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Backstraight Boys (& Girl) Athletics Chat

by Backstraight Boys · English · Sport

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: IG/Threads @BackstraightBoysPodcast.

New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 1 hr
Latest: 1 Oct 2026
Language: English

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1 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

Back Chat - Episode 3

Send us Fan Mail Back Chat’s Back (Alright) And this time we take you down memory lane to reminisce about all the great athletes we’ve met on our adventures over the years. From Crystal Palace in the 80’s to the Euro Champs in 2026 few legends have managed to escape our eagle eyes. 1930’s High Jumpers, 1940’s Sprinters, 1950’s Milers and 1960’s Long Jumpers have all thrilled us in person. They’ll be household names, Olympic Champions and a surprisingly large amount of female thr...

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E224 · 18 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 3 min
The Ultimate Review Edition with Commonwealth Champion, European Silver Medalist and World Ultimate Championship Second Placer Jazmin Sawyers!!!!
Send us Fan Mail Jaz and Jody are holding the fort as Bayo gallivants around Europe but they all have plenty to say about a successful (If divisive) World Ultimates. There are interviews from the likes of Giambo, Josh, Amy and Kenny B as well as our reaction to a shock Nairobi announcement. But most importantly our Long Jump Queen can now have a rest :-) Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials. Thanks for listening and ...
E223 · 8 Sep 2026 · 39 min
The Ultimate Delay Edition
Send us Fan Mail We’re back after a well earned rest but if you think we’ve spent our time prepping for this episode you’re be sadly mistaken 😬 The Ultimate Champs are finally upon us but we have no idea what’s going through n so join as we muddle our way through a quick preview and discuss some spectacular late season perfs at the recent Diamond Leagues. We’ll be better prepared when we reach Buda where each night we’ll be dropping a pod with a legendary special guest after each session 🤞 ...
E222 · 20 Aug 2026 · 54 min
Birmingham BackDraft: THE RESULTS!!! (with Commonwealth Champion and European Silver medallist Jazmin Sawyers)
Send us Fan Mail The time has come to reveal the results of the most important competition in Birmingham. Who will be crowned the winner of the inaugural Backdraft prediction contest??? Did Bayo's cautious approach pay off? Were Jody's daring choices triumphant? Will Jaz's championship pedigree prevail? Tune in to find out who comes top of the medal table. Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials. Thanks for listening and follow us...
E221 · 16 Aug 2026 · 36 min
Birmingham 2026 Day 6 with Heike Drechsler
Send us Fan Mail After a fantastic Backstraight Meet Up we're a but worse for wear but did make it to the stadium for a jam packed evening (Some of which we don't really remember). Team GB won double relay Gold and the Irish fans had plenty to celebrate with HEP Gold for Kate O'Connor and 1500m Bronze for Andrew Coscoran. Andy Diaz Hernandez jumped the 4th best TJ or all time and Julien Weber clinched a last gasp JT title with a huge CR of 90.40 whilst Andreas Almgren's runaway 10 victo...
E220 · 15 Aug 2026 · 28 min
Birmingham 2026 Day 5 with Jenny Meadows
Send us Fan Mail The most anticipated event of the week did not disappoint as Audrey beat Keely in a nail biter. We're joined by coaching maestro and 800m star Jenny Meadows to give us all the insider info. Elsewhere it was a good night for Tokyo21 legends as Gimbo defied the odds to make it 4 Euro HJ Golds and Karsten swept to victory with a CR in the 400h. Britain gained another silver from Zharnel in the 200m amid a controversial win from Germany's Owen Ansah and Italy topped the med...
E219 · 14 Aug 2026 · 35 min
Birmingham 2026 Day 4 with Wilson Kipketer and Ellen van Langen
Send us Fan Mail As Ireland have a Golden night we speak to 800m royalty Wilson Kipketer and Ellen van Langen to discuss Mark English's majestic win and whether Femke can cause and upset in the women's race. On a great night of athletics (And our all time favourite medal podium), Amy did the sprint double, Rhasidat surprised herself with silver and Dina inched one medal closer to the top of the all time medal table. Kristjan Ceh stunned with the longest championship discus throw of all ...
E218 · 13 Aug 2026 · 24 min
Birmingham 2026 Day 3 with Roger Black
Send us Fan Mail The British Gold rush continues as MHS fulfills his destiny on his home track. We're joined by 5 time European Champion Roger Black to heap praise on the home town boy. Elsewhere Emily Newnham takes a stunning 400h silver behind Emma Zapletalova with a huge new PB and we ponder why the BBC is so obsessed with crowd sizes??? Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials. Thanks for listening and follow us on Social ...
E217 · 12 Aug 2026 · 23 min
Birmingham 2026 Day 2 with Adam Gemili
Send us Fan Mail More GB Gold as Romell & Jeremiah delight the home crowd with a 1 and 2 in the 100m. We're joined by 4 time European Gold medallist Adam Gemili to talk is through the race and tell us what he's up to in Birmingham 2026. Then we discuss the rest of the evenings session including record breaking Hammer Throws, rage inducing distance runs and veterans finally getting their due. Big shout out to Miltiadis Tentoglu making it 4 in a row and all our fingers crossed for MHS whose...
E216 · 11 Aug 2026 · 21 min
Birmingham 2026 Day 1 with Ashleigh Nelson
Send us Fan Mail We're joined by UK Sprint Queen Ashleigh Nelson as Team GB get off to a Golden start with Amy storming to victory in the 100m. Reigning champions Leonardo Fabbri and Jessica Schilder retained their Shot Put titles but there was heartbreak for Scott Lincoln as he came agonisingly 4th again. Overall the night belonged to Norway who claimed double Gold with a resurgent Jackob making it 7 in a row and a Karsten lead Mixed 4x4 Team triumphing just as they has predicted at th...
E215 · 8 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 1 min
The Birmingham BackDraft Edition - European Champs Special
Send us Fan Mail Join as for a chaotic episode of the as we assemble our all star teams to see who can best predict the winners at the upcoming European Athletics Championships. We’ll all be in Birmingham but now we have even more reason to get excited as we cheer on our very own draft picks from Karsten and Georgia to Jacob and …..Sofia Fiorini??? Who’s going to win the most important Gold Medal of the week?? Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what...
E214 · 5 Aug 2026 · 59 min
The Jazmin Sawyers, Commonwealth Champion Edition with Commonwealth Champion, Jazmin Sawyers
Send us Fan Mail She’s been and gone and done it 🤩 As Jody predicted at the beginning of the year our very own Backstraight Girl, Jaz is now the Commonwealth Long Jump Champion!!! She joins us fresh from Glasgow to tell us all about her fantastic win and we recap the high and lows from a mixed bag of a Games. 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 Insta - (@...
E213 · 25 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 2 min
The Commonwealth Games: Glasgow 2026 Preview Edition
Send us Fan Mail The gang's all here and so are the first major champs of the season!!! The Commonwealth Games have a long and storied history but where do they fit in the modern sporting landscape? We discuss our favourite CWG memories from over the years before taking a deep dive onto what we're most looking forward to over the next week. Some of the world biggest stars are in action and some of the fields are stacked but others.....not so much. Look forward to champs like Ethan Katzberg, ...
E212 · 21 Jul 2026 · 1 hr
The Mile In His Shoes Edition: London Diamond League Recap
Send us Fan Mail We report back from a jaw dropping London Diamond League where Josh Kerr's new Mile WR stole the show but he had plenty of competition on an afternoon of non stop action. We also discuss the Euro U18 in Rieti as Team GB top the medal table with a stunning set of performances from the young team. The are kids are indeed, all right. Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials. Thanks for listening and follow us on S...
E211 · 16 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 17 min
The Jazz On A Summer's Day Edition - London Athletics Meet Preview
Send us Fan Mail Jazz is Back!!! To dispel rumours of a dramatic Backstraight bust-up our favourite lady is joining us to preview all the action at this weekend's mouth watering London Athletics Meet. With a season's best of 6.80cm last week, Jaz is in fine form to take her place in a stacked LJ field, but every event is star studded with Mondo, Marileidy, Oblique, Julien, Emmanuel, Yaroslava and Karsten all on the start lists. The Brits are out in force as well the likes of Keely, Josh, Dina...
E210 · 11 Jul 2026 · 43 min
The Account of Monte Carlo Edition
Send us Fan Mail The Diamond League bangers keep on coming!!! We review and dazzling Monaco meeting with world leading performances from stars likes of Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Julien Alfred, Nina Kennedy, Miltiadis Tentoglu, Collen Kebinatshipi and more. The Brits were on fire as well. Kimani Jack and Jake Wightman both placing 2 with impressive showing. We also answer the question ‘What’s going on with Keely???’ 🤔 Answer - She’s fine 😎 Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let u...
E209 · 30 Jun 2026 · 37 min
The Amy, Amy, Amy Edition with Amy Hunt
Send us Fan Mail We're joined by Sprint Queen Amy Hunt to fill us in on her hectic year since Tokyo Silver and what her plans are for a jam packed 2026. 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 Insta - (@BackstraightBoysPodcast). Email - [email protected]
E208 · 23 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 14 min
The Championship Hurdles Edition with Colin Jackson
Send us Fan Mail After a hugely enjoyable UK Champs and Euro Trials we’re joined by hurdles legend and friend of the pod Colin Jackson to review all the action and get the lowdown on Ja’Kobe Tharp’s new 110h WR. With 7 championship records and a whole host of amazing performances Team GB looks to be in great position for the upcoming European Champs at the same stadium. We chat to some of the weekend biggest winners including Jake Wightman, Joel Clarke Khan, Marcia Sey and Succes...
E207 · 14 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 18 min
The Out Of Our League Edition with Jamie McGann
Send us Fan Mail With a very slight lull in the non stop Diamond League schedule we're joined by oldskool T&F bestie Jamie McGann from the TrackCastic podcast to relive all the amazing action from Rome, Stockholm and Oslo. There were historic wins and shocking losses, old timers proving they've still got it and literal children beating all comers. Audrey, Mondo, Cooper, Noah, Henriette, Rumesh all had us gasping but after 3 meets in a week we're as exhausted as they are!!! Please ...
S1 · E2 · 10 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 9 min
BackChat Episode 2
Send us Fan Mail We're Back for more Chat with our All Time Favourite Athletes (UK Edition - Part 2). As you can imagine our short little extra episode turned into an hour long celebration of all our 21st Century faves. From Golden doubles and involuntary roly polys to walking wonders and missing knighthoods we laugh our way through 25 years or Britain's best!!! Hope you enjoy it as much as we did. Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our soc...
E206 · 3 Jun 2026 · 43 min
The Run Rabat Run Edition
Send us Fan Mail Bayo snuck away from his Spanish holiday to make a surprise trip to Morocco and his first ever non European Diamond League meeting in Rabat. It was definitely worth the wait as the top performance came thick and extremely fast. The Brits did well with the likes of Max Burgin and Matt Hudson Smith shining whilst local legend Soufiane El Bakkali did what he always does and ended the meeting in style. But it wasn't all fun, there was work to be done so you can enjoys inter...
E205 · 25 May 2026 · 1 hr 2 min
The Throw Down Catch Up Edition
Send us Fan Mail The season is in full swing with Diamond Leagues and Gold Meets coming thick and fast. We catch up with all the best performances of the year including two historic throws from Jessica Schilder in the Shot Putt and teenage phenomenon Yan Ziyi in the Javelin. There’s lots more on the way with the Hypo-Meeting in Götzis and Rabat DL this weekend Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on all our socials. Thanks for liste...
S1 · E1 · 18 May 2026 · 39 min
BackChat Episode 1
Send us Fan Mail The very first BackChat is here, and inevitably we're chatting about our All Time Favourite Athletes (UK Edition - Part 1). From relays masters, local butchers and teenage prodigies turns out we had WAY too much to discuss so this only covers our first two decades of obsession. More coming your way very soon!!! Send in your questions for future episodes to [email protected] or DM us at BackstraightBoysPodcast on Instagram Please enjoy, please su...
10 May 2026 · 2 min
BackChat - COMING SOON
Send us Fan Mail They’ll be no more long waits for your Backstraight fix as every week the boys will now be answering your questions on BackChat your weekly Backstraight Bonus. Ask anything you like and you may win a prize!!! Either DM your questions to Instagram or email us on [email protected]. #ComingSoon 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 ...
E204 · 5 May 2026 · 1 hr 10 min
The Gemili Relay Edition
Send us Fan Mail This week we’re joined by British sprint legend Adam Gemili to discuss an electrifying World Relays from Gaborone, Botswana. There was lots at stake for the African nation as WA took this meet to the continent for the very let first, time but they exceeded all expectations with a slick and thrilling weekend of relay action. The timing couldn’t have been better with the home team as current Men’s 4x400m champs and they didn’t disappoint. We chat about our high an...
E203 · 26 Apr 2026 · 41 min
The MAJOR Marathon Edition
Send us Fan Mail We're back and still in shock following Sabastian Sawe's jaw dropping World Records at The London Marathon. Not only was he the first man to break 2 hours, but 3 men went under the previous WR and Tigst Assefa broke the women's only WR as well. What a race!!!! We also catch up on all the news from the last few weeks covering transfers of allegiance, Gout Gout, Marathon Champs and MORE. Please enjoy, please subscribe and please let us know what you think on a...
E202 · 26 Mar 2026 · 1 hr 29 min
The Sensational Sunday: Toruń Review Edition
Send us Fan Mail The GB Golden Girls and ever dependable Mr Kerr did Team GB proud at the World Indoors. And so did Bayo. With Jody is sunning himself in Argentina Bayo had to interview the stars in Toruń solo for the very first time. Luckily he was up to the job and on this review episode you’ll hear from Keely, Molly, Georgia, Josh, Tom, Chase, Luvo and MORE!!! We also discuss the single most exciting event in British Athletics since Roger Bannister’s 4 minute mile!!! Like...
E201 · 18 Mar 2026 · 1 hr 18 min
The Toruń World Indoor Preview with Jo Mersh
Send us Fan Mail Two in a week!!! 🤯 Bayo’s off to Toruń for the World Indoors so we’ve invited our OG track bestie and 2004 WI 800m bronze medalist Jo Mersh to join us all the way from New Zealand. We cover all the events that we’re most looking forward this week in Poland including discussion about Mondo, Keely, Yulimar 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 Med...
E200 · 13 Mar 2026 · 1 hr 28 min
200th Episode - The Irish Athletics Special Edition
Send us Fan Mail It's been a while. Huge apologies for our two month absence but we're back with a banger. For our 200th Episode we are celebrating the long awaited arrival of our new passports with an Irish Athletics Special. We're determined to be the best new fans possible so have invited Irish athletics luminaries from all generations to give us tips. King of the Irish Athleticos Seamus Carey is here to explain the huge surge in fans appearing on our TV screen over the last few years. 200...
E199 · 14 Jan 2026 · 1 hr 28 min
The Dan Brown Sport 2026 Preview Edition with Dan Peachey and Chris Brown Sport
Send us Fan Mail A new year is upon us and we meet up with some of our Athletico besties to take a look at what’s coming up in 2026. With Champs galore, exciting events and favourite athletes to cheer on we chose our highlight of the upcoming season and make some random prediction for a jam packed T&F calendar. 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 Insta - (@B...

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Publisher: Backstraight Boys
Language: English
Category: Sport
New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 1 hr
Latest episode: 1 Oct 2026
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