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Jake Wightman joins the hosts to preview the Paris Diamond League and discuss recent Olympic grants and the UK heatwave.

Great Britain’s 2022 world 1500m champion Jake Wightman is back on to help Hannah and Rich preview Sunday’s Paris Diamond League, where the recently crowned 800m British champion will be competing. There’s also reaction to the International Olympic Committee’s decision to hand out grants of $10,000 to every Olympian, Jake’s performance at the British Championships, and how we’re all dealing with the UK’s unprecedented June heatwave! 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 possible - it really helps us grow the podcast, and follow us on…

People in this episode

Hosts: Hannah England, Rich Newman

Guest: Jake Wightman

Topics covered

• Paris Diamond League
• Olympic grants
• heatwave
• athletics
• Jake Wightman

Keywords

• Jake Wightman
• Paris Diamond League
• Olympic grants
• British Championships
• heatwave

Sponsors

Maurten, SunGod

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: International Olympic Committee

Places: Paris, UK

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