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In a brilliantly honest and fun chat, New Zealand's Olympic high jump champion Hamish Kerr talks to the team about how he recovered from 'staring into the abyss' during qualification at Paris 2024 to win gold in a jump off.
Hamish talks passionately about his goals for the future (2.40m anyone?!) and how he's coped with becoming a huge star in his country.
Presented by athletics commentators Hannah England, Rich Newman and Katie Smith.
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A ‘quiet episode’ was prepared but Hannah, Rich and Katie typically found themselves with plenty of things to say ahead of a stacked schedule in Silesia, as the Diamond League season enters the business end.
The team preview Paris Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson’s comeback from a year out of competition, Faith Kipyegon’s next world record attempt and Kishane Thompson’s attempt to drown out the noise of Noah Lyles v Kenny Bednarek.
There’s also appreciation for Alex Yee’s impressive 5000m - two weeks after the the Olympic gold medallist returned to triathlon - and a recap of the European Under-20 Championships.
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Paris 2024 Olympic bronze medallist Georgia Hunter Bell joins the team to discuss the possibility of doubling up in the 800m/1500m at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, how life has changed since leaving her full-time job, what it's like to train under Trevor Painter and Jenny Meadows at M11 Track Club - and much more.
Georgia spoke to us from a training camp in Portugal, just days before winning the British 800m title in Birmingham.
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Rich, Hannah and Katie wrap up a brilliant weekend at Birmingham's Alexander Stadium for the UK Athletics Championships, featuring interviews with Dina Asher-Smith, Josh Kerr, Amy Hunt, Molly Caudery, Jeremiah Azu, Neil Gourley and Elliot Giles - as athletes booked their spots for the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.
The team also disect the drama from the US trials in Eugene, where there was more beef between Noah Lyles and Kenny Bednarek alongside plenty of shocks.
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Katie’s back from her Euros adventure with the Lionesses, as the team preview British Champs in Birmingham this weekend - who’s in trouble, where are the big battles and how does qualification actually work? We’ve (Hannah) has got all the answers…😂
Ahead of the release of our full interview with Georgia Hunter Bell next week, the Paris Olympic bronze medallist reveals her plans for Birmingham and gives us the latest on whether she’ll double up in Tokyo.
There’s a brief preview of the USATF Outdoor Championships in Eugene, and we round up other news, in a packed edition.
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“The biggest shift for me came when I realised fear didn’t have to be the enemy. I started asking myself — what if I can?”
The Australian high jumper and double world indoor champion joins us to discuss her career, how faith has changed her mindset both in and out of competition and lets us into a few secrets about what goes into her famous notebook.
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Andy Sparks from Maurten - one of our sponsors - talks to Hannah about the science behind the company's Bicarb System, and the benefits sodium bicarbonate can have on sports endurance performance, especially in running and cycling.
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World record holder, 3x Olympic champion and 2 x world gold medallist Ryan Crouser joins us this week to discuss the inaugural World Shot Put Series, his injury status and hopes for the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, his thoughts on the future - and which thrower would win a sprint race…?!
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In another busy episode, Rich and Hannah (Katie is preparing for the Women’s Euros semi-finals) take a look back at the London Diamond League meeting, which featured impressive sprint results for Julien Alfred, Oblique Seville and Charlie Dobson, a first Diamond League victory for Morgan Lake - and also marked Josh Kerr's return to action.
Andreas Trajkovski - long jumper and founder of Jumpers World - joins us to talk about the success of his platform, and the team discuss the fallout from a failed test for marathon world record holder Ruth Chepng'etich.
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Jeremiah Azu is this week's guest, mid-way through the season of his career so far. After returning to Wales following a spell in Italy, Jeremiah became world and European indoor 60m champion shortly after becoming a dad - but tells us how those victories almost didn't happen! Jeremiah also discusses his hopes for the future, being part of the GB team and how home comforts are bringing the best out of him.
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The team look back at the Monaco Diamond League (Meeting Herculis EBS), including Noah Lyles' triumphant return to racing - beating fellow Olympic gold medallist Letsile Tebogo in the 200m - as well as Marco Arop and Emmanuel Wanyonyi in the 800m, Femke Bol in the 400mH and much more - including what's going on with Mary Moraa, and whether the women's 400m needs some spicing up with better match-ups.
There's a look at Caster Semenya's ongoing legal battle and a look ahead to the Novuna London Athletics Meeting, which will be without Keely Hodgkinson and Jakob Ingebrigtsen, but will see the return of Josh Kerr - plus another Lyles v Tebogo head-to-head.
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The incredible double world shot put champion Chase Jackson is our guest on this week’s podcast - and nothing is off the table. Chase has been in brilliant form this season and even told us to hold off releasing this until she broke the American record…well, she was right because since then, she’s gone and beaten her previous best twice! Chase talks about her success so far this year, inspiring girls to take up throwing disciplines, her personality on the field, British cuisine and much, much more!
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The team are back together again to digest the best stories from the Prefontaine Classic at Hayward Field, which featured world records for Faith Kipyegon and Beatrice Chebet, and brilliant match-ups. Fresh (!) off a flight from India, Rich talks about his experience of commentating on the inaugural Neeraj Chopra Classic in Bangalore, and Chopra’s level of stardom in the country, plus there’s a look ahead to the Monaco Diamond League meeting - and Hannah explains why a chance encounter with former England cricketer Stuart Broad won't lead to a podcast collaboration any time soon...!
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Ahead of the Neeraj Chopra Classic, Rich caught up with an all-time javelin great - Germany’s Rio 2016 Olympic champion Thomas Rohler, who discussed how the event is now truly global, his career and his hopes for the future.
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Rich is in India to commentate on the Neeraj Chopra Classic - but we couldn't let him only do that! In the first of our bonus episodes from Bangalore, Kenya's 2015 world javelin champion Julius Yego talks about Chopra's stardom, his own rise and legacy in the sport, his future - and how he's far from done yet!
Keep an eye on the podcast feed for more from India.
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Great Britain's 2022 world 1500m champion Jake Wightman joins the Podium team to discuss his epic victory at Hayward Field almost three years ago, ahead of his return to Eugene for the Prefontaine Classic this weekend - the next stop on the Diamond League circuit.
Jake also talks about injury setbacks and the fight he's put in to overcome them, ending his coaching relationship with dad Geoff, and much more.
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In a packed episode, the former meet director at the Prefontaine Classic, Tom Jordan, joins us to discuss the man it's named after - Steve Pretontaine - and his legacy 50 years since his death aged just 24. Tom also talks about why the event in Eugene is one of the highlights on the Diamond League calendar.
Hannah and Rich preview the Pre Classic and review Faith Kipyegon's Breaking4 attempt, the European Athletics Team Championships, Jamaican trails and ask: is Sifan Hassan gearing up for another bonkers schedule, after signing up for the Sydney Marathon less than two weeks before the World Athletics Championships begin in Tokyo.
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The brilliant Larissa Iapichino is our third athlete guest, after the Italian won her first major title at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn earlier this year. Coming from sporting parents in two-time Olympic silver medallist Fiona May and former pole vaulting dad (and now coach) Gianni, Larissa talks about the pressure she faced coming into athletics, her passion for the Olympics, how a 4th place finish at Paris 2024 has fuelled her ambitions going forward, and much more.
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This week, Kenya’s world record holder and 3-time Olympic gold medallist Faith Kipyegon will attempt to make history in Paris by becoming the first woman to break the four minute mile - but is it physically achievable? Dr Mark Burnley, senior lecturer in exercise physiology at Loughborough University, breaks it down, while Commonwealth 10,000m champion Eilish McColgan and 2022 world 1500m champion Jake Wightman give their opinions.
Fresh from returning from commentary in Paris, Hannah looks back at a Diamond League meeting to remember, we preview the European Athletics Team Championships and what’s going on with Turkey’s recruitment drive?
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Double Olympic and four-time world triple jump champion Christian Taylor joins Hannah England, Rich Newman and Katie Smith to discuss incredible career, how he strived to break Jonathan Edwards' world record, the future of field events, the Olympic Games and much more.
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