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Olympic medal hopefuls are this week's Radio Times cover stars

Olympic medal hopefuls are this week's Radio Times cover stars

Nine Olympic medal hopefuls tell us how their families have helped them go for gold as the Paris Games gets under way this week.

Radio Times Olympic cover featuring Max Whitlock with his Olympic medals.

Shem Law

Published: Tuesday, 23 July 2024 at 12:26 pm

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Family is vitally important for the vast majority of us. But what if you're a promising young athlete and your parents are not only responsible for getting you to school but also have to ensure you get to the swimming pool or gym at 5am, look after your nutrition and spend weekends taking you to competitions in far-flung places?

In this week's issue of Radio Times magazine, nine Olympic medal hopefuls tell us how their families have helped them go for gold. But more importantly we talk to their hard-working mums and dads who were with them every step of the way, offering unconditional love and support.

Read their stories and you may well be left with a lump in your throat, and be full of admiration for the time, effort and sheer bloody hard work needed to give an athlete even a hope of winning an Olympic medal.

As the Games get into their stride, there will be many stories of sacrifice and dedication emerging from Paris, but few will be shot through with the warmth, humour and love of these testimonies.

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Radio Times Olympic cover featuring gymnast, Max Whitlock, with his Olympic medals.

Radio Times Olympic cover featuring swimmer, Tom Dean, with his Olympic medals.

Radio Times Olympic cover featuring boxer, Chantelle Reid, poised wearing her boxing gloves, with her Olympic medal around her neck.

Radio Times Olympic cover featuring rowers Emily Ford and Tom Ford, wearing their Olympic medals and holding an ore.

Radio Times Olympic cover featuring BMX racer Kye Whyte, wearing his Olympic medal with his helmet under one arm.

Also in this week's Radio Times:

Comedian David Baddiel chats about his new book that describes his unconventional childhood.
Don't miss our interview with the incomparable and hilarious Miriam Margolyes. She's taking us on a new TV tour of Australia - her adopted country - but also tells us that her secret wish is to be taken seriously.
In the Radio Times Podcast, Max Whitlock discusses Paris 2024, life as a gymnast and retirement.

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Radio Times editor Shem Law wears a shirt, tie and grey jumper. He is sitting at a wooden desk behind a sign saying "Editor" clasping his hands. There are other items on the desk, including a dial telephone and typewriter.

Shem Law

Shem Law is the brand editor of Radio Times, and the 20th person to hold that esteemed position in over 100 years. He wasn't allowed a television growing up, but over the years he has rather overcompensated for that fact.

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