Clash of Titans in the 1500m. And the winner is...Cole Hocker. No medal for Ingebrigtsen. We dissect a classic 1500m, exploring where it may have been won and lost. We also cover the other track finals, and the deluge of track cycling world records: open.spotify.com/episode/5cMHeV…

When you spent a lot of time designing a killer graphic social media post ahead of time, but then get upstaged by the guy from Botswana. “Just photoshop the colour of one of the medals and run with it”

Tebogo crashes the party to win the 200m. McLaughlin crushes the WR and the field to win another 400m Hurdles gold. WADA and USADA continue to crush anti-doping's credibility. Insights on these stories and more in our latest #Olympics Daily Podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/4Q9xky…

A bit of history, a bit of science, and a lot of sense. This is a great thread to explain sex testing.

The Marathon course in #Paris2024 was magnificent, throwing unfamiliar challenges at athletes to produce a dynamic exciting race. Tola conquered them to win gold. We review that race, plus last night's track action, and offer a word on the boxing disgrace: podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/par…

A bumper Olympic Games recap. We got 'the band' back together for one last show, in which we discuss #Paris2024 We talk medal tables, who outperformed their resources, our highlights and lowlights, the surprises & disappointments, and some final insights: open.spotify.com/episode/4yBFCz…

One last time - a look back on #Paris2024 is our latest podcast. We revisit some of the major stories of the Games, re-evaluate the medal table to offer insights on success and failure, and to offer our highlights, lowlights, surprises and disappointments: open.spotify.com/episode/4yBFCz…

The headline is that Sinner was exonerated…But so many process questions here. (And so many other athletes who would have loved for the details of a positive test to have been suppressed until there was a finding of non-guilt nor negligence….)

In our latest podcast, performance psychologist Dave Collins discusses champions' psychology. We talk "trauma" in talent development, what we normalize in elite sports (& what we shouldn't), and the tension between 'wellness' & performance mindsets open.spotify.com/episode/3eTkM0…

This is a really interesting piece by Edmund Willison with some background on clostebol, the drug that Janik Sinner tested positive for in March. It runs to pandemic levels in Italy. Most positives have been ruled "inadvertent" contamination cases honestsport.substack.com/p/italys-clost…

The IOC asked for a solution. Here it is. Fair and safe eligibility criteria for women’s sport. I hope that this editorial is released as open access soon. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

A Science of Spotlight podcast: An Innocent or Guilty Sinner? But more importantly, is anti-doping working & fit for purpose? We talk about the case, the appeals, the verdict. Plus, we debate risk in sport after death at the CrossFit Games: open.spotify.com/episode/4NMZhd…

Our sport has lost a talented athlete in the most tragic and unthinkable circumstances. Rebecca was an incredibly versatile runner who still had lots left to give on the roads, mountains and cross country trails. I have been in touch with our Council Members in Africa to see