About the episode
This week on Rugby Rodeo, Jess and Ellie are joined by a VERY special guest, Olympic skeleton gold medalist Tabby Stoecker, in the Spotify studio!
From flying headfirst down an ice track at ridiculous speeds (seriously … how is that even a sport?!) to standing at the top of an Olympic final with the world watching, Tabby takes us inside one of the most extreme sports on the planet.
We get into:
- What skeleton actually is (and why it’s completely insane)
- Just how fast you’re going … and how you even steer 😳
- The reality of crashes, injuries, and fear (or lack of it …)
- Her mad journey into the sport via an Instagram talent ID
- From gymnastics and circus school to Olympic gold
- What training looks like when there’s no ice track in the U.K.
- The pressure of that final run … and what goes through your head
- Winning gold with Matt Weston and how they celebrated
- The reality of funding and life as an Olympic athlete
It’s a wild one this week—proper insight, big laughs, and a sport that makes rugby look … relatively sensible.
We’ll be back next week with more Rodeo chaos… but for now…
YEEHAW 🤠