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Sierra started competing in the sport of Karate at the age of three. She is now 12 years old and has already competed in over 100 competitions in her home country of the United States of America as well as traveling the world to compete. This extremely talented and fun human being also has her eyes on things away from the Karate Dojo arenas of the world. In recent times and through a fellow competitors tragedy Sierra commenced a Philanthropic cause to help her struggling colleague.

The sport of mounted archery may not be known to many. 13 year old Arwen Adams is ranked in the top 30 in the world in this sport and this go getter from the USA has her sights set on becoming one of the very best in her chosen sport. Away from the tracks Arwen is making her presence felt in many different ways as this young lady has already embraced the world of philanthropy and is already using her passion for animals to help people in some pretty neat ways.

In this episode ex Professional Basketball Player Alex Opacic shares with us the daunting journey from being a Professional Athlete where your days are focused on obtaining the goals you have set yourself within your sport to literally starting life all over again. Alex's Basketball journey ended due to injury and it was at that time while in a foreign country, wounded and downhearted that he had to start to rebuild his life. Alex shares his very personal experience, dealing with mental anxiety.

The Tokyo Olympic Games have been somewhat controversial since they were postponed in 2020 due to Covid 19 pandemic. Just a few days from the start of the Games Covid 19 has started to explode across Japan. Many people think that the Games should not take place this year and there is a very unfair playing field for many athletes who are attending. In this episode we catch up with Joe and Yuki Maie from Fujisawa south of Tokyo and we hear their views on the situation in Japan .

Nicci Daly is an Ireland women's field hockey international. She was a member of the Ireland team that played in the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup final. In 2010 Daly was a member of the Loreto team that won the Irish Senior Cup. Daly has also played senior ladies' Gaelic football for Dublin. Since 2016 Daly has worked in motorsport as a data engineer for Juncos Racing.

Montell Douglas is a British sportswoman. Originally a sprinter and former British record holder for the 100 metres at 11.05 seconds, in 2017 she took up bobsleigh, and became part of the Great Britain women's two-woman bobsleigh team the following year. In 2016, Douglas took up bobsleigh. She finished in the top 10 on her Bobsleigh World Cup debut in January 2017, and later in the season, she finished seventh at an event in St Moritz.  in North Korea.

Donna Fraser OBE from Croydon is a former English athlete who mainly competed in the  200m and 400m An exceptional junior, Fraser won six English Schools 200 m titles (as well as a silver medal for the 4x100 at the 1990 World Junior Championships before turning to the 400 m in 1991 and becoming European Junior Champion at the distance the same year (also gaining a silver medal for the 4 × 100 m.

Dillion is extremely passionate about the sport of Basketball, and he is one of New Zealand's well known figures in the game. In this episode we hear some very wise words from Dillion directed especially at coaches, and parents.  Balance is a vital ingredient to Dillions approach to life and sport and in this episode he airs his concerns about seeing too many parents pushing their kids to hard in sport. He knows why and he has set out on a mission to make a difference.

In this often hilarious interview with James Mayo we uncover everything from the sexual exploits of Olympic athletes to James's journey from Yorkshire in the UK, to living and working around the world across the years. Now based in Arizona, USA James tells us about his links to the Mayo Clinic, and his own sporting journey through to his current adventure into the area of hydration that is good for us all.

Kevin C. Young is a former American athlete. He was the winner of the 400 metres hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympics. In the final of this event he set a world record and Olympic record of 46.78 seconds, which remains unbeaten, and the first time 47 seconds was broken. He became the 400 m hurdles world champion the following year, winning at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics with a time of 47.18 seconds.