Inside The Secret Struggles of a Running Superstar | Georgia Hunter Bell (E411)
5/22/202645 min
We left the studio behind and traveled to the Crystal Palace National Sports Center for a deeply reflective conversation with Team GB athlete Georgia Hunter Bell.
Away from the heat of competition, Georgia opens up for the first time about a chapter of her life she has never publicly revealed before. She shares her battle with depression after walking away from the sport that had defined her identity for so many years.
Georgia also explains how navigating that dark period allowed her to return as "version 2.0," armed with a powerful new perspective on what it truly takes to be an elite athlete as she looks ahead to the LA 2028 Olympic Games.
This episode explores the mental battles of elite performance, reflecting on Georgia’s resilience through her darkest chapter and how she rebuilt her identity.
In Partnership With Vauxhall 👉 This special episode was made possible by our partners at Vauxhall, the official automotive partner for Team GB through to the 2028 LA Olympics.
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First 90 secondsJake Humphrey· Host0:00
[gentle music] Welcome to a very special episode of High Performance, made possible by our partners at Vauxhall. Now, today we're doing things a little bit differently. So we've left the studio behind, and we've hit the road. We packed up our Vauxhall Combo Electric with all the production gear that we need, and we've headed down to Crystal Palace to meet Team GB athlete Georgia Hunter-Bell. And I've waited so long for a conversation with an athlete who has a story like no other. And you know the only reason we could just pick up our studio like [laughs] this and move it a few miles through Central London is because of the team at Vauxhall, who are doing something that I think is so impressive, investing 100 million pounds into electric production right here in the UK, and making electric vehicle charging more accessible to all with their Electric Streets campaign. In fact, the Vauxhall Combo Electric, which I was lucky enough to drive, has been proudly made in Britain, built at Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port plant, the first manufacturing site in the country to exclusively build all-electric vans. And why are we talking to Georgia? Well, Vauxhall are the official automotive partner for Team GB through to the 2028 LA Olympics. So they helped line up this fantastic conversation. Don't let the small size of the van fool you, because the payload was generous. We managed to get all of our stuff, multiple cameras, lights, all the recording equipment, in their 4.4-meter cube load space, and the van handled everything with ease. It kind of felt more like a car than a van, if I'm being honest. The carpeted floor, built-in satnav, 10-inch touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, with some solid safety features as well. So anyway, I got there, which is the good news, and then myself and Georgia Hunter-Bell had a really special