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The Sam Oldham Podcast

Sam Oldham

139 episodes

2 days ago

At the 2025 World gymnastics championships, Daiki Hashimoto became the men's all around champion for the third consecutive year. He defended his title against strong challenges from the current Olympic all around champion Oka Shinosuke of Japan and runner up Zhang Boheng of team China. Hashimoto now stands alone as the second most successful World championships men's all round athlete with three gold's, behind the great Kohei Uchimura who won six titles. In the apparatus finals the level of c...

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At the 2025 World gymnastics championships, Daiki Hashimoto became the men's all around champion for the third consecutive year. He defended his title against strong challenges from the current Olympic all around champion Oka Shinosuke of Japan and runner up Zhang Boheng of team China. Hashimoto now stands alone as the second most successful World championships men's all round athlete with three gold's, behind the great Kohei Uchimura who won six titles. In the apparatus finals the level of c...

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Episodes (20/139)

The Sam Oldham Podcast

A Conversation With Daniel Keatings | EP 138

In this episode of the Sam Oldham podcast I'm joined by Daniel Keatings. Dan won a total of eleven major championships medals in the sport of men's gymnastics throughout his career and represented Team GB at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Since retiring from a career in professional sports, Dan like many others before him has struggled with both physically and mentally as a result of performing at the very highest level in sport. In light of the tragic passing of the great Ricky Hatton and r...

6 days ago

1 hour 6 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

The Adam Tobin Story | EP 137

In 2023, Adam Tobin was crowned the men's artistic British all around gymnastics champion at the echo arena in Liverpool. Following his National success, Adam was selected to represent Great Britain at the European championships alongside his four team mates: Jake Jarman, Luke Whitehouse, Courtney Tulloch and Joshua Nathan, winning a team bronze medal. He was a successful junior athlete and was part of the 2018 Junior European championships silver medal winning team which included the likes o...

1 week ago

58 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

The Donnell Whittenburg Story | EP 136

In 2014, at the World gymnastics championships in Nanning China. Donnell Whittenburg burst onto the international stage at the age of twenty, performing incredibly difficult gymnastics routines and helping team USA win the bronze medal. One year later, Donnell was able to keep his composure under immense pressure and stood atop the World championships vault podium winning bronze again alongside the Olympic champion Ri Se-gwang and the great Marian Dragulescu. Most recently Donnell has been se...

2 weeks ago

48 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

The Kazuma Kaya Story | EP 135

In 2024 at the Paris Olympic Games, Kazuma Kaya captained the Japanese men's gymnastics team to the gold medal in the Olympic team final. Four years earlier, Kazuma and the Japanese men had finished second to the Russian federation by just 0.103 tenths of a point. Individually at the same Tokyo 2020 home Olympic Games, he claimed the pommel horse bronze medal for team Japan. Currently Kazuma is recovering from a ruptured achilles tendon injury but has hopes of defending the Japanese team Olym...

3 weeks ago

57 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

The Struggle Of A Retired Sportsman | EP 134

In 2025 I've had the opportunity to reconnect with many of my former team mates and have enjoyed spending quality time with them over the summer. We have all had very unique experiences as elite athletes competing at the very highest level of competition. Between us we have won Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth medals representing Great Britain in the sport of gymnastics. Retiring from elite sport as a young man or woman presents significant challenges & often results in a loss of...

1 month ago

52 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

US Gymnastics Championships & Worlds Preview | EP 133

In August 2025, the US National gymnastics championships took place in New Orleans. The very best athletes in America were competing for the National title and a spot on the World championships team that will represent Team USA in Jakarta in October. This week I'm joined by Kensley Behel of Neutral Deductions to discuss the US championships performances, the subsequent team selection and look ahead to the first major global championships of the LA 2028 Olympic cycle. At the 2024 Paris Olympic...

1 month ago

1 hour 18 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

The Dominick Cunningham Story | EP 132

In 2018, Dominick Cunningham became the third male British artistic gymnast to win the European floor exercise title at the European gymnastics championships in Glasgow. Dominick was a consistent member of the British team throughout the Tokyo Olympic cycle qualifying for six individual major championships apparatus finals in the process and winning a European team silver medal. At the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia Dominick and team England dominated the competition winning the team go...

1 month ago

1 hour 39 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

British Gymnastics World Championships Trial | EP 131

In August 2025, the men's and women's British artistic gymnastics World championships trials took place at the Lilleshall National sports centre. It was a rare opportunity to watch the very best athletes in the country compete in high level competition and see behind the curtain. I'm going to be talking about some of the standout performances and my big takeaways following the event which include highlights from Joe Fraser and Alex Cash. I'll also share my personal experiences visiting Singap...

1 month ago

44 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

The World Of Gymnastics Q&A | EP 130

In this episode of "The Sam Oldham Podcast" I'm going to be answering questions that have been sent in by some of our amazing listeners. I'll also look at some current topical stories from the world of gymnastics and share some of my own recent personal experiences. This is the 130th episode of the podcast which marks the two and a half year anniversary of the start of the show. Thank you to all of our listeners for their continued support and of course the sponsors who believe in the work th...

2 months ago

1 hour 1 minute

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The Jake Dalton Story | EP 129

In 2011 at the World gymnastics championships in Tokyo. Jake Dalton helped the US men's team finish on the podium, winning a bronze medal just one year out from the London 2012 Olympic Games. Less than twelve months later Jake and his four US team mates qualified in first place ahead of the Olympic team final. After early error's however they finished the event in 5th place but just two years later they were able to learn from the mistakes made in London and once again finish back on the meda...

2 months ago

59 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

The Casimir Schmidt Story | EP 128

In May 2025, Casimir Schmidt finished 8th all around in the European men's artistic gymnastics final at the age of 29. At the junior European championships in 2012 he won the gold medal for team Netherlands on vault which was the beginning of an amazing career. Throughout his gymnastics journey Casimir has competed in a total of 9 major championships all around finals finishing 13th on the biggest stage of all at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Following last summer's Olympic Games, Casimir tra...

2 months ago

1 hour 6 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

The Luke Whitehouse Story | EP 127

In May 2025, Luke Whitehouse made history by winning his third consecutive European men's artistic gymnastics floor title in Leipzig, Germany. Luke is the first British male artistic gymnast to win three individual gold medals on a single apparatus at major championships level. He was selected to represent Great Britain at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and competed in both the team and floor individual event finals. At the time of recording this episode Luke was preparing to fly back out to Ge...

3 months ago

1 hour 22 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

The Jamie Lewis Story | EP 126

In 2025 Jamie Lewis became the British all around champion at the men's artistic gymnastics championships. He was subsequently selected to represent Great Britain at the European championships and went on to win team gold in Leipzig. Jamie is one of the most successful British junior gymnasts of all time winning total of six European medals. Since that early success Jamie has battled with injuries including a serious injury on the High bar which occurred when his hand guards locked in place. ...

3 months ago

1 hour 8 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

The Sarah Voss Story | EP 125

At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Sarah Voss was the only female artistic gymnast to represent team Germany in the sport of gymnnastics. Incredibly she did so after being officially diagnosed with Lyme-Borreliose disease and mononucleosis following twelve months of disruption to her training schedule, due to extreme fatigue. In 2021 Sarah was the first female women's artistic gymnast to cover her legs for none religious reasons, by wearing a full bodysuit at the European championships. A year l...

3 months ago

1 hour 19 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

Young Athletes Make Big Mistakes

In this episode of the Sam Oldham podcast I'm going to talk about five of the biggest mistakes I made as a young aspiring athlete. Avoiding these traps will give you a chance of competing at the highest level in your chosen sport and most importantly. Staying there. There're many obstacles along the road on the journey towards success but sometimes if you're able to listen a little more, talk a little less and get out of your own way. As I learned throughout my 21 year career competing in men...

3 months ago

34 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

The Andreas Toba Story | EP 123

In May 2025 Andreas Toba performed his final international gymnastics routine for Germany at the European championships in Leipzig. Andy won the silver medal in front of a home crowd and announced his retirement from the sport of men's artistic gymnastics following an incredible career. He has represented Germany at four Olympic Games and competed at the very highest level in 22 major championships events. His father Marius Toba competed at three Olympic Games himself and has helped guide his...

4 months ago

1 hour 21 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

The Joel Fearon Story | EP 122

In 2014 Joel Fearon represented Great Britain at the winter Olympic games in Sochi, Russia. Hew was part of the four man bobsleigh team that were awarded the bronze medal following the disqualification of the two Russian teams for doping violations. Two years later Joel became the seventh fastest man in British sprinting history by running the 100m in 9.96 seconds. After his athletic career where he trained under the tutelage of Michael Khmel at the Birchfield harriers club. He's now turned h...

4 months ago

1 hour 20 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

The European Championships Debrief | EP 121

In May 2025 the European gymnastics championships took place in the city of Leipzig in Germany. A week prior to the event, I was asked to be part of the BBC broadcasting team covering the European championships from media house in Salford Manchester. I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to sit down and watch the apparatus finals live in the studio and then catch up with the earlier events that had taken place throughout the week. In this episode I cover all the big moments from the competitio...

4 months ago

1 hour 14 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

The Shane Wiskus Story | EP 120

In 2021 Shane Wiskus represented team USA at the Tokyo Olympic Games, helping the men's gymnastics team finish 5th. Shane finished 9th individually on floor just missing the out on the Olympic final and 23rd in the All around but suffered from the two per country rule in the sport. He competed for the University of Minnesota throughout his NCAA college career up until the program was controversially disbanded in 2021. Shane has won a total of five Pan American championships medals and multipl...

4 months ago

1 hour 48 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

The Mike Canales Story | EP 119

In 2013 whilst taking part in the Pro Gymnastics Challenge as part of the World team I heard a familiar voice introduce himself to me. Mike Chanales had been the cameraman, coach, physio, sports psychologist and best friend to Paul and Morgan Hamm as they attempted to make a comeback ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Mike fell in love with the sport of Artistic gymnastics in the early nineties and went on to represent the Ohio state university college gymnastics team in the NCAA c...

5 months ago

1 hour 35 minutes