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Team GB

Olympic superstars Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Adam Gemili create a special playlist of tunes inspiring them and the rest of Team GB to victory in Rio.

Trevor Nelson finds out how music is integral to the lives of our sporting heroes. Olympic heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson and sprinter Adam Gemili create a Team GB playlist of songs motivating and inspiring them on the road to the Olympic Games in Rio this Summer. We explore their earliest musical memories, guilty pleasures and the tunes preparing them for competition, from Kanye West to 叠别测辞苍肠茅 and One Direction.

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Music Played

  • Bob Marley

    War

  • Gerry and the Pacemakers

    You'll Never Walk Alone

  • Ed Sheeran

    I See Fire

  • Ye

    Black Skinhead

  • Shakka

    Walking With The Elephants

  • Amy Winehouse

    Our Day Will Come

  • Fuse ODG

    Antenna ft. Wyclef Jean

  • Tazer x Tink

    Wet Dollars

  • Ye

    Dark Fantasy

  • One Direction

    Best Song Ever

  • Eminem

    Just Lose it

  • Justin Timberlake

    Can't Stop The Feeling!

  • 叠别测辞苍肠茅

    Freedom

Credits

Interviewed Guest Katarina Johnson-Thompson
Interviewed Guest Adam Gemili
Presenter Trevor Nelson
Director Henry Inskip
Producer Henry Inskip

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