Broken Oars, Episode 18: Matt Langridge, Olympic Champion! - a podcast by brokenoarspodcast

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Broken Oars Podcast returns with something of a Public Service Broadcast.

We were approached recently by the team at One Sporting World and Legacy 300 to see if we could help spread the word about their Athlete Experience Days.

These allow people to meet their sporting heroes and heroines in a sporting and convivial context while helping charities raise much-needed funds.

As you know, Broken Oars Podcast has no sponsors and no corporate ties - and we still don't, (although we are open to offers). As such, as most of you who listen to us know, we set our own agenda (and what a rambling, wide-ranging and interesting one it is too ...). So there is no kickback for us in hooking up with One Sporting World and Legacy 300 beyond the chance to have a chat with an athlete who works with them who we've always had a high regard for: Matt Langridge.

We've always felt that Matt was something of an undersung member of British Rowing's success and could never work out why, given that he is a multiple Olympic and World Championship medallist and champion; a long-time member of the GB rowing squad; and one of the few rowers to compete at the Olympic Games in both sculling and sweep disciplines.

So, when we were given the chance to sit down and have a chat with him ... well, of course we were always going to take it.

In this episode, we talk about:

- Matt discovering rowing and then discovering he was pretty decent at it, actually .

- How Martin Cross helped him break the J-18 record by telling him that he couldn't.

- The difficulties in transitioning from being a well-regarded, winning junior athlete to being in the senior squad at a relatively young age.

- Negotiating meshing the individualism and independence that had made him a successful junior international with the 'our way or the highway' demands of the GB squad set up.

- The realisation that success would require giving up some ambitions in order to embrace others; the difficulties involved in that; and the trade-offs made for the pay-offs.

- How shifting the mental perspective opened up the way forward; the challenges of creating crews at athletes at different stages of their journey; and the rewards when it goes right.

It was fascinating, illuminating and insightful in-depth conversation with one of the greats of British rowing.

And it's out in time for the weekend?

Get some!

Stroke pair? At some point today, I'd like you to find the rate 18 I asked you for.

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