Two Hours to Weigh In. Four Years to Prepare.

Most people see the Olympics. They don’t see the decade underneath it.In this episode of the Paladin Brookes Global Sports & Entertainment Podcast, Tony Paladin sits down with Olympic finalists Kirsten McCann and Ursula Grobler to unpack what elite lightweight rowing actually demands:Starting a sport at 26 and still making an Olympic finalManaging bodyweight with a two-hour weigh-in windowTraining for four years for one raceBuilding a high-performance partnership built on clarity, not egoAnd what happens when the Olympic programme removes your event entirelyLightweight rowing has now been dropped from the Games.For athletes who built careers around it; that’s not a headline - it’s a shift in identity.This is a candid conversation about discipline, standards, delayed gratification and what elite sport teaches you long after the medal ceremony ends.If you’re building anything that requires patience, resilience and long-term commitment, this episode is worth your time.