At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Sarah Voss was the only female artistic gymnast to represent team Germany in the sport of gymnnastics. Incredibly she did so after being officially diagnosed with Lyme-Borreliose disease and mononucleosis following twelve months of disruption to her training schedule, due to extreme fatigue. In 2021 Sarah was the first female women's artistic gymnast to cover her legs for none religious reasons, by wearing a full bodysuit at the European championships. A year later she performed a double twisting Yuchenko on vault in the team final with a tear in her calf muscle. To help secure Germany the team bronze medal at the European championships in Munich in front of a home crowd. Sarah has competed at back to back Olympic Games and first trained alongside the great Fabian Hambuchen as a young kid. Taking her first steps into a gymnastics club. And this is her story.

In this episode of the Sam Oldham podcast I'm going to talk about five of the biggest mistakes I made as a young aspiring athlete. Avoiding these traps will give you a chance of competing at the highest level in your chosen sport and most importantly. Staying there. There're many obstacles along the road on the journey towards success but sometimes if you're able to listen a little more, talk a little less and get out of your own way. As I learned throughout my 21 year career competing in men's gymnastics, many of them can be avoided. And this is my story.

In May 2025 Andreas Toba performed his final international gymnastics routine for Germany at the European championships in Leipzig. Andy won the silver medal in front of a home crowd and announced his retirement from the sport of men's artistic gymnastics following an incredible career. He has represented Germany at four Olympic Games and competed at the very highest level in 22 major championships events. His father Marius Toba competed at three Olympic Games himself and has helped guide his son Andreas through the many challenges of elite level sport. I was lucky enough to compete alongside Andy during the 2013 German Bundesliga winning the league title with TV Wetzgau and was able to learn a great deal from him about being a strong leader. And this is his story.