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Getting the insider鈥檚 view with Elinor Barker and Bianca Walkden

Aimee catches up with Bianca Walkden as she prepares to fight for the heavyweight taekwondo title and Elinor Barker explains how she snuck in to watch the mountain biking race.

Aimee Fuller brings you the Olympic Mile podcast on 大象传媒 Sounds. With the long-awaited Tokyo games now under way, it felt only right that we catch up with some of the athletes who are out representing our nation. As a two-time winter Olympian, she knows just how it feels, so is buzzing to introduce you to some of Team GB鈥檚 finest, as they have their shot at Olympic gold.

After whipping around the country to meet up with the likes of Tom Daley, Helen Glover and Adam Gemili, Aimee is now going to connect with members of Team GB as they settle into life within the camp in Japan, to give you an insider鈥檚 view of life as an Olympian.

In this latest episode of the games-time podcasts Aimee catches up with Bianca Walkden now that she鈥檚 settled into Team GB camp life out in Japan. She finds out how they鈥檙e passing the time whilst isolating and what the much-needed snack situation is looking like for an Olympian. Bianca is multiple world and European champion, so will be settling for nothing less than gold at Tokyo 2020.

Also joining Aimee on this episode is a five-time world champion cyclist and reigning Olympic champion in the team pursuit, Elinor Barker.

Elinor discusses sneaking into the Olympic mountain bike race to see Tom Pidcock take the gold for Team GB and discusses what it's like to have Laura Kenny on your team in the pursuit for glory.

In this podcast series Aimee is going to be talking training plans, food and Olympic goals. Remember you can only hear it right here on 大象传媒 Sounds... So come on, join Aimee and some of Team GB鈥檚 finest as we chat all things Tokyo 2020.

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