Yared Nuguse | Olympic bronze medallist

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Yared Nuguse discusses his Olympic journey and future aspirations in athletics.

The USA's Paris 2024 Olympic 1500m bronze medallist Yared Nuguse joins us on the podcast to talk about his hopes for the 2026 season, having already qualified for the World Athletics Road Running Championships in Copenhagen. The American talks about bouncing back from missing out on the World Championships in Tokyo, athletics' inclusive culture, what went wrong with Grand Slam Track and lots more. 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: Yared Nuguse

Topics covered

• Olympic athletics
• running
• sports culture
• personal journey
• sponsorship

Keywords

• Yared Nuguse
• Olympic bronze medallist
• running
• athletics
• World Championships

Sponsors

Maurten, SunGod

Mentioned in this episode

Places: USA

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