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Hannah England and Luke Gunn review the Novuna UK Athletics Championships 2026, discussing key performances and rivalries.

With Rich away on holiday, Hannah’s roped in husband, former British champion and full-time athletics coach Luke Gunn to review the British Championships in Birmingham, after Luke helped guide Sarah Calvert, Issy Boffey and Will Battershill to medals. Places for the European Championships were also up for grabs and there were plenty of talking points - from Keely Hodgkinson’s injury scare in the 400m (she has since said she left the Champs “healthy”) to the latest in the Amy Hunt v Dina Asher-Smith rivalry. 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: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podiumathletics.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Presented by athletics commentators Hannah England and Rich Newman, with guest contributor Jake Wightman. Please subscribe, follow and leave a review where…

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Hosts: Hannah England, Rich Newman

Guest: Luke Gunn

Topics covered

• athletics
• championships review
• sports news
• injury updates
• rivalries

Keywords

• athletics
• UK Championships
• European Championships
• Keely Hodgkinson
• rivalry
• Luke Gunn
• sports news

Sponsors

Maurten, SunGod

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Places: Birmingham

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