Winning Gold at the Scariest Sport in the Olympics - Tabby Stoecker

This week on Rugby Rodeo, Jess and Ellie are joined by a VERY special guest… Olympic skeleton gold medallist Tabby Stoecker in the Spotify studio!

From flying head-first down an ice track at ridiculous speeds (seriously… how is that even a sport?!) to standing at the top of an Olympic final with the world watching — Tabby takes us inside one of the most extreme sports on the planet.

We get into:

What skeleton actually is (and why it’s completely insane)

Just how fast you’re going… and how you even steer 😳

The reality of crashes, injuries, and fear (or lack of it…)

Her mad journey into the sport via an Instagram talent ID

From gymnastics + circus school to Olympic gold…

What training looks like when there’s no ice track in the UK

The pressure of that final run… and what goes through your head

Winning gold with Matt Weston and how they celebrated

The reality of funding and life as an Olympic athlete

It’s a wild one this week — proper insight, big laughs, and a sport that makes rugby look… relatively sensible.

We’ll be back next week with more Rodeo chaos… but for now…

YEEHAW 🤠
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