Welcome to the Essential Olympic Stories - the greatest tales from the greatest sporting show on earth... We will be bringing you weekly episodes from May 18 as we build towards Tokyo 2020. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Michael Phelps - the bullet with butterfly wings who dominated the Olympic Games

In our new podcast, we delve into the history books to tell some of the greatest stories of sporting endeavour, intrigue and excellence in The Essential Olympic Stories.From Michael Phelps to Dawn Fraser and Muhammad Ali to Nadia Comaneci as well as featuring some of the forgotten heroes of yester-year, a new episode of Essential Olympic Stories will be released weekly until Games-time.The Essential Olympic Stories is supported by Bridgestone. The writers are Laurent Vergne and Maxime Dupuis, and all episodes are translated by Felix Lowe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.