Backstraight Boys (& Girl) Athletics Chat

Send us Fan Mail Colin’s back to take us through the 110m hurdles final and we all marvel at Ethan’s monster HT, Faith’s 4th 🥇🥇🥇🥇 and Sydney’s STUNNING Semi Final run 😮   Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials.  Thanks for listening and follow us on Social Media at  Insta - (@BackstraightBoysPodcast). Email - backstraightboyspod@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail We're joined by the legendary Olympic, World and Commonwealth 100mh Champion Sally Pearson to discuss another night of shock results here in Tokyo. We get her expert take on a startling Ditaji Kambundji win in the sprint hurdles and an elated Geordie Beamish in the steeplechase.  But not everything was as surprising. Of course Mondo did it again. A WR on the biggest stage!!!...

Send us Fan Mail We had a fantastic evening in the stadium hanging out with some with Athletico Royalty and enjoying the iced wine 🧊 🍷 The action was pretty great as well. A sensational 10k result gave fan fave Jimmy Gressier a surprise win and the 100m Finals didn’t disappoint with new Champions in both events and a resurgent Jamaica passing the baton to the next generation.     Please enjoy, p...

Send us Fan Mail We’ve made it all the way to Tokyo and whilst the jet lag is kicking in we’re here to recap Day 1 along with Trackastic Podcast host and Atheltico royalty Chris Brown Sport.  Golds from fan fave Evan Dunfee and a resurgent Ryan Crouser had us cheering, whilst Beatrice Chebet’s dominant kick finish outpaced all of her rivals as usual. Mixed bag from the Brits with heartbreak for ou...

Send us Fan Mail For our World Championships preview edition we're joined by Hurdles Royalty Sally Gunnell and Kevin Young 👑 Both Sally and Kevin were crowned the 1992 Olympic and 1993 World 400mh Champions,  setting WR's along the way and with Tokyo 2025 only days away we all get deep into what we're looking forward to most (There's a lot of hurdles chat). We also reminisce a...

Send us Fan Mail The DL Final action took second place to our epic quest to meet The Queen, Merlene Ottey 👑 Well mission accomplished, so whilst we quickly review the best perfs on the track we also fill you in on all our old skool ‘networking’ at a fabulous Weltaklasse.   Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials.  Thanks for listening and follow us...

Send us Fan Mail EMERGENCY PODCAST ALERT!!! 🚨  MORGAN JUMPED 2 METRES!!!  THE TEAM WAS ALSO ANNOUNCED!!! BUT MORGAN JUMPED 2 METRES!!! 🥳  Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials.  Thanks for listening and follow us on Social Media at  Insta - (@BackstraightBoysPodcast). Email - backstraightboyspod@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail After a week of stunning DL performances the boys discuss Keely and Karsten comebacks, WR near misses and a very damp LJ competish before we all head to Zurich for the big Final later this week.  They then have a good old gossip rounding up all the off track drama that’s been taking place and wonder if those last few selection decisions aren’t quite as set in stone as we’d all tho...

Send us Fan Mail We promised you a special guest and they don’t come any more special than hurdles LEGEND Colin Jackson here to tell us all about his new venture the Track, Field & Life app.  It’s a one stop shop for athletics nerds everywhere with results, rankings, bios and more.  We also chat about the trials results from both sides of the Atlantic and make a plans for a right royal meet up...

Send us Fan Mail The gang’s all here as FIVE times British Long Jump Champion Jazmin Sawyers returns to  tell us all about her fantastic weekend at a sensational UK trials. We discuss all the action, the marvellous new surroundings and the potential headaches for the selectors.  Over in America the news was even more shocking and that’s was just the fights!!! The USATF champs never disappoint and...

Send us Fan Mail Just dropping into you feeds with a quick round up of all the action from Day 1 of the British Trials. Great performances and great stadium but some potential headaches for the selectors. Thanks Mel. Sorry Divine.  Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials.  Thanks for listening and follow us on Social Media at  Insta - (@BackstraightB...

Send us Fan Mail Trials season is upon us and this weekend we’re off the Birmingham to enjoy all the drama at the  Novuna UK Athletics Championships.  As usual the selection criteria is somewhat complicated so join us as we break everything down and discuss the most exciting clashes off the weekend Big thanks to  Preet Majithia and Alex Seftel  for doing all the hard work.   Please enjoy, please s...

Send us Fan Mail The boys have got LOADS to talk about after a jam packed London Diamond League with great performances all round, especially from the Brits. They’ve joined by some familiar names from the Mixed Zone after the event.  There’s also discussion of a high go quality Euro U23’s and some great news about the 2029 World Champs.   Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what...

Send us Fan Mail The boys are back from Glastonbury and here to discuss all the fantastic athletics that's we've been enjoying over the last couple of weeks, including The European Team Championships and a sensational Pre Classic. They're also joined by fan favourite and The Hardest Working Woman in Track Maia McKoy, who tells us all about her recent success on the circuit and how a...

Send us Fan Mail The gang's all here to round up a very busy week of Track and Field, including a resurgent Diamond League and a shocking Grand Slam announcement, as well as great performances at the NAACP, but most importantly some major Jaz news!!!  Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials.  Thanks for listening and follow us on Social Media at...

Send us Fan Mail Instead of our usual round up edition of our trip to Götzis we have something a little different for you this week.  Here is an interview that we did straight after the meet with the guys from The Swiss Track Check podcast. They’re basically the Swiss Backstraight Boys and when they spotted us in the crowd, invited us on to their pod to discuss our amazing weekend in the mountains...

Send us Fan Mail To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Hypo-Meeting in Götzis we’ve managed to bag some spectacular guests this week.  Double World Champion and Olympic Silver Medalist Katarina Johnson Thompson and World and European Indoor Champ Sander Skotheim join us to chat about their experiences competing in the world’s premier multi event competition. We’ll we heading a to the Austrian m...

Send us Fan Mail EMERGENCY POD ALERT!!!! Our Backstraight Girl is BACK. In her first competition since September 2023 she competed at the Loughborough International meet on Sunday and jumped very encouraging 6.53m. Of course we had to her her straight on the pod to tell us all about it and celebrate another special occasion at the same time.  Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know w...

Send us Fan Mail The boys are back and to make up for their shameful absence they are really spoiling you with today's guests. Fresh from their spectacular victory at The World Relays Amy Hunt and Success Eduan drop by to tell us all about taking down some of the biggest names in the business. They also catch up with all the other action that has taken place in the last month and hint at some...

Send us Fan Mail We’re joined by newly minted World Indoor 400m champ and long time friend of the pod Amber Anning to chat about her sensational last few months.  Afterwards the we discuss last weekend inaugural Grand Slam Track meet and Decathlon Legend Daley Thompson’s entrance into the Big Brother house.   Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials. ...

Send us Fan Mail The gang are all recovered from their weekend jet lag and get together to do a speedy recap of the Nanjing World Indoors. Obviously it goes on longer than than planned.  They each pick a favourite event and discuss how the overall champs was much better than anticipated. But it wouldn’t be a BSB pod without a good old rant so luckily their have been more baffling World Athletics a...

Send us Fan Mail The Championships keep coming and so do the BSB podcasts!!! The gang is all here and we're joined by European and World Indoor 60mh Champ Andrew Pozzi.  Newly retired he tells us all about the highs and lows of his career and then joins us to try and make sense of a truly chaotic Nanjing World Indoor Champs. Despite our best efforts we fail miserably.  Of course we'll be...

Send us Fan Mail Jody didn’t make it to Apeldoorn so we’ve invited Backstraight Roving Reporter Preet on to fill us in on all the action.  Netherlands cleaned up at their home champs with 7 Golds whilst Team GB had mixed results.  Big names like Lieke, Jakob, Sander and Ditaji shone but Jerry’s win and a resurgent Andy Robinson stole the show for British fans 🤩 All this and we discuss the very we...

Send us Fan Mail After many discussion about which legend we should invite on for our Apeldoorn  2025 Euro Indoors Preview, we realised we already had one in da house !!!  Reigning European Long Jump champ (And more importantly #1 Backstraight Girl) Jaz Sawyers is here with us, to discuss all the action at the upcoming champs.  Bayo has been up a mountain, Jaz is recovering from the Brit Awards an...

Send us Fan Mail Four time Olympic Champ Carl Lewis called it an ' April Fools joke ' and double champ Militiatis Tentoglu said it was ' dog shit'  and threatened to retire from the event, but World Athletics seem determined to implement their controversial new Long Jump innovations. Obviously this is a topic very close to the podcast's heart so we gathered together an all...