Let's Go Tokyo
Let's Go Tokyo
From The West Australian, Let's Go Tokyo, hosted by Mark Readings and Ben O'Shea is a podcast dedicated to bringing you the latest on the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games. As well as daily recaps and analysis, Mark and Ben will interview competing Olympians and former greats to give you an inside look into the athlete's village, and what goes through the mind of an Olympian before an event. Hear from gr…Follow the podcast:
Let's Go Tokyo September 6: Amazing Madison
Well, that’s it. It’s all over. We’ve seen elite athletes compete over the last 2 weeks, cheered them on and watched on with their nervous families back home in Aus. Our Aussie athletes did us proud with a total of 80 Paralympic medals - 21 of them gold. We finished 8th on the medal tally, with C…
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Let's Go Tokyo August 30 - Day 6 and our chat with Ben Popham's mum
Wasn’t the first week of the games exciting to watch? Australia took home 6 gold in ONE day, saw records smashed, have seen Aussie legends in the making, and it seems our Aussie’s knack for post-event comments has continued in the Paralympics! Lakeisha Patterson started it all off when she said s…
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Let's Go Tokyo August 24: Let the Paralympic Games begin
As Paralympic tennis star Dylan Alcott put it, the warmup is officially over. It’s time for the big show now. Tonight, we’ll see Danni DiToro, wheelchair tennis and wheelchair table tennis star, and Riley Batts, 5 time Paralympian in the wheelchair rugby, be the flag bearers in the opening ceremon…
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Athlete Chat with Paralympian Robyn Lambird
In this episode, we speak to Paralympian Robyn Lambird, who will be representing Australia in Tokyo in wheelchair racing. She talks us through her preparation, and why representation for people with disabilities is so important. She'll definitely be one to watch. Stay tuned in a couple of weeks…
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Athlete Chat with GOLD medallist Matt Wearn
Sailing has always been in Matt Wearn's blood. And taking out gold in Tokyo has been the icing on a pretty challenging cake. I’ll tell you what, one of our favourite moments of the Olympics was speaking to sailing Gold medallist Tessa Parkinson, who was talking about this up and comer sailor named…
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Let's Go Tokyo August 9: End of the Games
Well, what an Olympic Games it was! Australia finished up 6th, after sitting in 4th spot for most of the games - GB and ROC had a late surge of medals. In this final episode - for the Tokyo Olympics, Ben and Mark speak to GOLD medallist Matt Wearn, who took us on his journey through Tokyo, and wh…
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What's coming up this weekend
TONIGHT WHAT’S COMING UP BOXING - Harry Garside V Andy Cruz - plug chat with Danny green in yesterday’s pod to get insight into the fight - he’s guaranteed a bronze, but is eyeing off the gold 1.47pm JAVELIN - 3 Australians in the women’s javelin throw final - Kathryn Mitchell, Mackenzie Little, Ke…
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'DISAPPOINTING' USA men's 4x100m relay team
In a shock in the athletics, the US men’s 4x100m relay team didn't the final, and track legend Carl Lewis put a rocket up them. In other Tokyo action, the unofficial strongest man in the world was crowned -Georgia's Lasha Talakhadze lifted a new landmark 223 kilograms in the snatch and 265kg in th…
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Australia's new HERCULES and the teammate who got him there
As written in the west today - “Move over Russell Crowe, Australia has a new gladiator" In the toughest event in track and field, Queensland’s Ash Moloney has created history by winning an Olympic bronze medal in possible the toughest event at the games, the decathlon. But in this, a true show of…
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Andrew Vlahov unpacks Boomers loss, and facing THE REAL Dream Team in 1992
Let's Go Tokyo's special guest knows too well the frustration of just missing out on bronze. The Australian men's basketball team have never won a medal at the Olympics, but have at least three times come agonisingly close in 4th place. Basketball legend and four-time Olympian Andrew Vlahov tells…
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