Winter Olympics Review: Winners, Losers and Our Ice-Cold Takes

As mentioned, if you want to be a supporter of the podcast, and enjoy the insight that Gareth and I share with listeners on our world-best sports science forum, you can become a member by clicking this link to make a small monthly donation. Show notes The Milan Winter Olympics concluded last weekend, and in this wrap show, Gareth and Ross look back at the overachievers, the underachievers, and the big stories from Milan, offering insights on who won, lost and captivated our attention. We crown the King of the Games, the best and worst-performing countries, nominate our best performances across the range of sports, from endurance to figure skating (via "stoke"). We also share our biggest disappointments, reflections on what the Winter Games need most, and give our overall ratings to an excellent, thoroughly enjoyable Games. Links An article on the waxing woes of every team apart from Norway's Italian article on Tommaso Giacomel's cardiac arrhythmia and ablazione cardiaca (google translate do your thing) Some Mikaela Shiffrin interviews - speaking about winning without her influential father and a more upbeat one on the US morning talk show scene Federica Brignone on her injury and comeback to win Olympic gold Gareth said not to watch this, but in case you wish to ignore his advice, here's Kirsty Coventry and Bugs Bunny The highest paid female athletes in the world - Eileen Gu is 4, but look at the split on vs off Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Winter Olympics Review: Winners, Losers and Our Ice-Cold Takes is an episode from The Real Science of Sport Podcast by Mike Finch.

This episode is 1:20:42 long.

This episode was published on Feb 25, 2026.

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