#427 – Neil Adams: Judo, Olympics, Winning, Losing, and the Champion Mindset

Neil Adams is a judo world champion, 2-time Olympic silver
medalist, 5-time European champion, and often referred to as the
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the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click
the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (09:13)
- 1980 Olympics (26:35) - Judo explained (34:40) - Winning (52:54)
- 1984 Olympics (1:01:55) - Lessons from losing (1:17:37) - Teddy
Riner (1:37:12) - Training in Japan (1:52:51) - Jiu jitsu (2:03:59)
- Training (2:27:18) - Advice for beginners