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The Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics have wrapped up, and we're reliving eight massive days of action on Off The Podium! We celebrate the biggest Australian and Canadian highlights, revisit the moments that made these Games unforgettable and explain why Paralympic sport is so damn entertaining. Plus, we compare coverage across countries, celebrate another OTP gold medal, share our disappointment with Shuey Rhon Rhon and discover how Colin managed to put his foot in it this tim

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics may be over, but we're back on Off The Podium for one final look at the Games! Jarrod shares his verdict on the Closing Ceremony and Slovakia's men's ice hockey bronze, while we debate how Beijing will be remembered and whether Australia and Canada delivered on their medal hopes. Plus, we celebrate the biggest stars, crown our Athlete of the Games and look ahead to the next Olympics in Europe. One last Beijing hurrah before we say goodbye!

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are over, and we're wrapping up the final day and Closing Ceremony in classic Off The Podium style! Did the ceremony deliver or leave us disappointed again? We're celebrating Finland's ice hockey gold, Canada's final bronze medal and whatever New Zealand has done to annoy Ben this time. Plus, we look back on the Games and ask how Beijing stacked up against PyeongChang 2018. It's one last dose of Olympic fun before we say goodbye. SAD!

It's the penultimate day of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, and we're back on Off The Podium for more medals, madness and a little sadness! Is Canada celebrating another speed skating silver or wishing it were gold? We're cheering Sweden's curling triumph, wondering when New Zealand became a winter sports powerhouse and debating whether lucky eggs belong at the Olympics. Plus, why are we getting emotional about the Games ending? Kiss your eggs, do the haka and join the fun!

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are nearing the finish line, but we're back on Off The Podium for more medals and mayhem! We unpack Canada's remarkably polite response to disappointment, its latest non-gold medals and what's happening with Australia. Plus, Mikaela Shiffrin and Eileen Gu fans might want to look away, Finland gets some serious love, Colin makes a case for darts at the Winter Olympics and we ask whatever happened to classic curling. Another action-packed recap!

Canada strikes ice hockey gold on Day 13 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, and two Aussies are somehow leading the celebrations on Off The Podium! We relive the golden moment, find more reasons to adore Ester Ledecka and debate whether ski cross has us cheering or tearing our hair out. Plus, the curling is getting almost too exciting, Marnie Vinall is back to join the chaos and we're counting down the final days of the Games. Another golden Olympic recap you won't want to

Upsets, ice hockey drama and a quieter-than-usual Off The Podium? We're recapping Day 12 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in our inside voices to keep Karen happy! We react to the USA's men's hockey exit, explain why Slovakia is our new favourite and check on Canada's curling hopes. Plus, Johanna Griggs joins us for Steven Bradbury Day, Jarrod returns, Ester Ledecka gives us another reason to love her and we hand out the DAILY DALE. Will Ben make it through without another

Canada is golden again on Day 11 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, and we're celebrating its second gold and record-breaking bronze haul on Off The Podium! We check in on Canada's ice hockey and curling medal hopes, Australia's Tess Coady bringing the YEEEEWs and queen Ester's downhill tricks. Plus, winter expert Marnie Vinall joins us to unpack the Games, Ben gets some unexpected phone calls and neighbourly cups of sugar are officially off the menu. Another pumped-up Beij

Love is in the air on Day 10 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics as we recap medals, monobob and more on Off The Podium! Does Canada get to claim a (technical) monobob gold, or are we sticking with bronze? We also celebrate Ben's fifth-place Olympic monobob debut, mourn the aerials and another outbreak of the OTP curse, and marvel at some very interesting noises from CBC. Plus, are there Winter Olympic events we're starting to question? Get romantic with another chaotic Beiji

After Australia's historic skeleton medal, we're back on Off The Podium to recap Day 9 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics! Is Australia still buzzing, and can Canada get any closer to its much-wanted bronze medal record? We call out one sport for being lazy and another for deserving far more love, check in on Ben the bobsled and hunt for the Games' prom king and queen. Plus, which country might resort to giving rivals heart attacks to win medals? Slide into another day of Ol

Day 8 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics brings more medals and plenty of madness as we recap it all on Off The Podium! Why are we divided over snowboard cross, and does an Olympic ice hockey group-stage defeat really count? We get swept up in Narracott night, unpack Canada's curling misery and discover what Harley Quinn and the Joker have to do with ice dancing. Plus, Colin explains his love for skeleton athletes from the Ivory Coast. Another gold medal-worthy episode!

Australia is back in the medals on Day 7 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, and we're celebrating Scotty James' silver on Off The Podium! We farewell snowboard legend Shaun White, reaffirm Ester Ledecka's queen status and get seriously excited about Jaclyn Narracott's skeleton medal hopes. Plus, we've got a special guest keeping things Canadian, an unexpected obsession with Irish cross-country skiers and plenty of anticipation for the next day's medal action. Another packed

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics bring more historic medals for Canada and snowboard cross heartbreak for Australia, and we're unpacking it all on Off The Podium! We debate whether figure skating needs a shake-up, whether the women's halfpipe was ever in doubt and why the OTP curse has struck again in spectacularly visual fashion. Plus, should athletes with doping violations qualify for the DAILY DALE, and what Canadian coverage are Aussie viewers missing? Another packed day

After COVID interrupted our Beijing 2022 coverage, we're back on Off The Podium with a double dose of Winter Olympics action! We bow down to Ester Ledecka, crown another deserving queen and ask whether the word GOAT has finally worn out its welcome. Plus, we've got a new nickname for Mikaela Shiffrin, thoughts on the USA's agonising gold medal drought and one very important question: what on earth is a screaming seaman? It's two days of Olympic madness, laughs and coughing ro

Canada strikes gold on Day 3 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, and we're celebrating on Off The Podium! But can that golden moment ease the pain of the curling? We also catch up on Australia's celebrations after its record-breaking day, welcome a special guest and unleash more BREAKING NEWS. Plus, Colin reveals which Olympic event puts his kids in a good mood, and our DAILY DALE has a special connection to one of the day's athletes. Another wild, wonderful day of Winter Ol

Day 2 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics delivers history, and we're celebrating it all on Off The Podium! New Zealand claims its first ever Winter Olympic gold, Australia grabs its first two medals of the Games, and we check in on Canada after their GOAT misses out on another gold. Plus, what on earth happened in the curling? We've got more chaotic moguls commentary, a special guest, BREAKING NEWS and enough Tess Coady-inspired noise to leave you feeling trippy, stoked and

The first full day of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics competition is done, and the whole Off The Podium gang is back to recap it all! We celebrate Canada's medal-winning start with Colin, return to the moguls commentary slopes and explain why we're still loving the curling. Plus, we ask whether women's ice hockey should be called already, embrace Hakuna Matata, celebrate another iconic Aussie Winter Olympian and hand out the DAILY DALE. It's a packed episode of Olympic medals, l

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are underway, and we're reviewing the Opening Ceremony in classic Off The Podium style! Did it finally win us over, or was it another letdown? We tackle falling kids, familiar segments, flag bearers and those amazing uniforms before diving into Australia's curling craze and our love for Dean & Tahli. Plus, we look at Australia and Canada's hopes in the men's and women's moguls and deliver our first ever DAILY DALE. Plenty of Olympic chaos and

It’s time to wrap up an epic Paralympics as Off The Podium looks back on 13 incredible days of competition. We go over the biggest highlights from both Australia and Canada, celebrate some of the other memorable moments from across the Games and debate whether the Paralympics might actually be more entertaining than the Olympics. We also ask why the event still doesn’t get the coverage it deserves and why that needs to change moving forward.

After 16 incredible days, it’s time to farewell Tokyo 2020 with Off The Podium’s full wrap of the Games we thought might never happen. We look back at the best, worst and weirdest moments, crown our stars of the Olympics, debate the new sports and see how Australia and Canada stacked up against our medal predictions. And while Tokyo is over, there’s still plenty to get excited about with the Beijing Winter Olympics just around the corner.