Athletics Weekly launches new podcast

National World says the launch episode is led by the magazine's team including host, Athletics Weekly Editorial Director Euan Crumley, joined by Managing Director and Olympic medallist Wendy Sly as well as Head of Digital Jason Henderson.

There is also a special guest appearance from 2004 double Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes, who gives her thoughts on the chances of this year’s 800m gold medal favourite Keely Hodgkinson.

The publisher says the team pinpoint some of the major events to come in the Olympic schedule and the athletes likely to stand out, but there is also a journey back in time by 40 years to LA 1984, the edition that many people see as having created the Olympics as we now know them. It was part of a golden age for athletics and Wendy relives what it was like behind the scenes and on the Coliseum track during a landmark Games for female athletes. Special shorter Olympics editions are also going live daily.

Day one of athletics came from under the atmospheric shadow of the Eiffel Tower in a somewhat stormy Paris.

Euan said: “At Athletics Weekly, for decades we have been telling the brilliant stories behind the athletes on the pages of our print magazine and more recently on athleticsweekly.com.

“It has built up a depth of knowledge and trust with our audience that we hope to enhance further with the Athletics Weekly podcast.

“This is a great, new way to showcase our work and highlight what we do, as well as shining more light on the sport we love and the personalities at the heart of it.”

Jason said: "What better time to launch an athletics podcast than during an Olympic Games? Tune in to hear our thoughts on the action plus exclusive snippets of news and gossip from our interviews with athletes."

The Athletics Weekly podcast, available across providers, is edited by podcast producer Kelly Crichton. You can subscribe via your favourite podcast providers and ensure you don't miss any. Listen via Podfollow.