Interviews

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.

In this special episode of Off The Podium we talk to Evan Dunfee, the Canadian Olympian whose record breaking 50k Racewalking performance in Rio made him one of the most talked about athletes of the Summer Games. In this interview Evan goes behind the scenes to tell us about how a dramatic "bump" resulted in a flip flopping of appeals over there Bronze medal. We also find out how Evan entered the sport, his memories of Rio, and just what he is doing in Australia for the secon