Podium Athletics

Rich, Hannah and Katie wrap up a brilliant weekend at Birmingham's Alexander Stadium for the UK Athletics Championships, featuring interviews with Dina Asher-Smith, Josh Kerr, Amy Hunt, Molly Caudery, Jeremiah Azu, Neil Gourley and Elliot Giles - as athletes booked their spots for the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

The team also disect the drama from the US trials in Eugene, where there was more beef between Noah Lyles and Kenny Bednarek alongside plenty of shocks.

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

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Katie’s back from her Euros adventure with the Lionesses, as the team preview British Champs in Birmingham this weekend - who’s in trouble, where are the big battles and how does qualification actually work? We’ve (Hannah) has got all the answers…😂

Ahead of the release of our full interview with Georgia Hunter Bell next week, the Paris Olympic bronze medallist reveals her plans for Birmingham and gives us the latest on whether she’ll double up in Tokyo.

There’s a brief preview of the USATF Outdoor Championships in Eugene, and we round up other news, in a packed edition.

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

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This podcast is sponsored by Maurten and SOAR Running - we thank them so much for their support!

Photo by Stephen Pond - British Athletics/British Athletics via Getty Images

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“The biggest shift for me came when I realised fear didn’t have to be the enemy. I started asking myself — what if I can?”

The Australian high jumper and double world indoor champion joins us to discuss her career, how faith has changed her mindset both in and out of competition and lets us into a few secrets about what goes into her famous notebook.

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SOAR Running competition: To enter our giveaway, kindly donated by our sponsors, for one SOAR race vest and a pair of marathon shorts (worth £244 in total), head to https://www.soarrunning.com/blogs/news/soar-x-podium-athletics-podcast

Entries close 04/08/2025, one entry per person and you must be 18 or over.

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

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Andy Sparks from Maurten - one of our sponsors - talks to Hannah about the science behind the company's Bicarb System, and the benefits sodium bicarbonate can have on sports endurance performance, especially in running and cycling.

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Podium Athletics is proud to have partnered with Maurten and SOAR Running - we thank them so much for their support!

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

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World record holder, 3x Olympic champion and 2 x world gold medallist Ryan Crouser joins us this week to discuss the inaugural World Shot Put Series, his injury status and hopes for the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, his thoughts on the future - and which thrower would win a sprint race…?!

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

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In another busy episode, Rich and Hannah (Katie is preparing for the Women’s Euros semi-finals) take a look back at the London Diamond League meeting, which featured impressive sprint results for Julien Alfred, Oblique Seville and Charlie Dobson, a first Diamond League victory for Morgan Lake - and also marked Josh Kerr's return to action.

Andreas Trajkovski - long jumper and founder of Jumpers World - joins us to talk about the success of his platform, and the team discuss the fallout from a failed test for marathon world record holder Ruth Chepng'etich.

Mentioned in the show:

The Real Science of Sport podcast with Professor Ross Tucker and Mike Finch: https://shows.acast.com/realscienceofsport/episodes/sos-it-was-too-good-to-be-true-marathon-world-record-holder 

📷 @guillaume_laurent_ 

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Jeremiah Azu is this week's guest, mid-way through the season of his career so far. After returning to Wales following a spell in Italy, Jeremiah became world and European indoor 60m champion shortly after becoming a dad - but tells us how those victories almost didn't happen! Jeremiah also discusses his hopes for the future, being part of the GB team and how home comforts are bringing the best out of him.

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

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The team look back at the Monaco Diamond League (Meeting Herculis EBS), including Noah Lyles' triumphant return to racing - beating fellow Olympic gold medallist Letsile Tebogo in the 200m - as well as Marco Arop and Emmanuel Wanyonyi in the 800m, Femke Bol in the 400mH and much more - including what's going on with Mary Moraa, and whether the women's 400m needs some spicing up with better match-ups.

There's a look at Caster Semenya's ongoing legal battle and a look ahead to the Novuna London Athletics Meeting, which will be without Keely Hodgkinson and Jakob Ingebrigtsen, but will see the return of Josh Kerr - plus another Lyles v Tebogo head-to-head.

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

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The incredible double world shot put champion Chase Jackson is our guest on this week’s podcast - and nothing is off the table. Chase has been in brilliant form this season and even told us to hold off releasing this until she broke the American record…well, she was right because since then, she’s gone and beaten her previous best twice! Chase talks about her success so far this year, inspiring girls to take up throwing disciplines, her personality on the field, British cuisine and much, much more! 

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

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📷 DIAMOND LEAGUE AG FOR DIAMOND LEAGUE AG

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The team are back together again to digest the best stories from the Prefontaine Classic at Hayward Field, which featured world records for Faith Kipyegon and Beatrice Chebet, and brilliant match-ups. Fresh (!) off a flight from India, Rich talks about his experience of commentating on the inaugural Neeraj Chopra Classic in Bangalore, and Chopra’s level of stardom in the country, plus there’s a look ahead to the Monaco Diamond League meeting - and Hannah explains why a chance encounter with former England cricketer Stuart Broad won't lead to a podcast collaboration any time soon...!

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

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