{"podcast":{"title":"The Ski Podcast","slug":"the-ski-podcast-1125806","podcast_index_feed_id":1125806,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/4995750.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/4995750","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/42727437/s=1400x1400/el=1/rt=fill.png","author":"The Ski Podcast","episode_count":317,"summary":"Want to know more about the world of skiing and snowsports? The Ski Podcast is an award-winning podcast with over 300 episodes covering all aspects of the world of skiing and snowboarding, from resorts to racing, Ski Sunday to slush. Host Iain Martin is joined by guests from the world of snow in episode to chat about wintery stuff and probe around the avalanche of ski news. Listen to our back catalog at www.theskipodcast.com The Ski Podcast was voted 'Best Wintersports Podcast' in the 2021 Sports Podcast Awards and nominated for 'Best Broadcast Programme' in the 2023 Travel Media Awards. Iain is a freelance journalist specialising in snowsports. He is also the founder of Ski Flight Free - a campaign to encourage skiers to take the train or drive to their ski holiday. If you want to get in touch or take part you can email us: theskipodcast@gmail.com Music: www.purple-planet.com Logo: www.vexels.com","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T14:29:21.730121+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ski-podcast-1125806"},"episode":{"title":"304: Winter Olympics Special #9 | Cross Country best for Team GB plus Halfpipe preview","slug":"304-winter-olympics-special-9-cross-country-best-for-team-gb-plus-halfpipe-preview","published_at":"2026-02-20T15:21:04+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ski-podcast-1125806/304-winter-olympics-special-9-cross-country-best-for-team-gb-plus-halfpipe-preview","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ski-podcast-1125806","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8863881","audio_url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8863881.mp3?modified=1771600939&sid=4995750&source=rss","summary":"Iain and Emily discuss the Women’s Ski Cross, Michaela Shiffrin’s dominating performance in the Slalom and a best ever Team GB performance in cross country, plus we look ahead to Zoe Atkin’s chances of a medal in the Ski Half Pipe and reflect just how tough Skimo looks! Iain Martin was joined by Olympian and former Team GB Skier X athlete Emily Sarsfield. SHOW NOTES Emily commentates for TNT Sport on Skier Cross (0:30) Silver medallist Fanny Smith could have been winning a medal for Team GB (1:00) Ollie Davies is representing Team GB in the Men’s Skier Cross (2:45) Michaela Shiffrin’s margin of 1.5 seconds was the largest in Olympic alpine since 1998 (9:00) She is the winningest World Cup skier of all time with 108 wins (9:15) Andrew Musgrave and James Clugnet finished 5th in the Team Sprint Relay – Britain’s highest ever finish in cross country (10:00) Is Skimo ‘snow’s answer to triathlon’ (12:00) Emily Harrop won silver for France, but is another Brit that got away (13:30) The Men’s Ski Halfpipe features Gus Kenworthy, who qualified for the final in 9th place (14:00) Zoe Atkin goes for a medal in the Women’s Ski Half Pipe on Saturday, having qualified in 1st place (14:15) Feedback If you enjoyed this episode I would love to know. Just leave us a on Spotify, Instagram or Facebook – our handle is @theskipodcast – or drop me an email to theskipodcast@gmail.com And, if you’re booking ski hire this winter, don’t forget that you can get an additional discount if you use the code ‘SKIPODCAST’ when you book at intersportrent.com or simply take this link for your discount to be automatically applied","meta_description":"Iain and Emily discuss the Women’s Ski Cross, Michaela Shiffrin’s dominating performance in the Slalom and a best ever Team GB performance in cross countr…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1008,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ski-podcast-1125806/episodes/304-winter-olympics-special-9-cross-country-best-for-team-gb-plus-halfpipe-preview/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ski-podcast-1125806/304-winter-olympics-special-9-cross-country-best-for-team-gb-plus-halfpipe-preview.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}