{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/7b53a94e-0d15-4ffe-92bd-93bab69a181a/dceb54d3-e852-47b7-9a62-f9536e4b348c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"84 Mario Matt – Skiing Olympic Champion","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60ed80513469b76844e4d10e/60ed80728eec510018d8811e.jpg?height=200","description":"“It means more when you become an Olympic Champion at the end of a career”. \n \nAt the 2014 Sochi Olympics, at the age of 34, Mario Matt became the oldest person to win an alpine skiing gold medal in the men’s slalom. \n \nMario has since retired and talks about running his own apres-ski bar the Krazy Kanguruh in St.Anton and breeding horses. \n \nThe two-time World Champion is this week’s guest on the Best in the World with Richard Parr. \n \nThe Austrian discusses the difficulties of traveling for a skier. He also talks about his diet, his family and competing in front of his own fans. \n \nYou can learn more about mariomatt.com. \n \nPlease support our podcast at patreon.com/bestintheworld ","author_name":"Richard Parr"}