Podium Athletics

Britain's Charlie Dobson, European silver medallist over 400m and a bronze medal winner over 4x400m relay at the Paris Olympics and Budapest World Championships, talks through his 2025 season and his plans for the future - including his love for the 200m.

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Presented by athletics commentators Hannah England, Rich Newman and Katie Smith.

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Katie, Hannah and Rich look back at the New York City Marathon, which featured the tightest of victories for Benson Kipruto and another major marathon win for Hellen Obiri.

The team give their thoughts on the recently announced World Treadmill Championships, known as RunX, the qualifying process for the World Athletics Ultimate Championships, and how the governing body is working to clean up the sport in all ways.

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📸 Jane Monti for Race Results Weekly

Presented by athletics commentators Hannah England, Rich Newman and Katie Smith.

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The reigning Boston Marathon champion Sharon Lokedi joins the team as she looks ahead to another shot at the New York City Marathon - a race she won on her debut over the distance in 2022.

Lokedi talks about her route to becoming one of the top marathon runners in the world, her friendly rivalry with Hellen Obiri and motivates her going forward.

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📸 Noble Boutin

Presented by athletics commentators Hannah England, Rich Newman and Katie Smith.

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In a busy episode, Rich, Hannah and Katie give their reaction to Ruth Chepng'etich's three-year doping ban, and what could happen next.

There's a look back at the Valencia Half Marathon, where the women's world record was again under attack by Agnes Ngetich and Andreas Almgren picked up a European record - plus there's a preview of a stacked New York City Marathon - the last major of the year.

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📸 © Bank of America Chicago Marathon/Kevin Morris

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The USA's Olympic 1500m and world 5000m champion Cole Hocker is our latest guest, fresh from a wild ride at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

Cole is a great listen - pretty much anything was on the table and we got to talk about mindset, rivalries, future goals and much more - enjoy!

📸 Guillaume Laurent

Presented by athletics commentators Hannah England, Rich Newman and Katie Smith.

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After a long delay to publish due to AWS (!) Rich and Hannah look back at the action on the roads over the past week, including victories for Marc Scott and Verity Ockenden at the Great South Run and a review of the Amsterdam Marathon - which featured the latest attempt over the distance for Joshua Cheptegei.

📸 Chloe Knott for London Marathon Events

Presented by athletics commentators Hannah England, Rich Newman and Katie Smith.

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Australia's Jessica Hull joins us on the podcast to discuss her career after wrapping up her 2025 season with 1500m bronze at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

Having broken numerous records for athletics in Australia, Jess talks about a range of subjects - including her Olympic silver in Paris, plans for the future, and her thoughts on cross country at the Winter Olympics.

📸 Louis Hadfield

Presented by athletics commentators Hannah England, Rich Newman and Katie Smith.

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The team look back at the Chicago Marathon, where there were impressive wins for Jacob Kiplimo and Hawi Feysa (are we seeing the beginning of something special over 26.2 miles from Kiplimo?).

There's also a review of Athlos - the positives and negatives - and excitement around Femke Bol's new focus on the 800m.

📸 ©️ Bank of America Chicago Marathon/Kevin Morris

Presented by athletics commentators Hannah England, Rich Newman and Katie Smith.

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Calli Hauger-Thackery is the second fastest British woman to run a marathon - only behind former world record holder Paula Radcliffe - and she heads to Chicago this weekend as a genuine contender for a spot on the podium.

In this episode, Calli talks about how she was always destined for the longer distances and her rapid progress over 26.2 miles.

Presented by athletics commentators Hannah England, Rich Newman and Katie Smith.

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Rich and Hannah are joined by Athlos co-creator and CMO Kayla Green to look ahead to this week's event in New York, and plans for the future.

There's also a preview of the Chicago Marathon, which is the next stop on the Jacob Kiplimo hype train, discussion about Seb Coe's hopes that cross country will be included in the Winter Olympics schedule by 2030, a look back at the World Para Athletics Championships - and what is going on with Nafi Thiam and the Belgian federation?

Presented by athletics commentators Hannah England, Rich Newman and Katie Smith.

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