Australia

We sit down with Australia’s first individual Winter Olympic medallist, Zali Steggall, to talk about her incredible career. From growing up in France and nearly skiing for them, to the early days of Australian winter sport when funding barely covered excess baggage, it’s one of our most diverse and entertaining interviews yet, complete with Ben fanboying throughout!

Another interview episode for you today as Ben chats with 2016 Rio Olympics Gold Medalist in the trap shooting, Catherine Skinner. In a wide ranging chat, Catherine talks through how she got into the sport and just how important mental training is when it comes to shooting. She also takes us through her gold medal win in Rio, tells us about her special diet that helps her focus as well as revealing just what things she managed to get for free since becoming a Gold Medallist.

We sit down with Rio 2016 Laser sailing gold medallist Tom Burton to talk about his journey, from discovering sailing as a kid and being inspired by Sydney 2000, to the tough training days, keeping his passion alive, narrowly missing London 2012 and finally breaking through in Rio. He also shares his hopes for 2020 and his desire to take on other sailing regattas in the future.

We speak with 2016 Olympic single sculls gold medallist Kim Brennan about her remarkable career, from her early days as a rising track and field talent challenging Jana Pittman, to the injury that forced her to switch sports in pursuit of becoming an Olympian. Kim also reflects on the emotions of competing at three different Olympics, her close ties to Hobart and Tasmania, and what the future holds on the road to 2020.

We chat with one of Australia’s most successful Winter Olympians, Lydia Lassila, about her incredible aerials career. The 2010 Olympic gold medallist and 2014 bronze medallist reflects on landing the historic quad-twisting triple somersault, her post-Sochi mini-retirement, and her comeback bid to reach a fifth Winter Olympics in 2018 while chasing more Australian Olympic history.