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The episode previews Josh Kerr's attempt to break the mile world record at the London Athletics Meet and discusses potential record-breaking performances in the 800m.

Hannah and Rich look ahead to the Saturday's Diamond League meeting - the London Athletics Meet - where Josh Kerr will conclude 'Project 222' to try and break Hicham El Guerouj 's mile world record of 3:43.13 that has stood since 1999 - but could Yared Nuguse spoil the party? We look at whether two more records could go in the 800m, with Keely Hodgkinson having been talked up for the women's mark - set in 1983 - but coming into this on the back of an injury in training a few weeks ago, and Emmanuel Wanyonyi a contender in the men's race - at the stadium where David Rudisha smashed the record at London 2012. There's plenty more to look forward to as well - and we'll be back for a podlet at the end of the meet on Saturday. Podium is proud to be sponsored by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Maurten⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - use Podium2026 at checkout for a one-off 15% discount until the end of 2026 - we thank Maurten so much for their support! This episode is supported by SunGod - get 20% off a first purchase at sungod.co with the code PODIUMATHLETICS.  Check out our new website…

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Hosts: Hannah England, Rich Newman

Guest: Jake Wightman

Topics covered

• mile world record
• athletics
• Diamond League
• running
• sports news

Keywords

• Josh Kerr
• mile world record
• Hicham El Guerouj
• Diamond League
• Keely Hodgkinson

Sponsors

Maurten, SunGod

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Project 222, London 2012

Places: London, London Athletics Meet

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