Send us a text Back from the trials to discuss all the drama, great performances and selection controversy. The weather may have been miserable but the likes of Dina, Charlie, Molly and Phoebe gave us plenty to smile about. There was heartbreak in the Steeple, elation in the 400mh and confusion in the men's middle distances. But NOTHING could overshadow Louie Hinchliffe's mullett. Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials. Thanks for listening and fo...
Jul 03, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 144
Send us a text Jaz is back from her daily Roma grind and we all get together to discuss our favourite moments from The Europeans as well as catch up on all the other news from the last couple of weeks including some dubious WA 'innovations' and Michael Johnson's Grand Slam Track venture. Expect some rants. Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials. Thanks for listening and follow us on Social Media at Twitter - (@BackstraightB) Insta - (@Backstraight...
Jun 20, 2024•58 min•Ep. 143
Send us a text A hugely successful European Champs comes to and end and after a slight travelling hitch we team up to discuss the last day or action at Rome ‘24. Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials. Thanks for listening and follow us on Social Media at Twitter - (@BackstraightB) Insta - (@BackstraightBoysPodcast).
Jun 14, 2024•24 min•Ep. 142
Send us a text It’s Gimbo’s World and we’re just living in it. The High Jump King does it again in another Golden Night for Italy. But before that we chat to 400h LEGEND and our new best track buddy KEVIN YOUNG who gives us all the lowdown on Karsten and Femke’s wins and makes some Olympic predix!!! Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials. Thanks for listening and follow us on Social Media at Twitter - (@BackstraightB) Insta - (@BackstraightBoysPod...
Jun 12, 2024•35 min•Ep. 141
Send us a text Our faves may not have won but it was still a fantastic night of action at Roma ‘24. Talking of faves were joined by Long Jump LEGEND Fiona May to explain Italy’s unprecedented success!!! Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials. Thanks for listening and follow us on Social Media at Twitter - (@BackstraightB) Insta - (@BackstraightBoysPodcast)....
Jun 11, 2024•28 min•Ep. 140
Send us a text Our little Backstraight Meet Up had a surprise special guest which along with 2 Golds for #TeamGB and another Irish left us with plenty to celebrate 🥳 Chris Brown-Sport joins us to reminisce on a particularly riotous night of athletics fandom in Roma!!! Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials. Thanks for listening and follow us on Social Media at Twitter - (@BackstraightB) Insta - (@BackstraightBoysPodcast)....
Jun 10, 2024•18 min•Ep. 139
Send us a text Another sensational night for Italy and Britain are on the medal table!!! We cover Day 2 of an already amazing Champs Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials. Thanks for listening and follow us on Social Media at Twitter - (@BackstraightB) Insta - (@BackstraightBoysPodcast).
Jun 09, 2024•28 min•Ep. 138
Send us a text It’s Day 1 of Rome ‘24 and were joined by Athletico legends Seamus Carey and Dan Peachey to discuss Irish elation, Italian celebrations and a gigantic rant about qualification. Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials. Thanks for listening and follow us on Social Media at Twitter - (@BackstraightB) Insta - (@BackstraightBoysPodcast)....
Jun 08, 2024•26 min•Ep. 137
Send us a text The season is in full swing and the first outdoor champs of the year is about to begin. Rome 2024 is likely to be a sensational feast of athletics and who better to get on to discuss it with us than Double World and Commonwealth Gold medallist, Olympics Silver medallist, long time World Record holder and FOUR TIME European 100h Champion Mr Colin Jackson!!!! We take it in turns to discuss all of our most anticipated events taking place at the European Athletics Championship which s...
Jun 05, 2024•1 hr 54 min•Ep. 136
Send us a text Backstraight's Back with a MAJOR announcement. We've been and gone and gone and bowed to the inevitable, so are super excited to announce Jaz Sawyers our official new Backstraight Girl :-) She'll be joining us across this Olympic summer to discuss EVERYTHING that's going on in T&F starting with the shockingly heavyweight British team for Rome 2024. Join us for a dose of Backstraight Boys (and Girl) WEEKLY from now on - We Promise!!! Please enjoy, please subscribe and please le...
May 29, 2024•57 min•Ep. 135
Send us a text With so much going on in the athletics world we thought we'd drop a quick, cheeky no frills catch up. The 'quick' bit got lost somewhere along the way as we discuss Marathons, Diamond Leagues, World Relays, World Records, Prize Money, Olympic Kits and more!!!! Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials. Thanks for listening and follow us on Social Media at Twitter - (@BackstraightB) Insta - (@BackstraightBoysPodcast)....
Apr 21, 2024•58 min•Season 1Ep. 134
Send us a text After a successful World Cross Country Champs in Belgrade we're joined by distance expert and commentating legend Tim Hutchings to discuss the future of the sport along with magic shoes, pacing lights and lots of other things that have got our goat in recent years!!! You can't say we don't give you what you want :-) Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials. Thanks for listening and follow us on Social Media at Twitter - (@Backstraight...
Apr 05, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 133
Send us a text It took us a while but we finally get round to discussing a fabulous final session of Indoor action. The last day of Glasgow24 had it all, shocks, surprises, more British medals and another World Record!!!! The likes of Devynne Charlton, Alexander Doom, Tara Davis - Woodhall, Femke Bol and Geordie Beamish made sure that the champs went out with a bang. Join us as we chat about all things Day 3 at the World Athletics Indoor Champs. Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us k...
Mar 09, 2024•48 min•Ep. 132
Send us a text After a packed night of Gold Medals and World Records we're joined by 2013 110h World Champ David Oliver to discuss all the action. British Champions Molly Caudery and Josh Kerr stole the headlines but Femke Bol's new World Record stole the show in another sensational night in Glasgow. Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials. Thanks for listening and follow us on Social Media at Twitter - (@BackstraightB) Insta - (@BackstraightBoysPo...
Mar 03, 2024•26 min•Ep. 131
Send us a text On the first day of the World Indoors we grab honorary Backstraight Girl Jazmin Sawyers for a quick chat about all the action including Gold Medals in the Shot Put, Pentathlon, women's HJ and men's 60m. Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials. Thanks for listening and follow us on Social Media at Twitter - (@BackstraightB) Insta - (@BackstraightBoysPodcast)....
Mar 02, 2024•16 min•Ep. 130
Send us a text We've been partying it up at the Rio Carnival for the last few weeks so introduce our background Backstraight Boy, Preet to catch us up on all the latest T&F gossip, before welcoming Scottish track legend Eilidh Child onto the pod to discuss all things Glasgow 2024. As we head up to Scotland (Bayo's first ever visit!!!) you can be busy listening and getting prepared for this weekend's feast of athletics action. Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you thi...
Feb 29, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 129
Send us a text After our astonishing success with a baton in Budapest we thought we'd dedicate this edition to all things relay and who better to tell us how they did it than the main man in charge Martyn Rooney, 4 time World medalist Laviai Nielsen and new kid on the block Rio Mitchum. Join us as they celebrate their success and let us know what's to come in 2024 with multiple chances across 4 different champs!!! Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our so...
Feb 10, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 128
Send us a text Did you think we'd forgotten about you??? We took our time but it was worth it cos we couldn't do the end of year review without the First Ladies of Backstraight. Jeanette Kwakye and OG Backstraight Girl Claire Thomas made room in their very busy broadcasting schedules to join us and discuss an action packed 2023. From Josh Kerr and KJT snatching Gold, Sha'carri coming good, Faith having a season for the ages and Budapest maybe being THE GOAT, this year had EVERYTHING. We sat down...
Dec 31, 2023•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 127
Send us a text Backstraight's Back with a Women's Pole Vault Special. We discuss everything that happened at the end of the track season before welcoming vaulting Queens Katie Moon and Molly Caudery on to tell us about their fantastic 2023 and then delve into some off track coaching dramas from UKA, DAS and the Ingebrigtsen brothers. UKA Statement - https://athleticsweekly.com/athletics-news/uka-technical-director-stephen-maguire-leaves-post-1039972494/ Dina Statement - https://www.bbc.co.uk/spo...
Oct 22, 2023•1 hr 33 min•Season 1Ep. 126
Send us a text We’re back for Part 2 of our Budapest Review. Hannah and Jenny are still with us and this time we’re celebrating the success of Team GB so there may be a few familiar names dropping in for a chat. Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials. Thanks for listening and follow us on Social Media at Twitter - (@BackstraightB) Insta - (@BackstraightBoysPodcast)....
Sep 16, 2023•50 min•Season 1Ep. 125
Send us a text We're really spoiling you track fans!!! Sorry the WC review is a bit late but it's certainly worth the wait. We're joined by some UK Middle Distance legends who know a thing or two about winning World Championship medals to discuss our favourite moments from a fabulous champs. 2009 800m Bronze medalist Jenny Meadows and 2011 1500m Silver medalist Hannah England bring all their broadcasting knowledge to our pod and we may be joined by a few extra special newly crowned champions as ...
Sep 08, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 124
Send us a text We had planned a big World Champs Review for you this week, but being all athleticsed out and with 2 Diamond Leagues and a London Half Marathon to watch, our very special guests kindly agreed to delay for a week. Instead we're bringing you this bonus edition LIVE from Budapest. We appeared with our good friends Chris and Kyle from Citius Mag on their YouTube Live show and instead of us interviewing the stars we get interviewed about all our adventures in Track and Field. It's a re...
Sep 03, 2023•46 min•Season 1Ep. 123
Send us a text Talk about ending on a high!!! Neeraj, Yaroslava, Jakob, Mary and the World Athletics President Sebastian Coe on our little podcast. An amazing end to an amazing champs with amazing guests Tamsyn Manou and Sebastian Coe joining us to discuss the final night of Budapest 2023. Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials. Thanks for listening and follow us on Social Media at Twitter - (@BackstraightB) Insta - (@BackstraightBoysPodcast)....
Aug 28, 2023•25 min•Season 1Ep. 122
Send us a text Full fledged Backstraight Boy Radzi joins us to revel ain another night of first class action. Champs kept on championing as the likes of Faith, Noah and Sha’Carri increased their Gold haul, Mondo and Chase retained their titles and Gong made history (We think). Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials. Thanks for listening and follow us on Social Media at Twitter - (@BackstraightB) Insta - (@BackstraightBoysPodcast)....
Aug 27, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 121
Send us a text On a night of sprints and jumps who better than sprint and jump legend Tianna Madison to join and discuss all the action. The field events left it until the very last rounds to claim their champions whilst the relay and 800m heats have us salivating for the finals. WR speculation in both 200m races may have been unfounded but they are definitely ‘under threat’. Roll on the rest of the season!!! Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials...
Aug 26, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 120
Send us a text Matt upgrades to Silver, Femke upgrades to Gold, Canada come out swinging and Jamaica rule the roost on Day 6 in Budapest. We’re joined by our new mixed zone besties Tiara from Real Talk With Tee and Citius Mag’s Katelyn Hutchison to once again rave about the night’s amazing action. Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials. Thanks for listening and follow us on Social Media at Twitter - (@BackstraightB) Insta - (@BackstraightBoysPodca...
Aug 24, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 119
Send us a text The Scottish/Norwegian War lasted between 1262 and 1266 but now, after nearly 800 years of peace, it seems that Jake and Josh are determined to reignite it. Another sensational night of athletics, especially for Edinburgh AC, as Josh Kerr replicated club Jake Wightman's exploits from Eugene 2022 with another 1500m Gold. Also on the track there were fantastic 400m/400h races and a double Gold in the wPV. Join us with special guest Jazmin Sawyers to relive all the excitement. Please...
Aug 24, 2023•24 min•Season 1Ep. 118
Send us a text Sorry we’re late but it took a very long time for a certain, exuberant Italian to make it to the mixed zone last night. Totally worth the wait obvs ♥️ Today we chat with special guest Kyle Merber from Citius Mag about Gianmarco Tamber’s full set, having faith in Faith Kipyegon and a shock win in the wDiscus. Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials. Thanks for listening and follow us on Social Media at Twitter - (@BackstraightB) Insta...
Aug 23, 2023•11 min•Season 1Ep. 117
Send us a text Jade's back to discuss another astonishing night of Athletics. Nuff Respect to Sha'carri Richardson for proving the doubters (Including us wrong). What a champs!!! Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials. Thanks for listening and follow us on Social Media at Twitter - (@BackstraightB) Insta - (@BackstraightBoysPodcast)....
Aug 21, 2023•20 min•Season 1Ep. 116
Send us a text A Golden night for the Brits as KJT becomes a double World Champion and Zharnel Hughes lives up to his potential with a sensational 100m Bronze medal. With the wLJ another highlight we invited Long Jump Queen Jade Johnson on to chat with us about a sweltering hot night if Track and Field. Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials. Thanks for listening and follow us on Social Media at Twitter - (@BackstraightB) Insta - (@BackstraightBoy...
Aug 20, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 115
