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…
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…
#TrackandField #athletics #europeanathletics #worldathleticschampionships 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…
#Breaking4 #athletics #trackandfield 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…
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. Please subscribe, follow and leave a review where…
Hannah, Rich and Katie discuss the future of Grand Slam Track, following its early curtailment for the 2025 season and look back at Diamond League meetings in Oslo and Stockholm, after Mondo Duplantis broke the pole vault world record for the 12th time in his career. Please subscribe, follow and…
Eilish McColgan joins Hannah England, Rich Newman and Katie Smith as the first athlete guest on Podium. The Commonwealth champion discusses her London Marathon debut, the versality of her career which has seen her compete across Olympic Games, World Athletics Championships, European Athletics Championships and Commonwealth Games, and the highs…
After months of planning, we're finally here for episode one of Podium! World silver medallist Hannah England and fellow athletics commentators Rich Newman and Katie Smith discuss London's bid for the 2029 World Athletics Championships, continued doping scandals from London 2012, and look back at the Rome Diamond League and…