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Backstraight Boys (& Girl) Athletics Chat

Backstraight Boys

Join Jody, Bayo, and Guests each fortnight (Or so) as they discuss athletics" hot topics, cover live events, and host stars of the sport in longer interview specials. Hit "subscribe", give us a rating, and join in the conversation on Twitter: @BackstraightB and IG: @BackstraightBoysPodcast .Podcast imagery: Mark Shearman @athleticsimages

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All Episodes

61:11

Tokyo Day 8 and 9: The Weekend Update Edition

Backstraight Boys (& Girl) Athletics Chat ·

2025/09/27

Send us a text Better late than never, right??? Sorry for the delay but we’ve been having some Japanese adventures before finally dropping our update of the last weekend. There was lots of drama over the last two days including relay mishaps, surprise shared medals and lots and lots of rain ☔️ We’ll be back very soon with a full Champs review and hopefully some special guests. Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials. Thanks ...

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78:50

Tokyo 2025 Preview Edition with Sally Gunnell and...

Backstraight Boys (& Girl) Athletics Chat ·

2025/09/10

Send us a text For our World Championships preview edition we're joined by Hurdles Royalty Sally Gunnell and Kevin Young 👑 Both Sally and Kevin were crowned the 1992 Olympic and 1993 World 400mh Champions, setting WR's along the way and with Tokyo 2025 only days away we all get deep into what we're looking forward to most (There's a lot of hurdles chat). We also reminisce about their legendary careers as well as discover that we've all known each other for a VERY long time!!! Please en...

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49:14

The All Hail Queen Merlene Edition

Backstraight Boys (& Girl) Athletics Chat ·

2025/09/03

Send us a text The DL Final action took second place to our epic quest to meet The Queen, Merlene Ottey 👑 Well mission accomplished, so whilst we quickly review the best perfs on the track we also fill you in on all our old skool ‘networking’ at a fabulous Weltaklasse. 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).

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39:41

The Track, Field and Life Edition with Colin Jackson

Backstraight Boys (& Girl) Athletics Chat ·

2025/08/13

Send us a text We promised you a special guest and they don’t come any more special than hurdles LEGEND Colin Jackson here to tell us all about his new venture the Track, Field & Life app. It’s a one stop shop for athletics nerds everywhere with results, rankings, bios and more. We also chat about the trials results from both sides of the Atlantic and make a plans for a right royal meet up in Zurich 🤞🏾 Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on ...

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87:53

The Transatlantic Trials Edition

Backstraight Boys (& Girl) Athletics Chat ·

2025/08/06

Send us a text The gang’s all here as FIVE times British Long Jump Champion Jazmin Sawyers returns to tell us all about her fantastic weekend at a sensational UK trials. We discuss all the action, the marvellous new surroundings and the potential headaches for the selectors. Over in America the news was even more shocking and that’s was just the fights!!! The USATF champs never disappoint and this year was no exception with some jaw dropping performances and heartbreaking results....

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83:53

The Hometown Glory: London Diamond League Edition

Backstraight Boys (& Girl) Athletics Chat ·

2025/07/24

Send us a text The boys have got LOADS to talk about after a jam packed London Diamond League with great performances all round, especially from the Brits. They’ve joined by some familiar names from the Mixed Zone after the event. There’s also discussion of a high go quality Euro U23’s and some great news about the 2029 World 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 T...

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23:46

The Backstraight Boys vs Swiss Track Check Live from...

Backstraight Boys (& Girl) Athletics Chat ·

2025/06/10

Send us a text Instead of our usual round up edition of our trip to Götzis we have something a little different for you this week. Here is an interview that we did straight after the meet with the guys from The Swiss Track Check podcast. They’re basically the Swiss Backstraight Boys and when they spotted us in the crowd, invited us on to their pod to discuss our amazing weekend in the mountains. Normal service will resume next week with a big guest!!! Hope you enjoy. Please...

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59:46

The Götzis Anniversary Special Edition with Katarina...

Backstraight Boys (& Girl) Athletics Chat ·

2025/05/26

Send us a text To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Hypo-Meeting in Götzis we’ve managed to bag some spectacular guests this week. Double World Champion and Olympic Silver Medalist Katarina Johnson Thompson and World and European Indoor Champ Sander Skotheim join us to chat about their experiences competing in the world’s premier multi event competition. We’ll we heading a to the Austrian mountains as well to enjoy 2 days of action, meet some legends and most of all eat LOTS of appl...

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72:18

The Amber Anning Daley Grand Slam Edition

Backstraight Boys (& Girl) Athletics Chat ·

2025/04/11

Send us a text We’re joined by newly minted World Indoor 400m champ and long time friend of the pod Amber Anning to chat about her sensational last few months. Afterwards the we discuss last weekend inaugural Grand Slam Track meet and Decathlon Legend Daley Thompson’s entrance into the Big Brother house. 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) I...

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67:52

The Jumping Mad Edition with Jacob Fincham-Dukes +...

Backstraight Boys (& Girl) Athletics Chat ·

2025/02/22

Send us a text Four time Olympic Champ Carl Lewis called it an 'April Fools joke' and double champ Militiatis Tentoglu said it was 'dog shit' and threatened to retire from the event, but World Athletics seem determined to implement their controversial new Long Jump innovations. Obviously this is a topic very close to the podcast's heart so we gathered together an all star team of LJ luminaries to have a heated (If one sided debate). Jaz is back along 🥳 along with UK #1 Jacob Fincham - D...

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50:08

The ‘Know Your History’: MOWA Special Edition

Backstraight Boys (& Girl) Athletics Chat ·

2025/02/12

Send us a text This week we’re joined by a whole host of legendary guests to celebrate MOWA (The Museum of World Athletics). Last summer we were invited (Gatecrashed!) a gathering of dozens of Olympic and World champions who had joined Seb Coe to celebrate Paavo Nurmi’s 5 Olympic Gold medals from Paris 1924 being lent to MOWA for display at Paris 2024!!! The Museum of World Athletics is a travelling and online collection of some of the most iconic memorabilia from the sports long and st...

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108:43

Backstraight End of Year Review 2024 with Special...

Backstraight Boys (& Girl) Athletics Chat ·

2024/12/30

Send us a textThe old gang are all here as we're joined by OG Backstraight Girl, Claire Thomas to round up the whole of 2024!!!We has 3 Major Champs and a whole host of stunning performances to look back on so we choose our highs and lows from an amazing year of T&F.Special shout outs to Jazmine Sawyers and Preet Majithia for all of their help this year and of course all our special guests.See ya in 2025 :-) Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our s...

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42:23

The Ultimate Roundup Edition

Backstraight Boys (& Girl) Athletics Chat ·

2024/12/17

Send us a textThe year is coming to an end so we get together for a quick catch up on all of the recent news for the world of T&FFrom the Euro Cross Country to new announcements from WA and British Athletics as well as updates on the Ultimate Championships and talk of a potential Treadmill Champs. We pack in a lot before our End of Year Review, coming soon!!! Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials. Thanks for listening and follo...

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93:54

The Backtastic Athlete of the Year Edition

Backstraight Boys (& Girl) Athletics Chat ·

2024/11/28

Send us a textWith World Athletics about to announce there Athletes and Performances of the Year awards (And inevitably get it wrong) we’ve called in some Athletico royalty to make the definitive decisions for 2024!!!We’re joined by Chris Brown Sport and Jamie McGann from the Trackastic podcast to hand out the most prestigious prizes of the year. 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...

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52:54

The Jodie Williams Retirement: Career Celebration...

Backstraight Boys (& Girl) Athletics Chat ·

2024/11/22

Send us a textTen years ago, long before the podcast, 20 year old sprint sensation Jodie Williams did an interview for our old blog Jody and Bayo's Athletics Spectacular. It was at the very beginning of her senior career and she could not have started it off in an more auspicious way, ending the season with both European and Commonwealth medals.But all good things must come to and end, so it seems fitting that she should sit down with us again, a decade later, as a she announces her retiremen...

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39:34

The Sprint Season 2: Olympic Boogaloo Edition

Backstraight Boys (& Girl) Athletics Chat ·

2024/11/15

Send us a textSprint Season 2 is here and we have MANY thoughts!!! Noah, Gabby and Shericka are back, but Season 1 faves Sha’Carri and SAFP are missing, as is the entire continent of Africa, whilst newcomers like Julian Alfred and Kushan’s Thompson prove that the biggest personalities don’t necessarily make the most compelling characters. The boys dig into the good and bad, discussing what might be required for a potential Season 3. Please enjoy, please subscribe and please le...

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30:28

The Bianca Williams Edition

Backstraight Boys (& Girl) Athletics Chat ·

2024/11/05

Send us a textNothing season has brought me more pleasure than to be able to say 'Olympic Silver Medallist, Bianca Williams'.The sprint star joins us to chat about her 'first' Olympic Games, her plans for the future and that pesky 100m PB. 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).

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28:16

The Charlie Dobson Edition

Backstraight Boys (& Girl) Athletics Chat ·

2024/10/26

Send us a textA few tech probs behind the scenes meant that we've been MIA for the last few weeks. Instead of our planned podcast here's a very special interview with Backstraight fave Charlie Dobson that we're dropping for you early!!!The gang will all be back very soon with some other famous names and a full round up of all that's been happening in the world of T&F. Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials. Thanks for listening and follow u...

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62:47

The Olympic Trombelese Edition

Backstraight Boys (& Girl) Athletics Chat ·

2024/08/15

Send us a Text Message.The gang's back together for the first time in AGES and all Olympicsed out. We have a catch up about Paris 2024 (Apart from the Athletics) and have differing takeaways from the experience. Was it really 'So Olympic' enough?We discuss everything from bad breakin' and sorry cermonies to a triumphant Team GB and an unavoidable dance anthem.We'll be back very soon with a full Olympic review with a very special guest!!! Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know w...

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39:16

The Au Revoir Paris Edition with Morgan Lake

Backstraight Boys (& Girl) Athletics Chat ·

2024/08/07

Send us a Text Message.We're heading back to London but not before catching up with two days of amazing Olympic competish at The Stade de France. We were there to witness Team GB heroes Keely and Josh do the business and Mondo set a WR to cap things off.Our usual BSG is still on BBC duty so we got her bestie Morgan Lake to deputise and we're all still convinced that Dina got a Bronze even if the photo finish says differently. Congrats to Tiffany Townsend. Please enjoy, please subscribe and pl...

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