Judoka James Austin and the giant knee injury

June 26, 2023 |

Brilliant to welcome Olympian and World Cup gold winner, Judoka James Austin to the podcast. Incredibly James has also won the British title in three different weight categories (we ask him how that is even possible!) James and Prof Mackay met when James suffered a serious knee injury which ultimately kept him out of the…

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Judoka Sarah Adlington on winning gold and beating shoulder injuries

January 27, 2023 |

Sarah Adlington’s list of achievements is impressive – among them taking back-to-back golds in the Commonwealth Games in 2012 and 2022 (there was no judo in the 2018 games). She has also won the heavyweight British title no fewer than 6 times! As an impatient 5-year-old, she watched her Dad and brother doing judo and…

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