Hello! We have a special guest joining us on the pod for this episode, Eurosport's lead athletics presenter Radzi Chinyanganya!Radzi is here to help us understand how we broadcast a complex sport like Athletics and where we think the sport could improve going forward. We also have a deep dive on Sprint season 2, chat Grand Slam Track and basically …

There are no post-Paris blues (da ba dee) in our Trifle 65 episode!A real mis(h)-mas(h) of a pod for our 65th ep, covering the last few Diamond League events of the season, the World Juniors and the Paralympic Games.Plus, we'll have a news round up, road race chat and all the off season gossip! Who got married? Who retired? Is Rihanna a secret athl…

Well if ever a champs is worthy of our longest episode, it was this one! The greatest Olympics EVER?The gang reflect on every event from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, including that glorious gold for Keely Hodgkinson, a long-awaited Olympic medal for KJT and some pretty crazy 1500m finals!So pretend you're Sifan Hassan, spread this marathon edition…

Happy Athletico Christmas Eve!!It's time for our third Olympic preview pod! 8 years on from TrackCastic episode 1. Thank you for staying with us over the years, and thank you in advance for surviving this particular marathon episode!All of the gang are here (sort of) to share thoughts and predictions on ALL 48 EVENTS on the Track & Field program at…

Boy oh boy, do we have a bumper edition of TrackCastic for you!Actual legend CARL LEWIS is on the pod, along with his sprint protege Louie Hinchliffe. Plus, we have special guest Alicia (aka @LissOnTrack) joining us!We've just about recovered from the Paris Diamond League, Alicia was in the stadium to witness 2x World Records and a super-fast men's…

Hello, how are ya? TrackCastic celebrates the Irish success in Rome with our in-depth review of the 2024 European Athletics Championships!Just the 3 of us this time, but we can still chat :DCatch up on Chris's European Tour travels from Oslo to Stockholm for the Diamond Leagues, to Rome for the Euros.We discuss the raised platform of the jumps in R…

Hello! What a manic month of Athletics we've had as the outdoor season is well and truly underway.5 Diamond Leagues, World Relays, London Marathon, Gotzis, Night of the 10Ks and a whole host of other events already in this Olympic year - and it's only May!In our 60th episode, we discuss the strengths of the Irish team, Kevin Mayer's invite to Rome,…

Glasgow put on a show!!Molly Caudery & Josh Kerr got the home crowd on their feet. Femke Bol & Devynne Charlton set World Records. Belgium & New Zealand had a Champs to remember!Gabby has all the multi drama from the mixed zone, including interviews with Simon Ehammer and Ken Mullings. Ceri and Chris have all the gossip from stands, whilst Carol & …

Happy Champs Eve!Much like the British team, a small TrackCastic crew has assembled for another in-depth champs preview pod!Carol, Ceri and Chris chat through the ones to watch in all disciplines ahead of a home World Indoor Championships in Glasgow.It wouldn't be TrackCastic without a rant or two, so hear what we think about the proposed changes t…

We're back! It's Olympic year! So it's time for a fresh new look...We were too busy rigging the World Athletics Awards to record our annual Christmas special. So instead, we have our re-preview pod - a review of 2023, whilst also previewing 2024. Plus some outrageous predictions for the Athletics year ahead.There's also a new (potentially one-off) …

Best World Champs ever?! Budapest was the BudaBest! We've only just recovered from it 6 weeks later, to give you a proper debrief of all the action from the Hungarian capital.Gabby is still overjoyed at her pre-champs prediction coming true, Dave discusses all the distance running drama and Carol explains why she squealed in a bathroom.Plus, there'…

It's our 7th birthday! Which means only one thing, it's time for our major champs preview show!To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the World Athletics Championships, each of the TrackCastic crew has chosen a favourite memory from champs gone by. Plus, we've all picked an event we're really looking forward to in Budapest, as well as our usual outla…

Wavelights, bouncy spikes, boring outfits - will they be on your Hit List or $hit List?We're back! The TrackCastic crew discuss the season so far (which is basically Faith Kipyegon), debate the current state of athletics & chat to some of the stars on show at the London Athletics Meet.Highlights from this podcast episode include: waxing lyrical abo…

Jazz - 7 metres. Nafi - World Record. IstanBol 2023 was EPIC!!With half of the TrackCastic crew watching from the Atakoy Athletics Arena, we've got you covered with a review of a terrific champs in Turkey.The European Indoors never fails to deliver the drama, and sometimes it spills over into Portuguese social media spats! We re-live the chaos of K…

It's champs week! Istanbul 2023 European Indoor Championships get underway on Thursday 2nd March and the TrackCastic crew can't wait!We preview each event on the schedule, with so many head-to-heads, new names and wide open events to look forward to.Can Femke Bol set one, or even two, world records in Istanbul? Will the British distance women bring…

What. A. Year. It was raining so much Athletics in 2022 that we had to take shelter, but we're back for our 7th Christmas TrackCastic special!Our festive theme to review the 2022 season involves our very own Advent Calendar!6 Athleticos x 4 2022 Moments each = 24 doors to open.Behind each door will be either a...Christmas Cracker = funny moment of …

Can you believe we how great we look at 50?! Yep, TrackCastic celebrates 50 episodes with a review of all the goings on from the World Indoor Championships.In this episode...Gabby gives us all the Multis goss from Belgrade...Ceri reminisces about her favourite "kerfuffle"...Jamie elevates a few athletes to "WHAT A WOMAN" status...Carol doesn't hold…

It's Athletico Christmas Eve again!The World Indoor Championships are back for the first time since that snowy 2018 in Birmingham.Belgrade will hopefully deliver an epic weekend of Athletics, with 12 Tokyo Olympic champions in action.The TrackCastic team for this preview pod is almost as small as the French team heading out to Serbia! But we've sti…

O Come All Ye Faith-ful Kipyegon's - it's the TrackCastic Christmas Special!And on the 5th Day of Christmas, my true love (Berlino) gave to me - FIVE DEFINING MOMENTS!Yes, we couldn't afford 5 gold rings, so we've nabbed the idea from @ChrisBrownSport's podcast 'My Defining Moments' to review the 2021 season.Each of us chose a defining moment from …

Happy Athletico Christmas Eve!! Happy 5th Birthday to us!!It's a double celebration in this bumper special episode of TrackCastic and the whole gang are here to share the excitement.5 years ago TrackCastic was born! We began with a preview to the Rio 2016 Olympic Athletics, so it's only right we celebrate our birthday by doing the same!The 2020 Tok…

We're back!It's the kids in charge again, with Gabby enjoying life as a commentator & Jamie otherwise engaged (in the pub).The rest of the TrackCastic crew are here to discuss all the action from the outdoor season so far, the off-track gossip & to preview the GB Olympic trials!Dave has been all across the distance drama.Carol has kept her eye on t…

Ah wasn't it amazing? Four wonderful days of European Indoor Athletics. Toruń 2021 was everything we wanted it to be and more!With Jamie away negotiating prices for green lycra, the rest of the TrackCastic crew are here to guide you through every medal won in Toruń. We gave you a comprehensive preview, so it was only fair to do the same for the rev…

What's this? We actually have an Athletics champs this week?! That's right! The 2021 European Indoor Athletics Championships start tomorrow on Torun, Poland.And the kids are home alone again as Gabby and Jamie are away, so it's been left to Ceri, Carol, Chris and Dave to preview the upcoming champs! (Although Gabby did pop in for a lowdown on all t…