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Gold Medals and Grandmasters
- Autor: Vários
- Narrador: Vários
- Editor: Podcast
- Duración: 0:48:42
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Athlete's mental welfare has been one of the main topics of the Olympics, and winning a gold medal doesn't always mean peace of mind. The down after the high of becoming a gold medallist, can be real to some athletes... Helen Richardson Walsh won gold in Rio and knows exactly the potential difficulties that comes after the Games have endedMelanie Smith Taylor, gold medallist in LA in 1984 recalls a unique and funny moment when receiving here gold medal from Prince Phillip on the podium Away from the Games we meet Abhimanyu Mishra who at the age of 12 has became the world's youngest Grandmaster in chess history. Abhi's love of the game started even earlier - after he was introduced to it by his dad Hemant at just 2 and a half!and as FA Cup holders Leicester City face Premier League champion Manchester City in the Community Shield, we hear about another team from the city starting their journey to Wembley. Leicester Nirvana face Deeping Rangers as this year's FA Cup competition as the Extra Preliminary Round ta