In this episode Michael Christie and Chris Michael host Australian sprinting sensation and former world's fastest EVER schoolboy... JAKE HALE!

This episode covers:

• What Jack was doing in Perth during the recording (Feb 2024)
• How Jack got into athletics
• The Hale Mania Era - when he broke the world record for fastest EVER schoolboy over 100m
• The Jack Hale v Trae Williams rilvary
• Competing at both 2018 and 2022 Commonwealth Games
• The future of the Commonwealth Games
• His current point in his career
• Looking towards the Olympics
• What his training week looks like
• His deep motivations to dedicate so much of his life to sprinting
• Q&A from the @trackchats instagram
• Improvements he would like to see in the future of Australian athletics

Enjoy listening!

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• !EXCLUSIVE CONTENT! - Sasha's first time publicly talking about his decision to compete for France over Australia, and the backlash he received from it
• Sasha's development in athletics and other sports as a youth
• Sasha's pole vault career
• 1st person perspective on breaking WORLD RECORDS
• The transition into an open age group hurdler
• BIG CALL - Decathlon is the hardest event in track & field
• Experience on training with decathlong WORLD RECORD HOLDER Kevin Mayer
• Overcoming a back injury picked up through pole vaukt
• Going from a multi event athlete to focusing only on 110m hurdles

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• About Gus
• Gus' trip to Perth
• Athletics in WA vs VIC
• Switching from 400m to 800m
• Melbourne - the sporting capital of Australia
• Peter Bol's doping accusations
• Build up to WU20s championships
• WU20s Championships
• Different characters on the AUS team
• Q&A from the @trackchats instagram
• Call with Kopp (2nd edition)
• Improvements for athletics in AUS

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