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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Ahead of the Neeraj Chopra Classic, Rich caught up with an all-time javelin great - Germany’s Rio 2016 Olympic champion Thomas Rohler, who discussed how the event is now truly global, his career and his hopes for the future.

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

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Rich is in India to commentate on the Neeraj Chopra Classic - but we couldn't let him only do that! In the first of our bonus episodes from Bangalore, Kenya's 2015 world javelin champion Julius Yego talks about Chopra's stardom, his own rise and legacy in the sport, his future - and how he's far from done yet!

Keep an eye on the podcast feed for more from India.

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Great Britain's 2022 world 1500m champion Jake Wightman joins the Podium team to discuss his epic victory at Hayward Field almost three years ago, ahead of his return to Eugene for the Prefontaine Classic this weekend - the next stop on the Diamond League circuit.

Jake also talks about injury setbacks and the fight he's put in to overcome them, ending his coaching relationship with dad Geoff, and much more.

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In a packed episode, the former meet director at the Prefontaine Classic, Tom Jordan, joins us to discuss the man it's named after - Steve Pretontaine - and his legacy 50 years since his death aged just 24. Tom also talks about why the event in Eugene is one of the highlights on the Diamond League calendar.

Hannah and Rich preview the Pre Classic and review Faith Kipyegon's Breaking4 attempt, the European Athletics Team Championships, Jamaican trails and ask: is Sifan Hassan gearing up for another bonkers schedule, after signing up for the Sydney Marathon less than two weeks before the World Athletics Championships begin in Tokyo.

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The brilliant Larissa Iapichino is our third athlete guest, after the Italian won her first major title at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn earlier this year. Coming from sporting parents in two-time Olympic silver medallist Fiona May and former pole vaulting dad (and now coach) Gianni, Larissa talks about the pressure she faced coming into athletics, her passion for the Olympics, how a 4th place finish at Paris 2024 has fuelled her ambitions going forward, and much more.

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This week, Kenya’s world record holder and 3-time Olympic gold medallist Faith Kipyegon will attempt to make history in Paris by becoming the first woman to break the four minute mile - but is it physically achievable? Dr Mark Burnley, senior lecturer in exercise physiology at Loughborough University, breaks it down, while Commonwealth 10,000m champion Eilish McColgan and 2022 world 1500m champion Jake Wightman give their opinions.

Fresh from returning from commentary in Paris, Hannah looks back at a Diamond League meeting to remember, we preview the European Athletics Team Championships and what’s going on with Turkey’s recruitment drive?

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Double Olympic and four-time world triple jump champion Christian Taylor joins Hannah England, Rich Newman and Katie Smith to discuss incredible career, how he strived to break Jonathan Edwards' world record, the future of field events, the Olympic Games and much more.

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