• Ms Karate | Sierra Deodhari
    Jul 26 2021

    Sierra started competing in the sport of Karate at the age of three. She is now 12 years old and has already competed in over 100 competitions in her home country of the United States of America as well as traveling the world to compete. This extremely talented and fun human being also has her eyes on things away from the Karate Dojo arenas of the world. In recent times and through a fellow competitors tragedy Sierra commenced a Philanthropic cause to help her struggling colleague as well as inspired the world to get behind this fantastic cause. You can connect with Sierra on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/sierra_karate/

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    41 mins
  • On Target with Arwen Adams
    Jul 22 2021

    The sport of mounted archery may not be known to many. 13 year old Arwen Adams is ranked in the top 30 in the world in this sport and this go getter from the USA has her sights set on becoming one of the very best in her chosen sport. Away from the tracks Arwen is making her presence felt in many different ways as this young lady has already embraced the world of philanthropy and is already using her passion for animals to help people in some pretty neat ways.

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    31 mins
  • Transitioning From Professional Sport
    Jul 20 2021

    In this episode ex Professional Basketball Player Alex Opacic shares with us the daunting journey from being a Professional Athlete where your days are focused on obtaining the goals you have set yourself within your sport to literally starting life all over again. Alex's Basketball journey ended due to injury and it was at that time while in a foreign country, wounded and downhearted that he had to start to rebuild his life. Alex shares his very personal experience, dealing with mental anxiety, learning new skills as well as telling us what he would had done differently if he was starting over again as a professional athlete. Today Alex runs a business to assist professional athletes who are transitioning away from sport and into the next chapter of their life. You can learn more about that by visiting his website at https://athlete2business.com.au/

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    50 mins
  • What Do The Locals Think Of The Olympics?
    Jul 19 2021

    The Tokyo Olympic Games have been somewhat controversial since they were postponed in 2020 due to Covid 19 pandemic. Just a few days from the start of the Games Covid 19 has started to explode across Japan. Many people think that the Games should not take place this year and there is a very unfair playing field for many athletes who are attending. In this episode we catch up with Joe and Yuki Maie from Fujisawa south of Tokyo and we hear their views on the situation in Japan today with Covid and how the local people are feeling about the Olympic Games.

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    37 mins
  • Tokyo Bound | Nicci Daly
    Jul 14 2021

    Nicci Daly is an Ireland women's field hockey international. She was a member of the Ireland team that played in the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup final. In 2010 Daly was a member of the Loreto team that won the Irish Senior Cup. Daly has also played senior ladies' Gaelic football for Dublin. Since 2016 Daly has worked in motorsport as a data engineer for Juncos Racing. Daly made her debut for Ireland against Belgium in February 2010. In March 2015 Daly was a member of the Ireland team that won a 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Round 2 tournament hosted in Dublin, defeating Canada in the final after a penalty shoot-out.

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    53 mins
  • From Olympic Track To Bobsleigh World Cup
    Jul 1 2021

    Montell  Douglas is a British sportswoman. Originally a sprinter and former British record holder for the 100 metres at 11.05 seconds, in 2017 she took up bobsleigh, and became part of the Great Britain women's two-woman bobsleigh team the following year.

    Douglas made her first senior major championship appearance at the 2007 European Athletics Championships Indoor. Although she was knocked out in the semi-finals, she managed to set a new 60m  personal best of 7.28 seconds.

    Douglas represented Great Britain at the 2008 Olympics in the 100 meters. In her first round heat she placed second behind Ivet Lalova in a time of 11.36 to advance to the second round. There she failed to qualify for the semi-finals as her time of 11.38 was only the fourth fastest time of her heat, causing elimination. She was also part of the Great Britain team which reached the final of the 4x100 metres relay.,

    In 2016, Douglas took up bobsleigh. She finished in the top 10 on her Bobsleigh World Cup debut in January 2017, and later in the season, she finished seventh at an event in St Moritz.  She was Great Britain's reserve athlete for the 2018 Winter Olympics in North Korea. In 2019, Douglas and Mica Mc Neill finished sixth in the 2-women bobsleigh event in Konigssee. In 2020, Douglas and McNeill came fourth in the 2020-2021 2-women event in Innsbruck.

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    23 mins
  • Around The Track | Donna Fraser
    Jun 22 2021

    Donna Fraser OBE from Croydon is a former English athlete who mainly competed in the  200m and 400m

    An exceptional junior, Fraser won six English Schools 200 m titles (as well as a silver medal for the 4x100 at the 1990 World Junior Championships before turning to the 400 m in 1991 and becoming European Junior Champion at the distance the same year (also gaining a silver medal for the 4 × 100 m. However, she didn't improve until 1996, when she began to concentrate on the 400 m seriously and qualified for British teams in the major outdoor championships between 1996 and 1999. However, it was at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 that she finally showed the potential she had had as a junior, when she clipped almost a second off her PB to finish 4th with a personal best time of 49.79 seconds, thanks in no small part to her training alongside Olympic Champion Cathy Freeman for that season.

    A finalist in 1998 at the European Championships and Commonwealth Games (where she took a bronze medal ), she has also played an integral part of Britain's  4 x 400m relay team, taking medals at the World Championships in 2005, European Championships and Commonwealth Games. She also won the BBC London Athlete of the Year Award for 2005. But her career after 2000 stalled due to a catalogue of injuries (including a torn achilles tendon).

    At the 2007 World Championships in Athletics, Fraser went as part of the 4 × 400 m relay squad. Despite not running in the final, she received a bronze medal, as she competed in the heats on the 2nd leg

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    57 mins
  • Mr Hoops New Zealand | Dillion Boucher
    Jun 15 2021

    Dillion is extremely passionate about the sport of Basketball, and he is one of New Zealand's well known figures in the game. In this episode we hear some very wise words from Dillion directed especially at coaches, and parents. 

    Balance is a vital ingredient to Dillions approach to life and sport and in this episode he airs his concerns about seeing too many parents pushing their kids to hard in sport. He knows why and he has set out on a mission to make a difference through a variety of initiatives that he is involved in today. 

    A ex professional athlete who made the transition into a new life and shares his story as well as tips for others who might find themselves in that position one day. 

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    36 mins