The Weird and Wonderful History of the Olympic Games
Richard Stokoe
21 episodes
6 months ago
With the Paris 2024 Olympics around the corner - this twice a week 20 part series of short podcasts looks at the weird and wonderful history of the people and events that the Olympic Games have brought over the years.
And your mind will be blown. From quirky to painful. Weird to exciting. Jaw dropping to hilarious.
A series not to be missed.
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With the Paris 2024 Olympics around the corner - this twice a week 20 part series of short podcasts looks at the weird and wonderful history of the people and events that the Olympic Games have brought over the years.
And your mind will be blown. From quirky to painful. Weird to exciting. Jaw dropping to hilarious.
A series not to be missed.
Episode 16 - How the Games Went From Amateur to Professional
The Weird and Wonderful History of the Olympic Games
11 minutes 6 seconds
1 year ago
Episode 16 - How the Games Went From Amateur to Professional
The founders wanted the events to be amateur only with anyone being paid for being professional being banned or DQ'd. Yet now only one sport in the Games is not professional. How did we get here? Why did we get here? This episode delves into this change of heart.
Part 16 of a 20 part short nugget series charting the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boycotts, doping and so much more that have happened in the Olympic Games since 1896.
Each episode is stuffed full of the quirky and the crazy and in their no more than 15 minutes make your eyebrows raise, your head scratch and your lips smirk.
The Weird and Wonderful History of the Olympic Games
With the Paris 2024 Olympics around the corner - this twice a week 20 part series of short podcasts looks at the weird and wonderful history of the people and events that the Olympic Games have brought over the years.
And your mind will be blown. From quirky to painful. Weird to exciting. Jaw dropping to hilarious.
A series not to be missed.
