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.

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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.

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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.

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This episode of the Athletics Weekly podcast is brought to you in association with the Keely Klassic and features exclusive interviews with big names who are at the heart of new events arriving on the calendar.

Host Euan Crumley talks to Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson about the motivation behind the Keely Klassic meeting in Birmingham, why athletics needs modernising and the psychology behind tackling a world record.

Meanwhile, multiple Olympic and world champion sprinter Michael Johnson is the driving force behind the Grand Slam Track project that is making headlines before it has even begun. He discusses his ambitions for the concept and why he feels it will make a real difference to athletics.

Tickets for the Keely Klassic are available here:

https://www.axs.com/uk/events/788935/keely-klassic-tickets?skin=utilitabirmingham&_gcl_au=1.1.1220039246.1736775256&_gl=1%2A1mzliln%2A_gcl_au%2AMTIyMDAzOTI0Ni4xNzM2Nzc1MjU2%2A_ga%2AMjkxNzA1NDkwLjE3MzY3NzUyNTY.%2A_ga_HSCKF7Z6Z1%2AMTczODY2NDQ1OS4zLjAuMTczODY2NDQ1OS42MC4wLjA.

More information about Grand Slam Track can be found here:

https://www.grandslamtrack.com/

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