📢 New Episode | Jake Wightman joins Podium as guest contributor! We’re delighted that Britain’s 2022 world 1500m champion is going to become a regular guest on our round-up episodes to provide expert analysis throughout the summer, around his race commitments. In the latest episode, Jake joins Hannah and Rich…
We’re so happy to announce that Britain’s 2022 world 1500m champion will be a regular guest contributor throughout the season around his race commitments, and his first task is to help Hannah and Rich dissect the first Diamond League meeting of the season in Shanghai - and look ahead to…
💎 Fast starters on top at opening Diamond League meet? There are some stacked sprints in Shanghai/Keqiao today, with Sha’Carri Richardson taking on Shericka Jackson and Amy Hunt in the 200m, and Kenny Bednarek racing individually for the first time this season in the 100m. This early in the campaign,…
💎 Kipyegon to set another world record in Diamond League opener?! Faith Kipyegon opens her track season in the 5000m at the opening Diamond League meeting in Shanghai/Keqiao, having raced once in 2026 with victory in her debut road 10k in France. So can she kick-start the outdoor campaign with…
💎 New Episode | Diamond League preview The outdoor track and field goes up a huge gear this weekend with the start of the 2026 Diamond League season in Shanghai/Keqiao - so what are the match ups we should look forward to, and does the event cut through enough to…
After a few quiet weeks, it feels like the outdoor track and field season is finally about to kick into gear with the first of a Chinese Diamond League double-header in Shanghai/Keqiao, before next week's meeting in Xiamen. Rich and Hannah look ahead to what we should expect this season,…
💔 Round-Up: It's a XC no from the IOC Definitely no Cross Country for the 2030 Winter Olympic Games, but it will be reassesed for the 2034 Games. Are we being greedy with wanting athletics to have involvement in both the summer and winter games? Cross Country could yield Africa's…
😢 Round-Up: Katie flies then nest! It’s a sad day for Podium, as Katie talks about her reasons for leaving the podcast. Katie has been instrumental in getting this project off the ground, with her enthusiasm, passion and energy - but she’ll be back every now and again, and we…
It's a sad day for Podium - as Katie says goodbye to the podcast! But don't worry, we're going nowhere and there are exciting plans for the future - watch this space! Katie talks about why shy is stepping away from the pod, plus for one last time the team…
The 5-time Olympic gold medallist is edging closer to her best once again after a tough few years with injury, having anchored Jamaica to 4x100m victory at the World Relays, and she’s confirmed plans to defend her Commonwealth titles this summer. Listen to our round up from earlier in the…
Behind every extraordinary sporting achievement is a team, and after Sabastian Sawe's 1:59:39 at the London Marathon to become the first runner to go sub-2 in official race conditions, we're joined by Maurten's head of sports tech Joshua Rowe, to go behind the scenes of the achievement. Listen/watch wherever you…
Behind every extraordinary sporting achievement is a team, and after Sabastian Sawe's 1:59:39 at the London Marathon to become the first runner to go sub-2 in official race conditions, we're joined by Maurten's head of sports tech Joshua Rowe, to go behind the scenes of the achievement. Josh has been…
Hannah and Rich catch-up on the World Athletics Relay in an electric Gaborone, where host nation Botswana brought down the curtain on a brilliant weekend with victory in the men's 4x400m - to the delight of a packed crowd. There's also analysis throughout of Great Britain's performances, having qualified five…
🇧🇼 New Round-Up: World Relays Botswana put on a show for the World Relays, which provided an opportunity for nations to qualify teams for the World Ultimate Champs and next year’s World Championships in Beijing - and Botswana’s men’s 4x400m team stuck to the script with a win in a…
🇪🇹Kejelcha’s remarkable achievement overlooked? There’s a meme that’s been going round this week, featuring Yomif Kejelcha, joking about the Ethiopian neither getting the world record, becoming the first sub-2 marathoner or winning the London title - but 1:59:41 on DEBUT over the distance was almost as remarkable as Sabastian Sawe’s…
🇬🇧50 days until UK Athletics Championships! Long jumper Molly Palmer joined us on the pod this week to mark 50 days until the British Champs at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium - having earned her first senior national vest at the World Indoor Championships in March. Athletes who want to go be…
🇺🇸 Round-Up: 2026 Track is Back and Gabby Thomas return to form Olympic Champ continutrackandfield from an Achilles injury with a world leading 21.89 and a 10.95 PB this week. It’s also World Relays this weekend, with spots of the Ultimate Championships and the 2027 World Athletics Champs up for…
Hannah and Rich switch focus to the track and field season, which ramps up this weekend with the World Athletics Relay in Gaborone, Botswana. There's a full preview of that, plus a look back at some great early season performances - including Gabby Thomas on her return from an Achilles…
⚡️Assefa’s energy boost in London Not quite the question you were expecting - but what do Tigst Assefa and Jamie Vardy have in common when it comes to preparing for elite performance…?! A very popular energy drink… Listen to our London Marathon round-up, after Assefa lowered her own women’s only…
🤯 OUT NOW: Sawe interview and round-up of a bonkers, historic day in London In the latest episodlondonmarathon Sabastian Sawe after he became the first man to run a sub-2 hour in official race conditions - 11 seconds before Yomif Kejelcha became the second! We look back on a day…
Hannah and Rich look back at what will go down as one of the most historic days in athletics - the moment not just one, but two athletes broke the sub-2 hour marathon mark for the first time in official race conditions. We hear from Sabastian Sawe, who blitzed a…
⏱️ Sawe showing young athletes it’s possible to run “fast and clean” We’ve spoken to Sabastian Sawe after his history-making sub-2 run at the London Marathon - winning in 1:50:30 ahead of Yomif Kejelcha - who became the second man to break the two hour barrier in race conditions, 11…
⏱️Women’s course record to fall in London? There’s been a lot of talk about Sabastian Sawe breaking the men’s course record at the London Marathon this weekend, but could the same happen in the women’s race? Hannah thinks so, with Tigst Assefa, Joyciline Jepkosgei and Hellen Obiri starting as favourites.…
