Podium Athletics

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 him...

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 Hi...

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 th...

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...

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 t...

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 4...

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 f...

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 Championshi...

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 co...

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 Ga...

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 prou...

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 Champio...

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 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

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 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....

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...

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, how to make the Diamond League more relevant for casual fans and at some of the biggest match up to open this y...

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 round-up news from a week in athletics - including the announcement there will be no cross country at the next Winter Olympics, World Athletics...

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 working out in Kenya with Sawe, his coach Claudio Berardelli and the 2 Running Group, to help get...

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 out of six teams for the 2027 World Championships in Beijing. Plus - record numbers once...

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 injury - and we also talk about Allyson Felix's announcement that she's coming out of retirement. With the Novuna...

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 1:59:30 to win by nine seconds ahead of a remarkable debut over the distance from Yomif Kejelcha, with Jacob Kiplimo breaking the former...

After months of build-up, we have an in-depth preview for the London Marathon - with stacked fields taking to the start-line in Greenwich this Sunday. Can both the men's and women's course records fall? There's also a look back at the Boston Marathon, on what was a fast day for the point-to-point course. Listen back to our interviews with Sabastian Sawe, Phil Sesemann, Patrick Dever, Jessica Warne...

Julia Paternain's marathon bronze medal at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was one of the best stories that came out of Tokyo, having been shocked to find out she finished third in her just her second race over the distance to win Uruguay's first athletics medal at the World Championships. Ahead of her debut London Marathon, the former English schools champion and GB European U23 Championsh...

Hugh Brasher, the CEO of London Marathon Events and co-founder of Athletic Ventures, joins us to talk about the possibility of a two-day event in 2027, the future of the race in a ever changing climate and London's bid for the 2029 World Athletics Championship. There's also an update on the London field, plus a full preview of the Boston Marathon, which takes place on Monday. Maurten fuel planner:...