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Ready Set Tokyo

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Join Shane McInnes and Natalie Peters for Ready Set Tokyo as we countdown to the 2020 Games in Japan! Each week our experienced hosts will give you an update on preparations for the Games by exploring the sports, athletes, officials, organisers, issues, fans and much more. Hear interviews with athletes and other newsmakers, learn from those well versed in Japanese language and culture, and prepare for plenty of laughs as our hosts recall their experiences covering the past four Olympic Games.

SEPTEMBER EDITION: Keeping up the momentum in Japan for 2021 | Protests or no protests- athletes weigh in | Kelsey Lee Barber's javelin journey to Tokyo | A year to go to Paralympics

September 4, 2020

This month, Shane and Nat discuss how the Tokyo Olympics may still be able to go ahead even without a vaccine next year. Also, should the Olympics st...

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AUGUST EDITION: Working around Covid-19 plan for Tokyo 2021; Australian Chef de Mission Ian Chesterman

August 7, 2020

This month Shane and Nat take a closer look at how Tokyo plans to go ahead with the Games regardless of the availability of a Covid-19 vaccine. Nat ca...

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MELISSA WU on her preparations for Tokyo, and celebrating Olympic Day | SAM GROTH weighs in on tennis’ Covid breach

June 24, 2020

This week, Shane and Nat celebrate Olympic Day at a time when we should’ve been just a month out from the Tokyo Olympics. Soon to be four time Olymp...

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Protests at the Olympic Games- Is it time for the IOC to concede? | Shooting star, Sergei Evglevski following in his mother’s footsteps | Indigenous Winter Olympian Harley Windsor

June 17, 2020

Pressure is mounting on the IOC to restructure ‘Rule 50,’ which states: “No kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is perm...

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CHLOE ESPOSITO: “I’m not ruling (Tokyo 2021) out yet.” | ANNA MEARES: “I was my Everest” | Has the IOC failed to properly trademark “Tokyo 2021”?

June 10, 2020

This week, Shane and Nat discuss getting athletes to Tokyo, and how a “wildcard” system could potentially replace qualification events due to time con...

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TAMSYN MANOU: Why the Olympics is the pinnacle regardless of who competes; Athlete challenges during Covid; her response to Eddie McGuire's whack at Athletics Australia | WINTER OLYMPICS: The impact of Covid on winter sports with dual Olympian Sami Kennedy-Sim | SWIMMING: The importance of Jacco Verhaeren to Swimming Australia

June 3, 2020

This week, Tamsyn Manou (nee Lewis) joins Shane to discuss the challenges faced by athletes during the Covid shutdown, and why an easing of restrictio...

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From the Kayak to the Ambulance: How one athlete went from training for the Games to working as a paramedic full time | QUICK TURNAROUND: David Culbert on the 12 month between the Olympics and preparing for the Commonwealth Games | How different could the Tokyo Games look in 2021?

May 27, 2020

After weeks of recovery, Natalie Peters is back, and shares her Covid-19 journey with Shane McInnes. We also discuss what measures may be required in...

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TOKYO 1964: Why these Games were so important to Japan both domestically and on the world stage | 2032- BID OR BUST: Covid-19 won’t force South-East Queensland off course as the region pushes ahead with its Olympic bid.

May 20, 2020

The 1964 Olympics were one of the most significant Games of the modern era. Less than two decades after the end of World War II, Japan welcomed the w...

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ROWEING FOR GOLD: Georgie Rowe on training, Tokyo, world records and life as aged care nurse during Covid- 19 | WINTER'S COMING: The challenges facing our Winter Olympians ahead of Beijing 2022

May 13, 2020

She's one of the stars of Australian rowing, and Georgie Rowe this week joins Shane McInnes for in-depth chat on her journey to Tokyo. Fresh from her...

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EXCLUSIVE- KYLE CHALMERS ON SWIMMING OVER AFL: “I’m focussed on Birmingham and Paris”; His rivalry with Caleb Dressel | LAUREN JACKSON on the challenges for the Opals given postponed Games | DR. PETER BRUKNER: “The odds are in favour of it (Tokyo 2021 going ahead)”

May 6, 2020

This week, reining Olympic champion, KYLE CHALMERS joins Shane McInnes to discuss his return to the pool, after enduring the Coronavirus lockdown. Ch...

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