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29: #29 - David Weir

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4.6987 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2018

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

This week we were honoured to have the Weirwolf, David Weir, on our show. One of this countries greatest ever sportsmen having won multiple Paralympic gold medals, including 4 at London 2012, and many marathons. He’s also a huge boxing fan! Additionally, he exclusively explains his decision to retire from racing for GB after the 2016 Rio Olympics in 2016. You won’t want to miss this one!
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0:00.0

I'm Welcome to pound for pound, the new weekly boxing podcast with me Jake Wood and

0:25.6

Mr Spence Oliver. Now this week we're going straight into our guest

0:29.2

didn't we? Yeah we're not missing around this week not fucking about we think this

0:32.2

guest is worthy of a just a quick intro

0:35.7

boom straight in we've just actually recorded the interview

0:39.5

aren't we so so we know exactly what he was talking about mate got some exclusives yeah and

0:45.9

this honestly I know I'd say it every week but I turn to spend to at the end of

0:50.0

this I went that's the best one we've done I agree I mean this guy is the best one we've done I agree I mean this guy is just like if you're

0:55.9

looking for inspiration this is where you turn you turn to this guy I mean he's just

1:00.1

such an inspirational character what he's done what he's achieved what he tells us by

1:04.8

the way in these exclusives is incredible and yeah you guys are gonna absolutely love it

1:11.8

so listen I guess this week is David Weir,

1:14.7

C be he's been called the greatest wheelchair racer of all time. You probably

1:18.9

remember him from 2012 Olympics. He won four gold medals in the Paralympics in London 2012 that kind of really made his mark.

1:28.4

But I didn't realize he's been in the 2004 Athens Olympics.'s where he started 2008 Beijing and then he was in

1:36.1

Rio in 2016 and the exclusives he's talking about tonight happened there and as he

1:41.4

says to us during the interview he's never talked about this stuff before

1:44.7

and it's taken him as he said a couple years to process what happened and he really gives us the

1:49.3

insight into what happened and yes it's it's amazing story and the way that he come back after that as well

1:57.1

because of you know because of the events of what happened he was considering retiring

2:01.3

altogether and what he's done and now what he's achieved since his

2:04.4

come back is incredible and yeah look you guys are going to really really enjoy this.

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