Today’s guest is simulcast on both Aussie Home Loans Inclusion Talks and Dashing Dan’s Olympic Adventures podcasts. Amanda Shalala is an esteemed sports broadcaster, journalist, and producer for ABC TV Sport. She has covered four Paralympics including the Winter Games in Sochi and the Olympic Games in London and Paris this year. She will also cover the Paris Paras about to start and here is her Journey.

Before the Olympics, I caught up with broadcasting great, Gerard Whateley, who had the wonderful job of calling the athletics for Channel Nine, Gerard did a fabulous job and on our latest episode on Dashing Dan’s Olympic adventures I spoke to him just days after returning from the Games about his experiences and the highlights of which there were many from a world and Australian perspective and it’s all thanks to Aussie Home Loans.

Today’s guest on Dashing Dan’s Olympic Adventures is a current Olympian who has represented Australia at these Olympics in Paris. She is at her 4th Olympics and is a diver who in Paris finished fifth in the 3-metre synchro swimming with Maddison Keeney, who at the time of recording was in the final of the individual synchro. Annabelle won bronze in 2016 and was fifth in Tokyo and has also won a gold and 2 silvers at the Commonwealth Games. It’s great to have Annabelle Smith speaking to us from the Olympic Village for Aussie Home Loans.

One of our first podcasts was with Olympic Gold medalist in Cycling in the Madison in Sydney, Scott McGrory. His partner in that event, Brett Aitken was at his third Games, having won medals in the previous two in the 4000-metre team pursuit.   Brett Like Scott endured some family tragedy in the lead-up to these games. Here is his inspirational story brought to you by Aussie Home Loans...   Learn more about  Dan Lonergan www.danlonergan.weebly.com

My guest today is a former colleague and a great swimming commentator, Gerry Collins, who broadcast the swimming at six Olympic Games from 1988 until 2008 for the ABC. He saw some of the greatest swimmers ever and races in Olympic History. Here is his story on Dashing Dan’s Olympic Adventures Podcast for Aussie Home Loans.

We are halfway in the Olympic Games and there have been so many highlights, especially from an Australian perspective with 12 gold medals. As you would expect from an Olympics, there has also been plenty of controversy. On Dashing Dan's Olympic Adventures Podcast for Aussie Home Loans I catch up with Broadcasting legend Glenn Mitchell to get his take on the first week and what lies ahead for the second week…

Kris McCarthy was an 800-metre runner, who was just 20 when he was chosen to run for Australia at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. It was a dream come true early in his career to be part of a home Olympics.   There were plenty of obstacles put in Kris' way as he explains in his Olympic adventure....   Aussie Home Loans - www.aussie.com.au

Kim Crow, now Brennan, is a three-time Rowing Olympian including winning Gold at the 2016 in the Single Sculls and 2012 a silver in the Double Sculls and Bronze in the Single Sculls.   She was a champion former Junior Hurdler before a bad injury ended her aspirations in that sport and she was spotted by a Talent ID program and the rest is history.   Thank you to Aussie Home Loans

Chris Anstey had an outstanding Basketball Career. He was drafted to The NBA and played with Dallas and Chicago.   He also represented Australia at the 2000 Olympics where the Boomers finished 4th and in 2008 where they were seventh, but missed out on Athens due to Injury.   He had a spectacular NBL career and was a star in Russia as well. Here is his Olympic Journey for Aussie Home Loans.   This is going streaming just as the Australian Boomers are playing Spain at the start of their Paris Olympic Campaign. I spoke to Chris before the Olympics started

Over the past 30 years, Australia has had some outstanding Rowers at an international level, who have starred at the Olympics.   One of our best is 1992 Olympic Gold medalist in the Double Sculls, Peter Antonie, who won gold with Stephen Hawkins.   Peter's durability, determination, and penchant for hard work have seen him represent Australia for more than 20 years. He also won a world title and a commonwealth Games Gold medal and was awarded with an order of Australia.   Here on Dashing Dan's Olympic Adventures for Aussie Home Loans is the great story of Peter Antonie....