Anything but Footy

Bear with us on this one - we mentioned we're covering some of the British stars in this season who we've had the delight of covering in the podcast and on radio for the past few weeks and months etc. Well, in Great British Bosses, we always say we get the behind the scenes conversation of sport in the UK - so who better to catch up with than a former GB athlete who's now a World Athletics Championship medalist! Julia Paternain from Cambridge representing Uruguay won a historic bronze in the women's Marathon in Tokyo in only her second her 26.2 miler! She's brilliant - enjoy!

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Our spin off season is back with a season of specials featuring Great British Bosses and stars. Some we have covered for years, others are brand new and making a name for themselves.

Great British Bosses has always been the behind the scenes conversation of sport in the UK - that continues with this episode with world champion, three time Olympic sprinter, broadcaster and now CEO of his own company 'Adam Gemili Fitness'

Enjoy and please share as these athletes stories deserve to be told. Thanks for listening!

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We thought the phrase brutal sport - made by Olympic medalist Ollie Wynne Griffith in his insta 'retirement' post - summed up a lot of what we're covering in this episode of the Anything but Footy podcast.

Ukraine think it's a brutal decision to allow Russia and Belarus back into the Paralympic movement.

The treatment of players at the Ryder cup was beyond brutal?

And the brutal heat and humidity made winning gold silver and bronze at the World Rowing Championships in Shanghai even more special for GB Rowing!

We round up ALL the action and also have News from the Games including the latest record win for Eilish McColgan!

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Sydney is set to stage the Canoe Slalom World Championships, the biggest event down under for the sport since Sydney 2000!

Great Britain has had a record breaking World Cup series - we hear from C1 and K1 champion Kimberley Woods on what's gone right this season!

What went wrong for British Athletics at Tokyo 2025? The first time in 25 years nearly that GB & NI haven't won a gold medal at a World Athletics Championships - we review the setback!

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It's not quite another summer Olympics, but our Autumn World Championships season continues!

After the World Athletics Championships we now focus on the World Rowing Championships in Shanghai.

How can British Rowing do in China after winning the shortened World Cup series? We ask 4 of the crew - Matt Haywood, Heidi Long, Josh O'Brien and cox Tom Bryce!

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The third fastest British man ever over 800m. That's Max Burgin the 23 year old from Halifax, who made the Olympic final last year and now has set his own personal best while racing the Paris champion at the London Diamond League.

Hear from him on hopes for these World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

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The latest stars of the British 400m scene, who could all wins medals at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo this week.

In this episode, we hear from Matthew Hudson Smith on everything since that silver in Paris, how Amber Anning won't be running everything this time in Tokyo and new kid on the block but at his second World Champs Charlie Dobson!

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The World Athletic Championships 2025 bring the season down on another year of track and field.

Great Britain and NI will be out to at least match their 10 medals they won in Paris last summer at the Olympics - but will the conditions in Tokyo favour them?

In this episode we hear from captain Morgan Lake, former 1500m champion Jake Wightman and 2017 relay gold medalist and now media pundit Adam Gemili!

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7 World Championships now for Dina Asher Smith and we're delighted she's back on the podcast as we continue our preview of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo! Brought back some memories for us too as you'll hear!

Relay team-mate Daryll Neita is also on the show talking amongst other things her Daryll Diaries and Michael's latest appearance!

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In an Autumn of World Championships of Olympic sport, from Rowing to Gymnastics, we're looking ahead to the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo from September 13th.

World Champion Josh Kerr is out to defend his 1500m title and is not planning on giving it up without a fight!

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