Olympics.com Podcast

Mar 05 2025 194 ep. 27 mins 321

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At Olympics.com, we tell Olympic stories year-round.

Come along with us for in-depth interviews with the inspiring individuals who capture the world's imagination every two years as they go faster, higher, stronger - together. Host Nick McCarvel is joined regularly by one-of-a-kind guests - including athletes themselves, coaches, sporting legends - as well as Olympics.com producers and contributors - and more.

Catch new episodes on Wednesdays every other week.

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New mothers Kaillie Humphries, Petra Kvitova on their journey back to sport

Mar 05 2025 24 mins

New mothers Kaillie Humphries and Petra Kvitova on their respective comebacks, International Women's Day - Podcast

Milano Cortina 2026 ambassador Carolina Kostner on the Games' return to Italy

Feb 19 2025 51 mins

We're less than a year away from next February's Olympic Winter Games. Host Nick McCarvel is joined by Milano Cortina 2026 ambassador Carolina Kostner and organising committee member Marta Pagnini to find out just what it feels like in Italy as the Games draw ever closer.

Brian Boitano reflects on figure skating's week of heartbreak: 'We are a family'

Feb 05 2025 31 mins

It's been a tragic week in figure skating after 28 members of its extended community died in the D.C.-area plane crash on 29 January. 1988 Olympic champion Brian Boitano joins host Nick McCarvel to discuss how the skating world is coping with the heart-wrenching moment. Boitano also shares memories of the great Dick Button, a two-time Olympic gold medallist, who passed away (separa

Olympic sport preview for 2025 and one-on-one with skiing ace Alice Robinson - podcast

Jan 22 2025 37 mins

It's set to be a big year in Olympic sport, with official test events ahead of Milano Cortina 2026 and quota spots on offer. Olympics .com reporter ZK Goh breaks it all down with host Nick McCarvel. Meanwhile, Alessandro Poggi checks in from the mountainous slopes of Cortina with an update from Lindsey Vonn and a one-on-one sit-down with New Zealand skiing superstar Alice Robinson.

Paris 2024 roundtable: Memories from an unforgettable Games

Dec 22 2024 58 mins

What an Olympic year it was. In our final podcast of 2024, host Nick McCarvel is joined by Olympics.com editor in chief Mary Byrne and news producers Andrew Binner and Chloe Merrell for a roundtable discussion on the moments we won't soon forget from Paris and beyond. Plus, our team of producers from around the world share the Olympic moment that stuck with them the most.

Jessie Diggins on Olympians as 'imperfect heroes'

Dec 11 2024 33 mins

Olympic champion Jessie Diggins talks Milano Cortina hopes, athletes as 'imperfect heroes' and more

Rafael Nadal says 'adios' to tennis for good

Nov 27 2024 28 mins

Rafael Nadal won 22 majors, two Olympic golds... and countless hearts around the world in his legendary two-decade tennis career. Host Nick McCarvel brings us thoughts from Rafa - and his Spanish teammate Carlos Alcaraz - from his farewell in Malaga, Spain, at the Davis Cup Finals. Nick is also joined by Olympics.com reporters Nischal Schwager-Patel and Marta Martin, who were in Ma

Lucas Braathen, Mikaela Shiffrin and all things Alpine skiing

Nov 13 2024 42 mins

The hills are alive with the sound... and sight and speed of Alpine skiing this season, with the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 looming. Host Nick McCarvel is joined by Olympics.com resident skiing expert Alessandro Poggi to discuss the top storylines in the sport this year. Ales also shares one-on-one interviews with Norwegian-turned-Brazilian Lucas Braathen and American

Sitting down with Simone Biles post-Paris Olympics

Oct 30 2024 33 mins

"The payoff is definitely worth it," Olympic champion gymnast Simone Biles tells Olympics.com reporter Scott Bregman of her mental health work in a one-on-one sit-down on this episode of the podcast. It's an all-gymnastics episode, as Bregman joins host Nick McCarvel to give his takeaways from Biles' triumphant Paris 2024, and shares further interviews with Jordan Chiles, Ellie Bla

Figure skater Alysa Liu on coming out of retirement — at 19

Oct 16 2024 50 mins

"My perspective has totally changed," says Alysa Liu, the 2022 world bronze medallist who retired over two years ago at 16. The American star joins host Nick McCarvel on this episode of the podcast to reveal how skiing (yes, skiing) brought her back to skating - and much more. Plus, Canada's two-time Olympian Kaitlyn Weaver on the many hats she wears in the skating world post-compe