# Emma Pooley on competitiveness, privilege and roast potatoes

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Podcast: [Sigma Sports Unplugged with Matt Stephens](https://stenobird.com/podcast/sigma-sports-unplugged-with-matt-stephens-985027)
Published: 2025-10-31T05:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 4314

## Resource

Matt Stephens chats to Emma Pooley about her incredibly varied career, which spans from professional cycling through long distance running and triathlon, to a victory on University Challenge and some Geotech Engineering thrown in for good measure. The very definition of a multi-disciplinary champion, Emma talks candidly about her struggle to retire from pro sports and how her love for the mountains is undying. The former UCI Individual Time Trial world champion and Olympic Silver medalist shares the origin story of her competitive nature, which to Matt’s surprise, involves roast potatoes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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