Backstraight Boys (& Girl) Athletics Chat
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.
Episodes
226 episodes
Birmingham BackDraft: THE RESULTS!!! (with Commonwealth Champion and European Silver medallist Jazmin Sawyers)
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 choice...
Birmingham 2026 Day 6 with Heike Drechsler
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 w...
Birmingham 2026 Day 5 with Jenny Meadows
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 ...
Birmingham 2026 Day 4 with Wilson Kipketer and Ellen van Langen
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 al...
Birmingham 2026 Day 3 with Roger Black
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 Zapl...
Birmingham 2026 Day 2 with Adam Gemili
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 discus...
Birmingham 2026 Day 1 with Ashleigh Nelson
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 hear...
The Birmingham BackDraft Edition - European Champs Special
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 g...
The Jazmin Sawyers, Commonwealth Champion Edition with Commonwealth Champion, Jazmin Sawyers
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 wi...
The Commonwealth Games: Glasgow 2026 Preview Edition
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 ...
The Mile In His Shoes Edition: London Diamond League Recap
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 tabl...
The Jazz On A Summer's Day Edition - London Athletics Meet Preview
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...
The Account of Monte Carlo Edition
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.&n...
The Amy, Amy, Amy Edition with Amy Hunt
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.
The Championship Hurdles Edition with Colin Jackson
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 who...
The Out Of Our League Edition with Jamie McGann
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 podca...
BackChat Episode 2
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...
The Run Rabat Run Edition
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 ...
The Throw Down Catch Up Edition
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 phenomen...
BackChat Episode 1
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 co...
BackChat - COMING SOON
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 q...
The Gemili Relay Edition
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 firs...
The MAJOR Marathon Edition
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...
