Athletics Weekly Podcast

Host Euan Crumley is joined by Wendy Sly and running shoe guru Paul Freary to discuss the end of the track and field season, the changing face of events, the autumn road racing scene and how the evolution of footwear is making a huge impact on the sport. Our special guest for this episode is Georgia Bell, who chats about the rapid progress she has made since returning to athletics, becoming an Olympic and European 1500m medallist, as well as the British record-holder.

Host Euan Crumley is joined by AW Managing Director and Olympic silver medallist Wendy Sly, as well as AW Head of Digital Jason Henderson, to review what was a brilliant 2024 Games and look back at the best moments from Paris. One of those came from Great Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson, who struck gold in the women’s 800m. The podcast is also joined by one of her coaches, Jenny Meadows, as well as three of her training partners – Erin Wallace, Charlie Hobson and Ava Lloyd – to find out more about the environment that helped to build a champion. The season isn’t over yet and the team also look forward to the Paralympics, plus the final events of this memorable track and field summer.

The AW team have made it to the finish line in Paris - this is the final episode in this special limited series covering this year's Olympic Games. Euan and Jason are at the marathon finish line where Sifan Hassan has won gold. They also cover the rest of the finals that took place last night including the women's 1500m and men's 800m finals.Team GB are taking him 10 medals in the athletics including one gold. Euan and Jason share their favourite moments from the games.

On the penultimate day of athletics action in Paris Euan and Jason dissect the going-ons of the last 24hrs including a grueling men's marathon which took place this morning. The women's heptathlon had an action packed final event - the 800m with Kararina Johnson Thomson securing a much sought after silver. The men's 400m hurdles final also took place as did the women's 400m and 10000m finals as well as the 4x100m relay finals which featured some drama. Euan and Jason were also delighted to hear shot put champion Yemisi Ogunleye regal the audience with song in the post-event press conference. They look forward to tonight's action and the final event of the athletics on Sunday morning - the women's marathon.

Euan and Jason are just about hanging in there on day 9 of the athetlics action in Paris. They start by discussing the new world record from Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone in the women's 400m. They also cover the men's 110m hurdles, the women's long jump and they discuss Noah Lyle's issues in the 200m final. They also talk about the men's javelin final and the impact this sport has on the athlete's bodies. They look forward to a plethora of events taking place this evening with some key team GB appearances ahead and the men's marathon tomorrow morning.

Euan Crumley and Jason Henderson to discuss another brilliant night in Paris and another American victory on the track. Matt Hudson-Smith of Great Britain broke the European record but was denied victory by Quincy Hall’s rapid finish. The men’s 3000m steeplechase was overshadowed by a bad fall from Lamecha Girma, while the field events provided more talking points thanks to a surprise Jamaican winner in the men’s shot put. Euan and Jason also preview the women’s 400m hurdles final – a race not to be missed!

Euan Crumley and Jason Henderson return to dissect another unpredictable night in Paris. First up they discuss the shock result in the men's 1500m which saw Josh Kerr take silver behind the USA's Cole Hocker. They look at what's next for the great rivals Kerr and Ingebrigtsen. They mull over how the atmosphere in the noise in the stadium is impacting the runners and their performances. The women's 200m final went off with much less drama with Gabby Thomas taking gold. The men's long jump was won by Miltiadis Tentoglou. Euan and Jason discuss proposed changes to the sport that aren't sitting well with the athletes. They look forward to the men's 400m final featuring GB's Matthew Hudson-Smith.

The AW team continue their reporting from the Olympics in Paris and it's been another very exciting night at the Stade de France. The team cover last night's results including Keely Hodgkinson taking gold in the 800m in superb style and Armand (Mondo) Duplantis taking gold in the pole vault and broke his own world record once again on his final jump. They also discuss Valarie Allman's success in the discus and the women's 5000m final.The team look forward to the upcoming women's 200m and the men's 1500m finals.