Amanda Gillies

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2,549 appearances 48 recordings 4 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 3d ago

Amanda Gillies’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 48 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 12.

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The Detail · The deadly opponent no athlete can outrun · 20 Jul 2026 podcast

While training in Singapore before the Olympics, she ended up needing hospital care after she stripped off to cool down. voice-verified

What's it like when you are out on the field playing in that 40-degree heat? voice-verified

What toll does that take on you, your ability to play, and even think? voice-verified

And it's only getting hotter, it seems, out there. voice-verified

How worried are you for today's players? voice-verified

And, you know, you see what they were getting up to at the World Cup, at Wimbledon now, Tour de France. voice-verified

I mean, how bad is it getting? voice-verified

Massive wildfires haven't helped this year either. voice-verified

Do you think that the organisers, the management, whatever, are they doing enough, do you think, to look after the players or is it maybe commercial bottom line they need to put this event on and perhaps that comes first? voice-verified

So, is it time for sport to be moved indoors to, say, air-conditioned stadiums? voice-verified

Or should games be played earlier in the day or later at night? voice-verified

Body heat researcher Nick Daniels says all options should be considered or the outcome could be devastating. voice-verified

I'll return to Nick in a moment, but Caroline McManus agrees change is needed. voice-verified

She's the head of performance physiology at High Performance Sport New Zealand and says elite athletes often push their bodies to the limit and in extreme weather, the toll can be devastating. voice-verified

She points to British trey athlete Johnny Brownlee's performance near the finish line at the World Series event. voice-verified

At what point then do you get organisers, management, all of that, where they say actually whether it's too dangerous to play, too dangerous to compete, and sort of who ultimately makes that call? voice-verified

Does it mean doing things like taking it into air-conditioned stadiums? voice-verified

Does it mean playing earlier or playing later in the day? voice-verified

Does it mean more drinks breaks or breaks during the game to try and get around it? voice-verified

Do you think some countries will be banned? voice-verified

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