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All sort's been going on at Backstraight HQ the last few days: Bayo's been kicking himself, out in Rio for the Carnival, getting his time zones muddled up and missing the Glaswegian athletics action he's so desperate to live stream; Jody's been catching up with Nicola Sanders, she of indoor 400m royalty, and utterly bonkers splits; Claire's been having a quarter-life crisis, having spent 15 minutes with some of Team GB's brightest young talents, and realising - after hearing Amber Anning discussing her revision timetabling - that she's actually getting on these days; and Gabby and Will, along for the journalising ride, have been wondering just how this podcast landed media accreditation, given that at least 30% of athletes' names aren't anywhere to be found, come recording time. If Jody managed to correctly pronounce 'Sidorova' once over the course of the Championships, Claire will get a gorilla tattoo, a la Captain Fantastic, Guy Learmonth...

We spoke to KJT about how she's finally getting to grips with the heptathlon (rather than just being exceptional at a few events). We heard from the dramatic, slow-mo falling horse's mouth about Niamh Emerson's desperate lunge for the line. We savoured Jakob's audacious brilliance, Laura's electric turn of pace, and Tamberi's mesmeric charisma. We took a selfie with Naomi Ogbeta, Jemma Reekie, Amber, and Niamh. We marvelled at Karsten's raw ability. We played a round of 'Aye or Gonnae No' (doesn't quite work in Claire's accent, in case you were wondering).

Gracious - it's been fun. To keep you from overindulging, we've split our weekend up North into two parts. Here's the first.

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