Podium Athletics

Podium Athletics

The athletics podcast, brought to you by world medallist Hannah England and fellow athletics commentator Richard Newman. Every week, the team will bring you the talking points, results and stories from the track, field, road and the mud of cross country, alongside big-name interviews. Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts.

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July 20, 2026 76 mins
Following on from Saturday’s podlet (catch up with our immediate reaction and interviews), Hannah and Rich take a more in-depth look back at the Novuna London Athletics Meet. We assess what could be next for Josh Kerr following his mile world record, review some of the big performances of the meet - including wins for Julien Alfred, Karsten Warholm and Ja’Kobe Tharp - pick out how other Brits are getting on ahead of th...
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Katie’s back to help Rich and Hannah react to a phenomenal afternoon at the London Stadium, where Josh Kerr backed up three months of hype to break the mile world record - which had stood since 1999 - in 3:42.66. We hear from Kerr after his achievement, as well as Keely Hodgkinson, who beat Femke Broeders-Bol over 800m in what is expected to be her last race before the European Athletics Championships. Podium is proud to be...
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Hannah and Rich look ahead to the Saturday's Diamond League meeting - the London Athletics Meet - where Josh Kerr will conclude 'Project 222' to try and break Hicham El Guerouj 's mile world record of 3:43.13 that has stood since 1999 - but could Yared Nuguse spoil the party? We look at whether two more records could go in the 800m, with Keely Hodgkinson having been talked up for the women's mark - set in 1983 - but coming into th...
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Hannah's back to join Rich for a round-up of the Meeting Herculis - the Monaco Diamond League - where Emmanuel Wanyonyi broke the 1000m world record, pushed hard by Podium's Jake Wightman. Julien Alfred ran the third fastest time ever over 200m and the second fastest among active athletes, while Faith Kipyegon talked about her struggles with injury following a 3000m dominated by Agnes Ngetich. We also talk about mixed fortunes fo...
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Ethopia's Yomif Kejelcha more than played his part at April's historic London Marathon, pushing Sabastian Sawe almost all the way as both men became the first athletes to record a sub-2 hour marathon in official race conditions. Kejelcha joins Rich in a rare English-language interview to talk about that day, his full transition to the roads from a distinguished career ont he track, and whether himself and Sawe - and perhaps a few ...
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Jake’s back and joins Rich to help dissect the key moments from the Eugene Diamond League meeting, which featured Keely Hodgkinson and Georgia Hunter Bell in action. Keely was competing despite a fall in training in the days leading up to Pre - but Jake’s backing the Olympic champion to bounce back quickly after suffering a defeat to Lilian Odira. There's reflection on a brilliant win for Nikki Hiltz and a rare loss f...
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July 1, 2026 38 mins
Rich and Hannah preview the prestigeous Prefontaine Classic, the latest stop on the Diamond League circuit, which takes place across two-days in Eugene this year as part of the 4th of July Weekend. Cooper Lutkenhaus is back in action in the 800m on Friday, and can Grant Fisher back up his first Diamond League win with a second in the two miles? On Saturday, Keely Hodgkinson returns to action in the 800m, with Georgia Hunter Bell ...
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Hannah and Rich look back at the Meeting de Paris Diamond League, where a number of competition records were broken. Audrey Werro moved to around half a second off the 800m world record, while in the men's event, Marco Arop returned to something like his best form. There was another impressive 1500m victory for Georgia Hunter Bell, Grant Fisher's first Diamond League win, and Noah Lyles was beaten by Trayvon Brommell. Reaction a...
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Great Britain’s 2022 world 1500m champion Jake Wightman is back on to help Hannah and Rich preview Sunday’s Paris Diamond League, where the recently crowned 800m British champion will be competing. There’s also reaction to the International Olympic Committee’s decision to hand out grants of $10,000 to every Olympian, Jake’s performance at the British Championships, and how we’re all dealing with...
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With Rich away on holiday, Hannah’s roped in husband, former British champion and full-time athletics coach Luke Gunn to review the British Championships in Birmingham, after Luke helped guide Sarah Calvert, Issy Boffey and Will Battershill to medals. Places for the European Championships were also up for grabs and there were plenty of talking points - from Keely Hodgkinson’s injury scare in the 400m (she has since sai...
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Great Britain and Scotland's Megan Keith joins us ahead of the UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham, where the 24-year-old will be back to target another European medal this summer - a few weeks after another home event at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Megan's been in terrific form in 2026, breaking the Scottish record at the Diamond League meeting in Oslo and impressing with a third place finish at the New York City Half Ma...
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We've split this episode in two, looking back at news over the weekend - including the heartbreaking season ending injury for Molly Caudery, Josh Kerr's preparations for the mile world record and Tara Davis-Woodhall impressing in the 100m hurdles at the LA Grand Prix - where she also set a new long jump PB. There's also an in-depth look at the Novuna UK Athletics Championships (British Championships!) in Birmingham this weekend, r...
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Hannah and Rich round up the latest action from the Diamond League in Rome, where there were mixed fortunes for the phenoms - with Cooper Lutkenhaus beating Emmanuel Wanyonyi in the 800m, but Gout Gout falling short in the 200m. There's reaction to Ja'Kobe Tharp breaking the 110m hurdles world record which had stood since 2012, and to a four-month ban given to Gudaf Tsegay for failing an out of competition test. Podium is proud t...
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Hannah and Rich look back on a brilliantly chaotic and unpredictable Stockholm Diamond League meeting, which featured Audrey Werro posting the third fastest time ever to beat Keely Hodgkinson, Mondo Duplantis failing to win an event for the first time in three years, Amy Hunt clocking a sub-11 100m and Cooper Lutkenhaus justifying the hype around him. There’s also a throw forward to the Bislett Games in Oslo and a review of ...
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Grant Fisher joins us to discuss his gradual transition to the roads, having made history at Paris 2024 by becoming the first American man to win medals in both the 5000m and 10,000m at the same Olympic Games. Fisher recently made his half marathon debut in New York, but his track career is nowhere near finished, and he's due to compete at the Oslo Diamond League meeting on 10 June. Podium is proud to be sponsored by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...
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Hannah and Rich look back at the Rabat Diamond League and ahead to the next few meetings in Rome and Stockholm, following wins for Max Burgin and Yared Nuguse in Morocco. There's also a round-up from the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold event in Bydgoszcz, where there was chaos, drama and falls in the women's 800m - plus discussion on the Hypomeeting in Gotzis and the British 10k Road Championships in Manchester. Podium is ...
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May 27, 2026 45 mins
Max Burgin joins us ahead of the start of his 2026 season, which he'll open up at the Rabat Diamond League. Having finished in the top eight at the Olympic Games in Paris and the World Championships in Tokyo, Max is ready to challenge at the very top end at the Commonwealth Games and European Championships in the UK this summer. Podium is proud to be sponsored by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...
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Australian athletics broadcaster Mitch Dyer joins Rich and Hannah to look at what’s going so right for his country right now, with the Olympics and Paralympics coming up in Brisbane in 2032. Gout Gout, Claudia Hollingsworth and Lachlan Kennedy are among those making huge strides alongside experienced athletes like Abbey Caldwell, Nicola Olyslagers, Nina Kennedy and Jess Hull. There’s a round-up of the Xiamen Diamond ...
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The USA's Paris 2024 Olympic 1500m bronze medallist Yared Nuguse joins us on the podcast to talk about his hopes for the 2026 season, having already qualified for the World Athletics Road Running Championships in Copenhagen. The American talks about bouncing back from missing out on the World Championships in Tokyo, athletics' inclusive culture, what went wrong with Grand Slam Track and lots more. Podium is proud to be sponsored ...
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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 the next event in Xiamen. We catch up with Jake’s lead up to the season, which he’ll open at LA Track Fest, talk about the...
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