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Sportshour: Gold Medals and Grandmasters

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Gold Medals and Grandmasters

07/08/2021 GMT

BBC World Service - Sportshour, Gold Medals and Grandmasters

All the latest from the Olympics and meet the worlds youngest chess Grandmaster

Athlete's mental welfare has been one of the main topics of the Olympics, and winning a gold medal doesn't always mean peace of mind. The down after the high of becoming a gold medallist, can be real to some athletes... Helen Richardson Walsh won gold in Rio and knows exactly the potential difficulties that comes after the Games have ended

Melanie Smith Taylor, gold medallist in LA in 1984 recalls a unique and funny moment when receiving here gold medal from Prince Phillip on the podium 

Away from the Games we meet Abhimanyu Mishra who at the age of 12 has became the world's youngest Grandmaster in chess history. Abhi's love of the game started even earlier - after he was introduced to it by his dad Hemant at just 2 and a half!

and as FA Cup holders Leicester City face Premier League champion Manchester City in the Community Shield, we hear about another team from the city starting their journey to Wembley. Leicester Nirvana face Deeping Rangers as this year's FA Cup competition as the Extra Preliminary Round takes place...
We speak to chair of the club Zac Hajat.

Photo Eleanor Patterson of Team Australia competes in the Women's High Jump at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Credit: Getty Images

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