The Sporting Almanac Podcast · Jack Senior and Ben Davies
Winter Olympics VI - Eddie the Eagle
·32 min·3 clips
The East German newspaper labelled Eddie a clown, which the hosts angrily contrast with East Germany's systematic doping program.
As heard by us
A warm, lightly comic look at stubborn Olympic ambition.
Michael David Edwards, better known as Eddie the Eagle, is framed here as more than a novelty. The episode treats him as a stubborn, unlikely Olympic figure whose story is really about nerve, belief, and the simple refusal to quit.
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You want the Eddie the Eagle story with the oddball detail and none of the syrup.
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