How to make an Olympian

Sportshour

We speak to sports psychologist Doctor Carly Anderson who is the team psychologist for the US curling team including when the men won Olympic gold in 2018. She tell us about the mental toughness and the preparation needed to compete in an Olympics after US gymnast Simone Biles qualified for her third games.

NFL player Jermaine Eluemunor has been playing in the NFL since 2017, but this season will turn out for the New York Giants. It was the team that made him fall in love with the sport when he watched them play on TV in his home town of London. This week he returned to the UK and tells Caroline about a camp he is running to get more kids involved.

Caroline is joined by Met police officer turned boxer Rachel Bower on why she wants more women to take up the sport. Plus, we get cooking with Tour de France chef Owen Blandy. He tells us what food he cooks up a mountain and the strangest requests that he has had.

We head to Wimbledon to preview the second week of action and hear how the famous Slazenger balls used at the event are kept in such pristine condition.

Photo: Simone Biles of the United States on the podium with her gold medal after her victory in the Women's Balance Beam Final at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships-Antwerp 2023 at the Antwerp Sportpaleis on October 8th, 2023 in Antwerp, Belgium. (Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)