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I am currently in Rome just 26 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:38,840 ahead of their own Diamond League. 27 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:43,040 The press conferences just finished so I'll give you a 28 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:48,160 little update from there. But I came this weekend from 29 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:55,280 Gutsis, which is the hyper meeting where the best multi 30 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:57,240 event competition of the year takes place. 31 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:00,040 And that was a lot of fun. It's one of my favorite meetings 32 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,120 to go to. So I got to see a couple of 33 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:04,680 really special, special things happen. 34 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:08,520 In particular, there was Simone E Hammer of Switzerland, who who 35 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:13,960 won the men's competition. And he the the greatest thing 36 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:17,120 about that was he jumped the world lead of 851 in the long 37 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:19,240 jump in the middle of his decathlon. 38 00:02:19,920 --> 00:02:23,920 So that was wildly impressive. And he he got a massive new 39 00:02:23,920 --> 00:02:26,120 personal best to win the competition. 40 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:31,720 He also scored the highest first day points total in history, but 41 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:34,720 that obviously never meant that he was going to be breaking 42 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:39,520 world record or anything. But he, you know, his weak 43 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:42,920 events are on day two things like the discus etcetera in the 44 00:02:42,920 --> 00:02:45,600 1500s. So it was never going to be 45 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:48,680 anything close to a world record, but but it, it did show 46 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:50,760 how impressive that that first day performance really was. 47 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:56,560 And Leon Neugebau, the the the world champion from Tokyo was 48 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:59,560 right behind him. And and that was a a relatively 49 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:02,040 close competition as well, which kept it really interesting. 50 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:08,360 And on the women's side and it Kaylin jumped 693, I believe it 51 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:10,800 was slightly windy in in a long jump as well. 52 00:03:10,920 --> 00:03:13,480 So another Swiss athlete. So yeah. 53 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:15,280 And that that helped her to the win. 54 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:18,040 Well, the indoor champion, Sophie Doctor was I think in 3rd 55 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:20,040 and Mr. Waggle of the Netherlands was in second. 56 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:23,400 But it was a really great weekend of of competition. 57 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:25,320 It's a beautiful venue in the Swiss mountains. 58 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:27,760 So if you ever want to go to a meeting, highly recommended. 59 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:32,720 But yeah, before we dive into all the Diamond League action, 60 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:38,600 just a couple of news updates. The first one is the high school 61 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:46,320 DQ drama has been resolved. The runner that was disqualified 62 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:51,720 for putting his hand in the air separating while finishing 63 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:57,520 crossing the finish line was reinstated into that race and 64 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:02,800 his high school Mallard Creek were awarded title of Co 65 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:06,440 champions for their particular division of the state 66 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:11,880 championship. So that's you know, that's the 67 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:15,000 right answer as far as it goes, I think, but but good that 68 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:19,519 content sends to at least some extent has has now prevailed on 69 00:04:19,519 --> 00:04:23,480 that front. And then our regular Jacob 70 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:29,600 Ingerbritsen health update has landed and his agent, speaking 71 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:33,520 to Norwegian media, has announced that he is still 72 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:38,600 looking to race either at the Monaco Diamond League, which is 73 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:48,280 on July, I think the 10th, or at the Hungarian Gulai Istvan 74 00:04:48,280 --> 00:04:52,040 Memorial, which takes place on July 14th, or London Diamond 75 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:57,360 League, which is on July 18th. What's interesting there is 76 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:02,920 Monaco does not have a 1500. It has a 3K/5K, which I imagine 77 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:05,600 if Yakim was running, they would pick whatever he wants to run. 78 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:11,000 And then the Gulai Istvan Memorial has both a 1500 and a 79 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,000 3K, so he could possibly pick. The London Diamond League only 80 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:18,600 has the mile which Josh Kerr is running to try and target the 81 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:21,600 mile world record. So it will be quite interesting 82 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:24,440 if he does end up lining up for any of those races. 83 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:29,760 But yeah, we do very much hope that he will be in shape to run 84 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:34,520 and that gives him essentially a month of racing before the 85 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:39,360 European Championships start in and the second week of August, 86 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:43,400 where I imagine he is targeting, defending his European titles. 87 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:50,720 So moving on to Rabat, which was the Diamond League action from 88 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:55,680 last weekend, feels like a long time ago now from Sunday. 89 00:05:55,800 --> 00:06:01,720 And I suppose there were a few really big takeaways here, I 90 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:03,040 think. Let's quickly just go through 91 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:06,880 the races. Women's 100 meters Team Clayton 92 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:11,440 won in 1085, but to be honest, the field wasn't that strong 93 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:14,160 behind us. So it's kind of hard to know 94 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:16,400 what that means and wider scheme of things. 95 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:20,240 But an impressive 123 from the Jamaicans, including Livania 96 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:22,320 Williams, who's kind of a new name probably to most people 97 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:26,960 running 1095 In the women's 200 meters, we were probably 98 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:29,880 expecting Shawnie Miller Weibo to take the win in the absence 99 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:32,080 of Sharika Jackson, who was originally scheduled to compete 100 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:35,560 but scratched. It did seem quite a lot with the 101 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:39,320 two China Donnelly 2 hundreds and then this, this one as well. 102 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:43,680 But shiny Miller Weber ended up in fourth place in 2242 and the 103 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:48,480 race was won by Cambria Sturgis in 2221. 104 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:54,840 The women's 4 hurdles. Emma Zaplettalova, last year's 105 00:06:55,360 --> 00:07:02,800 world bronze medalist, set a 52.82 personal best. 106 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:07,400 So that's very impressive. And we're going to have a rerun 107 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:12,160 with with some of these athletes in Rome as well tomorrow, 108 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:14,760 Thursday. So it'll be interesting to see 109 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:17,080 who can establish themselves at the top of the pecking order in 110 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:21,440 the absence of of Fem Kabul and Sidney McLaughlin Lavrainy on 111 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:27,280 the women's 800 meters. And I think the way I've got the 112 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:29,880 results listed, it's all the women's races 1st and then then 113 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:33,960 we'll talk about men. So women's 800 meters, Audrey, 114 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:39,960 where I took the win in 15656. But I think what is most 115 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:46,120 impressive about this is that, you know, you had 2024 world 116 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:48,800 indoor champion, Olympic silver medalist Ziggy Takuma and you 117 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:52,960 had Tokyo world champion Lilian Odira in this race and she 118 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:54,160 basically just ran away from them now. 119 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:57,080 And, and they tactically may have gotten this slightly wrong 120 00:07:57,080 --> 00:08:00,320 and they may have been a bit closer had they taken closer 121 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:05,840 order earlier on in the race. They kind of sat back and you 122 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:11,720 know, they they did and they did try and kind of close the gap in 123 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:15,360 on the second lap, but it did feel like it was just going to 124 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:18,200 be too much work for them to to catch Audrey Wearow. 125 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:21,560 And she was just able to pull away from from the field with a 126 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:24,760 clear margin of nearly .7 seconds for the win. 127 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:29,560 But other things to note from this Saocha to Clecker opened 128 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:33,400 her season in 8th 15818, but I think that is possibly her 129 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:36,360 fastest kind of 800 outdoor open. 130 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:37,640 I say that. So that's that's a really good 131 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:39,840 good sign this time of year for her. 132 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:43,159 And you know, she she was well involved in the race and just 133 00:08:43,159 --> 00:08:45,640 kind of got passed by a few people on the home straight. 134 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:49,720 But and, and unfortunately the race didn't quite go to plan for 135 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:52,400 Addie Wiley, who who faded badly after being up there in the 136 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:56,880 first lap and he still ran too flat, but she was more than a a 137 00:08:56,920 --> 00:09:00,040 second and a half behind the 11th place finisher, finisher 138 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:03,240 *** sketchy. So not the best of outings for 139 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:07,640 her unfortunately. And then if we head over to the 140 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:15,760 men's races, Kenny Bednarek 1969 / 200 meters beating that's even 141 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:22,640 Tobogo 1996. And I think there the storyline 142 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:28,560 there is, you know, that's a very impressive early season 143 00:09:28,560 --> 00:09:32,360 time for for Kenny Bednarek We know he was hot last season as 144 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:35,280 well in Grand Slam running really good fast times. 145 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:40,680 Obviously, unfortunately, he he just has to be able to produce 146 00:09:40,680 --> 00:09:45,200 that his best times on the day of the final and and he often 147 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:49,000 does of a global final. But but it's whether a Tobago or 148 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:52,400 Lyles, it feels like they potentially have the greater 149 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:56,160 upside, whereas Kenny can consistently run these 19 six's. 150 00:09:57,600 --> 00:09:58,840 They they kind of had the greater upside. 151 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:00,480 So so it's seen how that pans out. 152 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:05,520 And well, bronze medallist Brian Laval faded to last place in 153 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:08,360 2044. So, you know, he he went out 154 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:09,560 quite well. But but yeah, not really sure 155 00:10:09,560 --> 00:10:11,800 what what happened there. So hope he's all right. 156 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:16,640 The men's 400 meters had the return of Olympic champion 157 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:18,680 Quincy Hall, who hadn't raced in about a year. 158 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:24,920 But it was a season opener. And we know even in the Olympic 159 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:26,600 year, Quincy didn't open up all that quick. 160 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:31,600 But I think this was, you know, 45, five. 161 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:37,680 Last place in this race was not really involved in the race at 162 00:10:37,680 --> 00:10:41,280 any point. We just have to give him some 163 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:43,600 time to see if he can sort of slowly race back into form. 164 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:46,240 I guess he was, you know, choosing to race the Diamond 165 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:50,480 League because, you know, why not race the down League if 166 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:52,520 you're Olympic champion, I assume you get a decent 167 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:55,120 appearance fee. But the win was taken by to 168 00:10:55,120 --> 00:11:01,320 Jacory Patterson 44.11 Matt Hudson Smith 4425 S and the top 169 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:05,760 four guys in this race are running it back in Stockholm on 170 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:13,040 Sunday with the addition of Rye Benjamin into that field. 171 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:16,520 So so that promises to be quite interesting. 172 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:20,520 And also Musalasam Conga and Dream Richards. 173 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:23,160 So what makes that race really interesting actually in 174 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:27,400 Stockholm preview that while we're here is that Roy Benjamin 175 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:31,600 has the second slowest personal best in that field other than 176 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:33,040 the Swedish athlete called Engstrom. 177 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:38,920 He's the only athlete in that field that doesn't have a sub 44 178 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:41,440 second personal best other than Carl Angstrom. 179 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:45,480 So Madison Smith, Carrie Mcrae's a Keating NA Corey Patterson, 180 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:46,840 Dream Richards Mazzola sound Congress. 181 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:52,080 So actually quite a tasty 400 meter race in Stockholm next 182 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:57,680 week. Men's 800 meters really great 183 00:11:57,680 --> 00:12:02,240 run by G BS Max Bergen. He's always been a front runner, 184 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:06,000 but he took the front at the right time after pacemaker 185 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:09,320 dropped off. And just what was interesting 186 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:12,800 was 1, Yoni was in kind of third place. 187 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:16,880 He was he was reasonably well positioned, but then between 188 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:21,600 3:50 and 400 to go, he just seemed to fall asleep and Max 189 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:22,920 Burgin got like 20 meters on him. 190 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:27,000 And then it was just too much for him to make up in, in, in 191 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:28,880 that last lap when he started to come. 192 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:32,120 And yeah, I, I didn't really understand the the tactics 193 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:33,760 there. And it would have been 194 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:38,080 interesting. It would have been interesting 195 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:42,160 to kind of see how that would, you know, how that would pan 196 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:43,360 out, how you've been more engaged. 197 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:49,080 I mean, Donovan Brasier won 44 O3 for 5th place. 198 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:52,480 That's definitely a significant improvement from his performance 199 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:56,960 at Track Fest. And he goes again in Stockholm 200 00:12:56,960 --> 00:13:00,360 as well. So that promises to be 201 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:01,920 interesting to see how that that pans out. 202 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:04,960 He also actually goes again in Rome tomorrow. 203 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:07,320 So he's got a quite a heavy schedule. 204 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:12,480 Sorry, he sorry, no, he is not in Brazier is not in Stockholm. 205 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:19,400 He's only in Rome. But the men's 1500 was perhaps 206 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:26,120 the most fun race he won by Yarid Nagus. 207 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:30,360 He really took it out from the front and world champion Isaac 208 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:34,080 Nader launched his kind of signature kick, but wasn't 209 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:39,000 really there in terms of in terms of finishing that off. 210 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:43,520 So was thought he just about caught him, kind of looked 211 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:45,480 behind him. With about 20 minutes to go did 212 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:50,040 Isaac Nader and Yared was away and Yared just about got the 213 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:52,480 win. So yeah, and and as Dean Habs 214 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:55,680 just behind all 330 points. Still not the world championship 215 00:13:55,680 --> 00:14:01,840 standards, but yeah, I I think just just really interesting 216 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:03,560 race. Really good win for Yarid. 217 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:07,840 Good to see him back to winning ways and we just want to see if 218 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:11,160 we can consistently do that. Beating the world champion is is 219 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:14,840 a good way to go. I mean, it had it was not a good 220 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:20,960 meet for world champions in in the sense that we had Tokyo 221 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:23,960 world champions. Wan Yunyi was beaten, Isaac 222 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:27,520 Nader was beaten. Yeah. 223 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:31,520 And and George Beamish was also beaten in the Super chase. 224 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:35,280 So not not a great great meet for the distance world 225 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:39,080 champions. Out with the old and in with the 226 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:42,280 new. 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But she kind of showed herself 282 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:14,760 to the class of field, took it from the front fairly early on, 283 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:16,560 was just sitting behind the pace to make the whole way. 284 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:20,920 And I want to highlight the athlete that came second, 285 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:28,400 Haragoyani Kalai, who I think is only 17 years old. 286 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:33,960 And she so that, so that that's a very impressive result from 287 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:36,000 her. It was APB 35928. 288 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:41,360 Yeah, 17 years old, born 29th of May 2009. 289 00:18:41,360 --> 00:18:49,360 So she was 16 and a day, 16 in two days as of this as of this 290 00:18:49,360 --> 00:18:52,720 meet. So very impressive. 291 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:56,960 Or 17 in two days. So yeah, very impressive run 292 00:18:56,960 --> 00:19:01,520 from her. And then Laura Muir get to see 293 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:03,360 her running 4 flat for 5th place. 294 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:07,320 Kind of feels like closer to the Laura Muir of old just to see 295 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:08,280 her up there involved in the race. 296 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:12,480 And she didn't quite have the legs in the last 50, but but 297 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:15,520 really good returned to to to Donnelly racing for her. 298 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:20,760 And then there was 100 meter hurdles, which was very 299 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:23,640 competitive and really good, but was not in the TV window 300 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:25,440 bizarrely. So we didn't actually get to see 301 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:29,400 it. But Toby Amazon won in 12/28 and 302 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:34,200 Devon Charlton ran 1240, being pretty consistent there and also 303 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:38,080 being world champion to Taji Kambunji, who who came into came 304 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:43,520 in 6th. And then, yeah, I think that 305 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:46,800 those were. But yeah, maybe let's let's 306 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:49,920 finish off by talking about the men's steeplechase in a little 307 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:54,240 more detail. Soufiane El Bakkali takes the 308 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:59,360 win 75725. And he did what he needed to do, 309 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:03,960 you know, was at the front for the whole race and went out hard 310 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:05,560 and wanted to put on a show for the home crowd. 311 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:11,440 And he absolutely did that. And I think the the biggest, you 312 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:14,040 know. Talking Point is perhaps the 2nd 313 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:20,640 place run by Frederick Rupert of Germany who ran 757.8 to break 314 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:24,040 the European record. First European man under 8 315 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:28,760 minutes, which is a feat that's been a long time coming. 316 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:33,960 And I think, you know, having run 8 O one last year and run 317 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:37,600 really well on the circuit, he didn't quite manage to put it 318 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:40,040 together at the World Championships, but but he's kind 319 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:41,920 of continuing to show that that he's a real threat. 320 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:44,360 And the way he raced this was very clever. 321 00:20:44,360 --> 00:20:48,160 He was much further back for the first sort of 1500, you know, 322 00:20:48,360 --> 00:20:52,120 12-15 hundred meters of the race and worked his way up through 323 00:20:52,120 --> 00:20:57,880 the field slowly catching up to the three leaders, Simon Koresh, 324 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:02,680 Edmund Sarah and and Albert Carly as race went on and and 325 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:06,240 then being able to to pass Koresh and Serum and even 326 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:08,800 potentially giving out with Carly a scare. 327 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:12,400 So that was that was a really well judged race from him and 328 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:17,880 very impressive PB from Matthew Wilkinson 8/09/56 in 5th place 329 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:19,400 there. So so that's really good one for 330 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:22,240 him coming back off the injury he suffered that forced him to 331 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:24,480 to withdraw from Tokyo last last year. 332 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:29,200 So and then George Beamish was all the way down in 13th place 333 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:35,200 with 816.8 and he didn't really get involved in the race, to be 334 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:36,360 honest. He was seeing more or less 335 00:21:36,360 --> 00:21:39,480 towards the back. So even his kick, he kicked out, 336 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:41,960 kicked a couple of guys in in his group, but but didn't really 337 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:46,840 get any further than that. So yeah, maybe, you know, and, 338 00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:49,200 and for him, he's been sick and injured and this not the other. 339 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:53,480 So it maybe is just a sign that it's early in the season for 340 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:54,720 him. He he still needs to sort of 341 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:57,680 build his fitness a little bit more and and hopefully he'll be 342 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:00,080 be more competitive as the season goes on. 343 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:02,680 But obviously this is a bit of an offseason for the steeple in 344 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:05,080 the sense common games is probably the biggest thing for 345 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:08,000 him there. And to be honest, yeah, common 346 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,040 games, he'll he'll probably only have the the Kenyans to contend 347 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:14,080 with there. So yeah, that was Rabat. 348 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:18,880 But that then takes us on perhaps too quickly. 349 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:22,800 I'm not going to spend too long previewing Rome because it might 350 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:24,640 get a little out of date quite quickly. 351 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:29,720 I think the women's 400 meter hurdles I mentioned before, we 352 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:35,480 have the likes of a, well, we have Emma's Athletalova and Anna 353 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:37,800 Cockrell want to get back, but we also have joining them in 354 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:40,640 this race, Jasmine Jones and Dalalah Muhammed. 355 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:43,240 So Dalilah Muhammad very obviously not retired. 356 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,880 So we look forward to seeing what she can do this season. 357 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:51,120 Unfortunately, no Gian Marco Tanberi in the men's high jump 358 00:22:51,120 --> 00:22:53,600 that's worth mentioning. He just announced that he's been 359 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:56,840 struggling with with some more injuries, but he's still hoping 360 00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:58,960 to try and make it back in time for the European Championships. 361 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:04,880 The men's 800 meters, Donovan Brasier, Bryce Hoppel, Nathan 362 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:09,240 Green at the US interest here, 1500 meter world champion Nader 363 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:15,520 is dropping down Gabrielle to our Peyton Craig Mark of 364 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:17,720 Australia, Mark English of Ireland. 365 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:21,200 So it's not it isn't a Diamond League event, which is perhaps 366 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:26,080 why you haven't seen some of the the bigger guys in in this one, 367 00:23:26,360 --> 00:23:28,680 but promises to be an interesting race nonetheless. 368 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:34,400 The women's 100 hurdles probably less interesting. 369 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:38,760 Some of the other races we've had probably headlined by Daniel 370 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:41,720 Williams of Jamaica and the investor of the Netherlands, 371 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:45,920 Pierce Christofsko, Poland and Kenny Harrison, Tania Marshall 372 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:52,080 from the USA. The women's 5K promises to be 373 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:56,440 quite interesting, Nadia Batikletti obviously seeing what 374 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:59,280 she can do. Top Ethiopians are Fereni 375 00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:04,160 Highly, Medina Acer and we have an intriguing 5000 meter debut 376 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:09,120 for Sarah Healey, who trained in the M11 track club alongside 377 00:24:09,120 --> 00:24:10,800 Keely Hodgkinson and George Hunter Bell. 378 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,160 But she's always been one that's probably slightly skewed towards 379 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:17,320 the the longer distances being European indoor champion back in 380 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:23,160 2025 and then Winifred Yarby, the steeplechase Olympic 381 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:29,760 champion also is in that race. We then have the men's won 10 382 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:34,040 hurdles, no call out attention this one, but Trey Cunningham, 383 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:37,640 Jamal Britt, who's obviously been consistently running 13 O 7 384 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:42,200 Orlando Bennett, who was the bronze silver medalist last year 385 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:47,280 in Tokyo. So yeah, I mean, the hurdles are 386 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:51,440 always always a bit fun. But then maybe we we come to the 387 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:55,400 kind of the big races of the meet in Rome. 388 00:24:56,000 --> 00:25:01,080 And most intriguing storyline is perhaps the women's 400 meters 389 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:06,360 where don't necessarily have Paulino or NASA but or Sydney, 390 00:25:06,360 --> 00:25:10,120 of course. But it does have Keely 391 00:25:10,120 --> 00:25:14,120 Hodgkinson who is running 400 and open 4. 392 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:19,360 Her PB is 5161, so by far the slowest in the field. 393 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:26,800 And she's, you know, but she is up against the likes of Italia 394 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:30,960 Bakuyechika, Alia Butler, well indoor champion Lourdes Gloria 395 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:34,880 Manuel, Henriette Jaeger and and the sort of recently returned to 396 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:39,120 form Nikisha Price. So should be a really good race. 397 00:25:39,120 --> 00:25:43,280 And yeah, we, we look forward to seeing what what Keely can do. 398 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:45,360 I've got an interview with her that's up on 6 flag YouTube but 399 00:25:45,360 --> 00:25:46,760 I think there's a couple of clips as well. 400 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:51,880 All right, Keely, we're here ahead of the Road Diamond 401 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:53,440 League. You're running the 400, 402 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:57,040 obviously last time I spoke to you, it was just after a wild 403 00:25:57,040 --> 00:26:00,000 relay, after a wild indoors where you just run the relay and 404 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:03,720 you said, I told them give me the button and I'll give you a 405 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:06,320 50 point. So this time you're not gonna. 406 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:08,360 Have a bad 49 now. Exactly. 407 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:09,400 So, yeah. So. 408 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:11,240 So yeah. What are you expecting? 409 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:13,920 Now you won't have a battle in your hand this time, but. 410 00:26:14,360 --> 00:26:16,920 Yeah, something, I'll tell you what, something I see people 411 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:19,720 talk about the relays and it just some magic happens 412 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:21,080 sometimes and people run really quick. 413 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:23,480 So I definitely felt that on that day and I was really 414 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:27,360 excited to get the opportunity to do that tomorrow, Bro, I, 415 00:26:27,360 --> 00:26:30,000 I've got high hopes. I'm really excited to be like be 416 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:31,760 here and like have the opportunity to raise some of 417 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:34,280 these world class girls in the 400. 418 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:37,320 So I'm really happy about that. And I've been able to put 419 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:40,240 together like a really good 400 block, which I've not been able 420 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:43,440 to do so far in my career just because of injuries and timings. 421 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:46,120 And it's getting the training mix between the 8 and the four 422 00:26:46,120 --> 00:26:47,600 right? Because I am running 800 next 423 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:51,080 week in Stockholm. But I'm happy with where I'm at. 424 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:53,920 I'm excited and hopefully it'll be a really good race and pull 425 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:55,480 out some fast times. Do you know what lane you've 426 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:57,720 got? Or I do, but I don't know if I I 427 00:26:57,720 --> 00:26:59,320 can reveal that yet. But you're not. 428 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:01,560 I think the question is you're not in lane one or two, right? 429 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:05,920 I'm not. That that's the main question, 430 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:09,280 yeah. But yeah, in terms of and then 431 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:12,360 looking at how we see you're back-to-back like 3 days until 432 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:14,920 sort of the800.com. So that's kind of feels like a 433 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:17,600 bit like a round kind of practice or is it because it's 434 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:21,160 quite a tight turn around? Yeah, I haven't really done 435 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:24,760 anything like that before, but I think honestly, Coach, just 436 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:26,560 that's what we're doing. So I was like, yeah, okay, cool. 437 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:30,520 But I think the 400 is hopefully gonna help my 800 in a few days. 438 00:27:31,120 --> 00:27:33,520 And yeah, it's also challenging backpack days, but I train 439 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:36,880 pretty much every single day, so it doesn't really make too much 440 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:40,440 difference to me. But I'm excited to to get going. 441 00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:41,560 It's been a while since we've raced. 442 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:43,000 I've been training this whole time. 443 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:44,800 So yeah, it's nice to. This is a fun part. 444 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:47,000 Yeah. And obviously looking ahead 445 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:49,760 briefly for the rest of the season, you've got obviously 446 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:53,480 there's so much happening this summer, but obviously the first 447 00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:56,320 part, the Diamond League part of the season, you've got these 38 448 00:27:56,320 --> 00:28:00,880 hundreds that you've been announced for and obviously 449 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:02,800 everyone's talking about the world record. 450 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:04,240 Is there kind of a, everything happens? 451 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:08,600 Is there kind of a in your mind, is it just you're racing each 452 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:10,520 race and obviously you know, the wave light's going to be set 453 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:11,800 quick. That's always going to be the 454 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:12,800 case. It doesn't really matter. 455 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:15,240 The pace is going to go out quick and then you'll just see 456 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:17,080 what comes of it. Or are you kind of consciously 457 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:20,360 saying this is exactly what I need to do to run XYZ time at 458 00:28:20,360 --> 00:28:22,000 each meet to sort of build up to that? 459 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:24,240 I think it's probably a mix of the two. 460 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:28,080 I think there's like obviously strategy and like if we were to 461 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:30,760 look at the world record splits, like those are quick and it's 462 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:33,600 not something a little .1 here and a .2 there. 463 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:36,320 They all add up. One minute you could be on 153 464 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:40,320 and it could end up 154. But yeah, I also think I don't 465 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:42,200 want to stress myself too much on that. 466 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:43,840 Like if if it happens, it happens. 467 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:46,600 I want myself in the best position to always run fast. 468 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:48,760 I think that's always been my aim these past couple of years 469 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:50,280 to be consistent around those fast times. 470 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:54,160 So yeah, we'll see what we got in Stockholm on Sunday and then 471 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:56,320 we'll go back into another block, go out back to pre 472 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:58,120 another fast track. And I'm just really excited for 473 00:28:58,200 --> 00:28:59,640 what's ahead. I think there's some hopefully 474 00:28:59,880 --> 00:29:01,760 good times coming. Brilliant. 475 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:05,200 And obviously journalists will probably ask you every question 476 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:08,200 under the sun over the amount of media you've been doing over the 477 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:09,560 last few months. So whatever. 478 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:13,600 If, what is a question that you'd want me to ask you that 479 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:20,360 you can then answer? Oh, the question I want you to 480 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:23,840 ask me. It's difficult 1 you know I will 481 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:28,160 think of 1 though question I'd want you to ask me. 482 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:36,960 I would actually think more on like the event itself and like 483 00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:38,760 what it's like actually training for that event. 484 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:41,280 I think check and build. There's so many different events 485 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:43,960 and there's so many different ways to train and there's no 486 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:46,160 right or wrong way. There's like plenty of ways to 487 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:47,160 skin a cat. And I think it's really 488 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:49,800 interesting how you'd have multiple people run similar 489 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:51,240 times and have different ways to get there. 490 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:52,960 So I just think that's always an interesting question, but. 491 00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:55,240 Yeah. And and I guess yeah, you, you 492 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:58,200 train like a four 8 runner where obviously Georgia, for example, 493 00:29:58,200 --> 00:29:59,160 in your same. Training Group. 494 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:01,680 We're the same. AN8158. 15 runner, right? 495 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:04,400 And so I guess that is quite interesting 'cause I guess when 496 00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:06,640 you are doing those faster sessions, you're probably 497 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:09,320 leading her out and when you're doing the endurance sessions, 498 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:10,480 she's leaving you out. And yeah. 499 00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:12,760 So does it work together or do you kind of have to separate 500 00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:15,040 quite a lot? It's kind of a mix of me in 501 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:16,720 Georgia. I think last year she didn't, 502 00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:20,040 she focused a bit more on the 8th, so we did a bit more 503 00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:21,280 overlapping. But she doesn't live in 504 00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:23,320 Manchester. Somewhere at home I don't have 505 00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:25,480 her to train with. But when we're on camp, yeah, we 506 00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:28,440 we definitely overlap at least once a week on an 800 session. 507 00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:31,000 Sometimes I'll even ask her to come and do the 800 session with 508 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:34,360 me because I want the help and the challenge of having someone 509 00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:36,680 so good in training. So that's always really fun. 510 00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:39,160 I love training with Georgia. I've always said that it's a 511 00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:41,840 blessing that we get on really well and I have someone who's as 512 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:44,000 good as her to train with. So yeah, it's good fun. 513 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:45,800 All right. Well, thanks a lot. 514 00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:47,000 Very excited to see what you're doing. 515 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:50,720 Enjoy the rest of the summer. And then in the women's two 516 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:53,560 hundreds is probably the blockbuster match up of the meet 517 00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:56,280 Julien Alfred versus Melissa Jefferson Wooden over 200 518 00:30:56,280 --> 00:30:57,720 meters. We didn't really get to see 519 00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:04,360 this, see this meet, see this match up because obviously 520 00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:08,520 Julien pulled out of the two hundreds in Tokyo and she's run 521 00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:11,600 a 2186 already this season in Texas. 522 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:15,440 And yeah, it should be interesting. 523 00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:18,160 Obviously also in the race and Navy battle, of course, it's 524 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:19,840 Dominique 200. Where else would a Navy battle 525 00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:23,280 be? And then Dean Rasher Smith and 526 00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:27,000 world silver medallist Amy Hunt in this one. 527 00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:31,200 All right here with Melissa Jackson Wooden ahead of the 528 00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:33,880 Roman Diamond League 200m season opener. 529 00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:37,840 Obviously amazing season last. Year. 530 00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:41,400 Nice long break, how you feeling coming in to 2026? 531 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:44,360 I feel good, you know, I feel like I've had enough time away 532 00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:47,280 from the track, so it's time to get on the track and, you know, 533 00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:49,880 get out here and start competing and having some fun, but I'm 534 00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:51,440 excited. Yeah. 535 00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:54,160 And how has how has it all been? Because obviously you've had a 536 00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:57,520 lot of off track opportunities and obviously does get very busy 537 00:31:57,520 --> 00:31:59,640 when you when you do something special as what you did last 538 00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:01,920 year. But also you've got to keep 539 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:03,560 looking into training because you've got to come back this 540 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:05,120 year. So how has all that been and 541 00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:06,760 balancing all of that? Yeah, it's been good. 542 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:09,120 You know, there's been a lot of opportunities that I have been 543 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:12,280 fortunate enough to, you know, take advantage of and, you know, 544 00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:14,320 getting to meet people that I never thought I'd meet. 545 00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:16,680 But then also too, you know, there's been a lot of things 546 00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:18,560 that I've had to turn down because of training. 547 00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:22,840 So, you know, just reminding myself like, you have to have 548 00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:24,560 that balance. You know, you have to be able to 549 00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:27,200 say like know when it's okay to say yes, I can do this and know 550 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:30,520 when in I know when it's OK to say no, I can't, right. 551 00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:32,400 You know, just making no sacrifices as well. 552 00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:35,240 And the one thing that I have learned is that in this sport, 553 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:37,320 the higher you want to go, the more sacrifices you have to 554 00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:39,240 make. So those are things that I have 555 00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:42,800 been, you know, just just my little silent battles and things 556 00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:45,240 like that. But, you know, overall, I'm just 557 00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:48,040 ready to, you know, get the season started and get it going 558 00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:50,840 and, you know, just see, just see what 2026 has in story. 559 00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:54,200 Yeah, and and obviously for you, it's a bit of a different 560 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:55,920 season. I guess there's no globe. 561 00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:58,200 Well, there's the World Ultimate Championships, which obviously 562 00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:01,040 you are going to participate in, but how are you looking at this 563 00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:02,200 season? Because obviously you're now 564 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:04,920 also at the top, you're the one people are shooting at, whereas 565 00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:08,160 last year, obviously that was your kind of first year coming 566 00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:11,040 up to the top. So how do you how do you take 567 00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:13,480 the mindset going into this season and do you feel any 568 00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:15,960 pressure? Yeah, I mean, obviously. 569 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:18,080 Yes. Like if I was to say no, I 570 00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:19,640 didn't feel the pressure I would be lying in. 571 00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:20,880 That. People should not lie. 572 00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:25,040 That's not, but no, I feel like for me, you know, I said it 573 00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:28,840 earlier today, but even though I'm not physically chasing a 574 00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:32,560 person, I'm still I'm still chasing times, I'm still chasing 575 00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:34,360 accomplishments and things like that. 576 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:37,360 So, you know, the that's the one thing that has kind of 577 00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:40,040 alleviated some of that pressure, you know, and the 578 00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:43,240 other thing is too, like, I've been so used to, you know, doing 579 00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:44,480 the hunting and things like that. 580 00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:47,240 But to now be the hunted, you know, it's definitely been kind 581 00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:50,040 of like a pivot, you know, just trying to navigate that and, you 582 00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:53,760 know, not to get too caught up in wanting to prove other people 583 00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:57,320 wrong because like, oh, well, you know, someone may say, Oh, 584 00:33:57,320 --> 00:34:00,120 well, like, oh, you only did this because so and so wasn't 585 00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:02,080 racing last year or so was always coming back from whatever 586 00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:03,960 the case may be that that's not the case. 587 00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:07,800 And I don't have to prove myself say anymore because I know how 588 00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:09,600 hard I've worked. I know the work that I've put in 589 00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:12,120 to get to where I am. And so that's been the one thing 590 00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:15,400 that I've always that I've been reminding myself of, you know, 591 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:19,719 this year just, you know, when it comes to, you know, people 592 00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:21,719 being added to the equation and things like that. 593 00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:24,199 But then also focusing on me and what I've been doing. 594 00:34:24,199 --> 00:34:25,960 You know, that's the thing that has gotten me this far. 595 00:34:26,199 --> 00:34:27,880 And it's going to continue to carry me. 596 00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:29,840 You know, I just have to find different ways to up it up a 597 00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:30,880 little notch. But yeah. 598 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:34,360 All right, well, best of luck and yes, look forward to seeing 599 00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:35,360 seeing what you can put out there. 600 00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:38,600 Thank you. All right, here with Gian 601 00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:43,040 Alfred, the head of the Rome Diamond League, I guess this is 602 00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:45,840 kind of Diamond League opener. You took a little bit of a break 603 00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:49,920 after after a while indoors, but obviously you ran a little 200, 604 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:52,560 so it was pretty good. Thank you. 605 00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:54,880 So yeah, how are you feeling coming into today? 606 00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:57,200 I feel amazing. I mean, one of the reasons why I 607 00:34:57,200 --> 00:35:00,960 wanted to run, I take this invite before the diamond, 608 00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:04,320 before I open up was just to see where I'm at and see what I had 609 00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:05,960 to work on. But I'm actually excited, ready 610 00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:07,960 to have some fun. Yeah, no. 611 00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:09,720 And obviously Rome, lovely stadium. 612 00:35:09,720 --> 00:35:12,160 Yes, great city, lot of fun. Have you done it? 613 00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:13,920 Had had a chance to do anything, or was it just? 614 00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:17,280 No locked in, no, I got in yesterday, so not until I'm done 615 00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:19,160 with my race. Maybe I get a chance to let's 616 00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:21,480 look around, but it's. A bit of Gelato, Yeah, that's 617 00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:22,400 the most important. Well. 618 00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:26,200 Actually. Next week as well, I'll maybe 619 00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:29,440 hold off on that one, but I'm just I'm excited to be here. 620 00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:31,600 The weather is amazing. I love when it's sunny. 621 00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:33,720 So I'm just looking forward to just competing and just you. 622 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:35,600 Obviously didn't wake up early enough this morning. 623 00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:37,840 There was. I know I saw that one, but I 624 00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:41,840 mean the rest of the sunshine. So I'm just, I'm just happy it's 625 00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:43,320 sunny right now. Yeah. 626 00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:47,920 And I suppose obviously this season there's a bit of a 627 00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:50,400 different kind of season. So how are you looking ahead to 628 00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:53,720 this season with obviously it's Commonwealth Games Ultimate 629 00:35:53,720 --> 00:35:56,200 Championships? What what you're kind of 630 00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:57,400 thinking for the rest of the season? 631 00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:00,000 Yeah, I'm really not trying to look at it any differently, like 632 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:03,200 it's a down here because I think that kind of can change how I 633 00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:06,760 approach the season and I, I'm just really taking one meet at a 634 00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:08,840 time and seeing what happens there. 635 00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:12,040 I mean, there can be changes throughout the season based on 636 00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:15,960 how everything is going, like my workouts and based on what my 637 00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:17,560 coach decides. So I'm just looking forward to 638 00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:19,880 just taking 1M at a time and just really having fun. 639 00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:22,640 That's the most important thing. And, of course, staying healthy. 640 00:36:23,240 --> 00:36:25,360 Yeah. And obviously indoors didn't 641 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:27,880 100% go how you wanted it to obviously. 642 00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:30,240 But is there anything you've kind of gone away in training 643 00:36:30,240 --> 00:36:33,720 and said, look, this is what I want to do to sort of get things 644 00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:37,840 right on track for for outdoors? Yes, actually after we're 645 00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:40,840 indoors, of course, I was very disappointed in how it turned 646 00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:42,280 out. But you know, I was going for 647 00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:45,120 lots of changes in the workouts in the in the gym. 648 00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:49,080 So I think that after what I think after we're indoors, my 649 00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:52,120 coach and I, we had to sit down and, you know, just discuss what 650 00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:55,000 we want to work on outdoors. And you know, we had, I had a 651 00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:57,280 chance to go back home, decompress, be with my family 652 00:36:57,280 --> 00:36:59,640 and then come back and go back into training. 653 00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:02,560 But yeah, we had a chance to sit down and just talk about our 654 00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:06,240 goals for outdoor season, which so far it's been really going 655 00:37:06,240 --> 00:37:08,640 according to plan. And I'm sure my coach is happy 656 00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:10,760 with what he's seen and I've been putting in the work as 657 00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:13,120 well. So I would say I'm just excited 658 00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:16,480 to look forward to like what outdoor have to have to offer. 659 00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:18,400 Brilliant. Well, we look forward to seeing 660 00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:19,120 it. Thank you. 661 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:25,640 Then there's the women's 1500 headlined by George Hunter Bell, 662 00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:31,520 the winner in Xiamen Abbey Caldwell. 663 00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:37,920 And then we have Nikki Hilts of USA and Heather McClain as well 664 00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:41,520 as Laura Muir Jemmariki. So yeah, definitely. 665 00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:47,760 And and the aforementioned her we Haragawaini Kalaiyu, the 17 666 00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:50,600 year old, as well as Claudia Kasmirska, who has also been in 667 00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:54,560 a sort of a rich run of form recently as well. 668 00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:59,560 So and then the meet ends in Rome with the men's 100 meters, 669 00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:04,000 where the main storyline really is Noah Lyles versus train 670 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:06,120 partner Jordan Anthony, the world indoor champion. 671 00:38:06,680 --> 00:38:10,360 Obviously Anthony got the better of him over 60 meters when they 672 00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:12,680 make faced off in indoor season. It'll be really interesting to 673 00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:19,160 see if Anthony can kind of also do that over 100 meters and 674 00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:22,320 others in this race. Of course, local Olympic 675 00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:26,840 champion Lamont Marcel Jacobs remains to be seen what kind of 676 00:38:26,840 --> 00:38:29,680 fitness he's in. I mean, Yalo, he's obviously 677 00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:32,800 having a rich run of form Connie Symbian and let's see what's 678 00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:35,480 about go who's not been having the best of time in the 679 00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:39,960 hundreds, but obviously had a good result in the 200 in 680 00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:43,440 Rebecca. So but because the meats are 681 00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:49,720 coming thick and fast. We also have Stockholm on Sunday 682 00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:57,240 and this this again has a number of intriguing races. 683 00:38:57,240 --> 00:38:58,840 We've already talked about men's four hundreds. 684 00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:02,600 We have a women's steeplechase which doesn't have any of the 685 00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:05,960 three medalists from Tokyo. So it's headlined by Marwa 686 00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:13,920 Biziani, who ran sub 9 minutes twice in Shanghai and Xiamen 687 00:39:14,240 --> 00:39:16,040 over the last few weeks. And I've been wanting to give 688 00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:20,080 more Biziani a bit of a shout out because she, she's an 689 00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:24,400 interesting person in the sense that she races, if you watch a 690 00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:30,160 race, she races in a full hijab, full length bottoms as well for 691 00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:33,120 religious reasons, you know, full length top as well, foot 692 00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:37,040 sleeved. And she's able to deliver this 693 00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:40,000 really high level. And in, in a, in a sport that's 694 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:43,240 about, you know, the small 1% margins where athletes kind of 695 00:39:43,240 --> 00:39:45,200 go, well, we want maximum freedom of movement, etcetera, 696 00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:50,720 etcetera. You know, I think she, she, it 697 00:39:50,720 --> 00:39:53,160 does that. And I think that because we know 698 00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:55,840 that there are so many great athletes from North Africa and, 699 00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:58,000 and other parts of the world where, you know, might be more 700 00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:02,080 conservative attitudes for women or more, you know, religious 701 00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:04,160 conservatism around, you know, we don't want women. 702 00:40:04,440 --> 00:40:06,920 You know, obviously in Islam that, you know, there is a thing 703 00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:11,280 for for women to to be, to be fully covered in terms of, you 704 00:40:11,280 --> 00:40:12,800 know, legs and, and and arms and things. 705 00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:17,840 So it she set a great example that even within those rules you 706 00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:22,480 can be really successful. And yeah, I I hope that that, 707 00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:25,240 you know, that maybe sets an example and we maybe get more 708 00:40:25,240 --> 00:40:29,520 women from North Africa and and the Middle East maybe breaking 709 00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:32,680 through as well. But yeah, also in the steep, 710 00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:35,240 obviously four Americans. Lexi Halliday, Larry Gabby 711 00:40:35,240 --> 00:40:38,600 Jennings, Courtney Wayman and Olivia Markesic and really 712 00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:41,160 hoping that that the three that were in China of that of that 713 00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:43,880 group are able to put in a better showing than they than 714 00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:46,760 they did in China, hopefully as they build into the season. 715 00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:50,000 But what I'm most intrigued to see is is what can Elise Thorner 716 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:53,840 do, having sort of beaten Gabby Jennings and and Emma Coburn by, 717 00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:59,800 what, 14 seconds in LA Track fest, You know, massive 718 00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:02,920 breakthrough for her. She's going to try and put stuff 719 00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:04,560 in the mix for European medals come the summer. 720 00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:07,400 And then maybe this is a race where it's a fast race, maybe 721 00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:08,880 with, you know, with some company. 722 00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:13,680 Could she even get close to Lazy Bird's 904 British record? 723 00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:19,880 Probably The race of the meet in Stockholm on Sunday is the men's 724 00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:24,200 800 meters. You have Emmanuel Wanjuni, you 725 00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:30,040 have Marco a rope. In fact, no, we no longer have 726 00:41:30,040 --> 00:41:31,520 Emmanuel Wanyonyi on that stock list. 727 00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:34,720 Actually he I'm pretty certain he was on that stock list. 728 00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:41,640 But Marco rope against Cooper Lukkin House. 729 00:41:41,640 --> 00:41:44,520 So Cooper Lukkin House, obviously his Donnelly debut, 730 00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:50,040 Bryce Hopples also in this race, Peter Bowl, Ben Patterson, Jake 731 00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:52,080 Whiteman, interestingly enough in this race. 732 00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:59,400 And then women's 100 meters, Melissa Jefferson Wooden, Josiah 733 00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:06,120 Sears in that one. There's a men's steeplechase 734 00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:10,680 which has Soufiane El Bakkali versus Lamecha Gamma. 735 00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:13,640 So that's the first time we'll get to see two and then face off 736 00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:18,480 and we'll get to see in, you know, see if Gamma is kind of 737 00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:20,920 back closer to his his very best. 738 00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:25,480 And Kenneth Rooks is also in this race, but hoping he can 739 00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:29,360 kind of build from the 828 that he ran at La Trackfest. 740 00:42:31,480 --> 00:42:34,600 So yeah, and and of course, George Beamish is in this one as 741 00:42:34,600 --> 00:42:36,480 well. But no, Frederick will put as 742 00:42:36,480 --> 00:42:45,360 far as I can see. So there is then there's a non 743 00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:48,080 Diamond League 4400 meter hurdles which Alison Dos Santos 744 00:42:48,080 --> 00:42:54,600 is running in in in Stockholm. There's also a men's 200 meters 745 00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:58,680 with Kenny Bednarek again against since the Fe Dambile of 746 00:42:58,840 --> 00:43:01,400 South Africa became third in that in that race in Rabat and 747 00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:08,080 Jeremiah Azzu. And then the women's 800 meters 748 00:43:08,080 --> 00:43:11,120 where we'll get to see Keely Hodgkinson's outdoor 800 meter 749 00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:15,360 opener. And probably our biggest 750 00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:20,320 competition in that race will be Audrey Werro with her impressive 751 00:43:20,320 --> 00:43:22,640 win in in Rabat. But from an American 752 00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:26,080 perspective, Rasheem Willis, Raven Rodgers and Sage 753 00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:29,320 Hertlklech are all in this one. So should be really interesting 754 00:43:29,320 --> 00:43:32,640 to see how they get on, particularly Rasheem who such a 755 00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:35,120 great indoor season great starts her outdoor season. 756 00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:38,680 So, so let's see where she can take that. 757 00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:45,680 And then the concluding race is the men's 1500 meters, where 758 00:43:47,600 --> 00:43:49,680 Andreas Almgren obviously is a home crowd favorite. 759 00:43:50,160 --> 00:43:54,240 But I think the more interesting storylines for us, Cam Myers 760 00:43:55,800 --> 00:44:00,360 will be running in this one. And we see he's been in such 761 00:44:00,360 --> 00:44:05,840 incredible shape. 7 out of seven wins in races this year, 762 00:44:06,120 --> 00:44:10,280 including some impressive wins over 3K, running 727 indoors, 763 00:44:10,640 --> 00:44:16,400 winning the Millways Games. Wanna make a mile and you know, 764 00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:19,080 running 329 from the front at the Aussie champs. 765 00:44:19,080 --> 00:44:22,320 So he's just saying and and then earlier this week, one of the 766 00:44:22,320 --> 00:44:24,480 sort of other little results that meet in Germany. 767 00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:29,360 He ran 144 O 5 for 800 meters. So massive 3 second personal 768 00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:33,720 pass in the 800 meters. But he'll be up against Yaron 769 00:44:33,720 --> 00:44:39,720 the Goose as well as Nah of Nordas, Azadine Habs, Robert 770 00:44:39,720 --> 00:44:43,000 Falcon, Jimmy Gressier and Hamid Abdullahi. 771 00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:46,440 Andres Almgren and Nico Young are the kind of over distance 772 00:44:46,440 --> 00:44:48,240 guys who are kind of stepping down for this one. 773 00:44:48,240 --> 00:44:50,520 So so there's an interesting little battle there to see how 774 00:44:50,520 --> 00:44:53,680 they get along. And then from American 775 00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:55,600 perspective, we also have Hobbs Kessler. 776 00:44:55,880 --> 00:44:59,000 And from a British perspective, we have the return of Jake 777 00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:02,440 Heywood to a Diamond League for the first time in three, maybe 778 00:45:02,440 --> 00:45:08,000 four years after his 334 run out in the States a couple of weeks 779 00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:11,400 ago. So yeah, a couple of really 780 00:45:11,400 --> 00:45:14,040 exciting time leagues to look forward to over the next few 781 00:45:14,040 --> 00:45:17,280 days. I am in Rome. 782 00:45:17,360 --> 00:45:21,120 I will there will be interviews coming from the mix zone I was 783 00:45:21,120 --> 00:45:23,000 due to be in in Stockholm and Oslo. 784 00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:25,760 Unfortunately, I'm not going to make make the trip anymore, but 785 00:45:25,760 --> 00:45:31,440 we do have a friend of Sidious, Mitch Dyer, who will be there 786 00:45:31,640 --> 00:45:35,480 in, in, in in Stockholm and Oslo. 787 00:45:36,080 --> 00:45:38,840 But hopefully we'll be back again early next week to, to 788 00:45:38,840 --> 00:45:43,320 round up Rome and and Stockholm. And that does it for another 789 00:45:43,320 --> 00:45:45,480 week of this week in track and field. 790 00:45:48,200 --> 00:45:49,880 All right, that's a wrap on today's episode. 791 00:45:50,120 --> 00:45:52,880 Thanks for listening, for the time, the curiosity, and for 792 00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:55,600 making this show part of your routine or your run. 793 00:45:56,080 --> 00:45:58,960 A big thanks to our producer Jasmine Fair and to everyone 794 00:45:58,960 --> 00:46:01,960 behind the scenes who helps make the Sidious Mag Podcast happen. 795 00:46:02,440 --> 00:46:04,400 If you enjoyed today's episode, a quick five star review on 796 00:46:04,400 --> 00:46:08,320 Apple Podcast or Spotify helps people find this show and we 797 00:46:08,320 --> 00:46:10,160 read every single one. 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