- With Keely H leading the way, how many golds will Britain win in Paris? Way more than normal as Molly Caudery, Keely Hodgkinson and Matthew Hudson-Smith are all world #1s and Josh Kerr is the reigning World Champ. Britain has won no Golds since Mo Farah.
- Keely Hodgkinson is having fun and ready to win gold Hodgkinson says she prepares for a race rather as she does for a night out. She also reveals her weekly mileage (35 mpw+ lots of cross training) and that she likes a fine glass of wine.
- Faith Kipyegon is going for 3-peat in 1500 as a mom and if she wins it will be two golds as a mom and 1 as not She also raves about Kipchoge. “I don’t know how to express it, he’s just a unique athlete,” Kipyegon says. “I have grown as an elite athlete and as a person. To be alongside Eliud all of the time and to hear what he’s saying about motivation and about hard work … I think it has really changed my mindset and changed my goals,” she says.
- Former World Cup footballer George Mills is super proud of his 1500/5000 Olympian George But he says being an atheltics dad is way tougher than being a football dad.
*MB: George Mills' dad: "Watching athletics is the worst on the planet." - Q&A with US 800 hope Bryce Hoppel who raves about his coach "Coach (Whittlesey)’s like the mastermind behind it. He obviously has his Ph.D. and knows the science behind it, and he knows what he’s doing. So, I’ve always kind of had that blind faith of, like, ‘Man, like, this guy’s special and he’s going to do what needs to be done to get me where I’m going.’"
- Timothy Cheruiyot remembers the first time he ever got on a plane to go to World Relays And we remember when the 19-year-old went out in 51.9 in a 1600!! The craziest relay leg we've ever seen.
Keely Hodgkinson talking about how she gets ready for an 800 just like she does a night on the town - "shower, fake tan, and then music playing as she does her hair and make-up and Hodgkinson is ready for the track.