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Get a lesson in resilience, talking in code and living off £7k a year from the Paralympic Tandem Cyclist, Helen Scott MBE. From being dropped by the British Cycling Sprint Academy after just one year to winning 4 Paralympic medals, 12 World Championship medals and 4 Commonwealth Games medals, Helen Scott knows a thing or two about picking herself back up and smashing her goals. In this cycling podcast, Olympians Philip Hindes and Callum Skinner dive into the highs and lows of Scott’s career. In the news; the trio talk hilarious sporting injuries – including that time when Hindes careered into a small spectator mid-race – as well as upcoming trips, girls holidays and tattoos. Then it’s onto Scott’s challenging first year at the Sprint Academy. Scott recounts the fear and shame she experience having been dropped from the squad. Soon though, she was piloting the tandem with elite Paralympic stoker, Aileen McGlynn, but it wasn’t all plain sailing... Winning a silver and a bronze medal in the London 2012 games, Scott recounts the immense pressure she felt to perform on home turf. For Rio, lessons had been learned and she’d been paired with a new teammate, Sophie Thornhill. This turning point saw the pair stack up the medals and employ a new, no BS training tactic: speaking in code. “We both knew what was at stake and we both wanted it.” - Helen Scott The athletes then give their take on listening to their bodies and whether to push through the exhaustion or rest and recover. “If you want to get better, it’s not just about training harder, it’s about knowing yourself better,” says Skinner. Find out whether Scott plans to return to able-bodied cycling, her special bond with Thornhill, breaking world records, coaching and the plan to defend their title in Tokyo 2020. “This is where I belong; I love what I do” - Helen Scott Show us the love by subscribing, rating and reviewing PodCrash. You can also watch the full cycling podcast on our YouTube channel. Follow us at: @PodCrashPod on Twitter @PodCrashPod on Instagram @PodCrashPod on YouTube @PodCrashPod on Facebook