.com/en/podcast/detail/podcast-champion-boxer-frazer-clarke/

Nigeria men's basketball coach Mike Brown describes how activist Nelson Mandela has inspired his team and GB boxer Lauren Price shares how her fancy footwork is aided by her footballing past. Plus, Australian surfer, and Olympic bronze medallist, Owen Wright describes his road back from a traumatic brain injury.

Full Owen Wright episode: https://olympics.com/en/podcast/podcast-surfer-owen-wright-traumatic-brain-injury

USA swimmer Lilly King gives some tips on how to be super confident. USA's triathletes have a VERY early alarm call but that's not all Taylor Knibb and Summer Rappaport are worried about. Plus, Malaysian diver Pandelela was thrown into the deep end on her first diving lesson - literally!

Lilly King full episode: https://olympics.com/en/podcast/podcast-lilly-king

Pandelela full episode: https://olympics.com/en/podcast/podcast-pandelela-malaysia-diver