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Richard Stokoe
The Weird and Wonderful History of the Olympic Games
A twice a week (Monday and Thursday mornings just so you know) 20 episode series of super short podcasts looking at the incredible people, whacky sports, bizarre events and crazy happenings that have happened in the last 128 years of the Olympic Games.
The shows start from 1896 in Athens and the super strange 100m Freestyle for Greek Navy Sailors all the way through to the Breakdancing that will happen in Paris 2024.
In between, we will look at the cheats, the mad sports, the deleted events, the Olympic gold medal in town planning, the self administered electric shock torture to win...
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Amazingly informative and entertaining!
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“Who knew the Olympics had so much history? Quite frankly this is an annoyingly good podcast- funny, interesting and well worth a listen. Sandra is the secret star.
Poodle trimming. Motor boating (no, not that kind…!). And so much more.
Even if you think you have no interest in the Olympics I...”Read full review »
Kitty_dot via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
06/04/24
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Our last part of an amazing journey. In this final part we look at what is to come - the new sports, what Paris is offering and where the Olympic movement will go from here.
This is the final part of a 20 part short nugget series charting the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats,...
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