Ignite: A European Athletics Series
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
S2 Ep9: Grace Davies
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this special bonus episode of Ignite, Grace Davies sits down with Peter Sanderson to discuss her musical career. After emerging on talent show Th...
S2 Ep8: Katarina Johnson-Thompson
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is Katarina Johnson-Thompson’s story. In her words. She's been one of Great Britain's shining lights in track and field ever since bursting on...
S2 Ep7: Dina Asher-Smith
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is Dina Asher-Smith’s story. In her words. When the continent's elite athletes arrived at the European Championships in Berlin in 2018, they w...
S2 Ep6: Mondo Duplantis
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's been six years since Armand Duplantis - Mondo to his family, friends and adoring fans - burst onto the scene to take pole vault gold at the Europ...
S2 Ep5: Yaroslava Mahuchikh
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
She arrived at Munich 2022 as a dominant force rising through the European ranks, but still in search of a first major crown on the continent. Not eve...
S2 Ep4: Jakob Ingebrigtsen
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Norwegian track sensation Jakob Ingebrigtsen has a love affair with the European Championships. It was six years ago in Berlin when he annoucned himse...
S2 Ep3: Zharnel Hughes
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
He's one of the stars of Great Britain's sprint team, but Zharnel Hughes knows the challenges that face any elite athlete. From the pain of Amsterdam...
S2 Ep2: Femke Bol
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For every elite athlete, there's one rival they must all overcome: their own self-doubt. And Dutch 400-metre sensastion Femke Bol is no different, de...
S2 Ep1: Keely Hodgkinson
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Keely Hodgkinson steps onto the track inside Rome’s Olympic Stadium this summer, she’ll be carrying the weight and expectation of a nation on...
S1 Ep8: Jake Wightman
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Known as a master tactician of middle distance running, Jake Wightman is a man who comes steeped in athletics tradition and culture. He's watched the ...
S1 Ep7: Liemarvin Bonevacia
04 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
From the small Caribbean island of Curacao to the Olympic Games, Liemarvin Bonevacia's story is one that shows every underdog can have their day. Lie...
S1 Ep6: Nafi Thiam
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Belgium's Nafi Thiam was just 21 years old when she took Olympic gold in the heptathlon in 2016. She's since gone on to become world and European cham...
S1 Ep5: Karsten Warholm
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
From his first race around his local town hall in jeans and an over-sized t-shirt, Karsten Warholm has come a long way to breaking the 400m hurdles wo...
S1 Ep4: Malaika Mihambo
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do you shut out the voices of 60,000 athletics fans when you are chasing a gold medal? Malaika Mihambo has the answer... she meditates! It's the ...
S1 Ep3: Jakob Ingebrigtsen
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
At just 17 Jakob Ingebrigtsen was a European champion, taking gold at the Berlin 2018 European Championships. The Norwegian sensation has gone on to ...
S1 Ep2: Sandra Perkovic
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
No woman in the history of the Olympic Games has ever completed a gold treble in the discus throw. Evelyn Jahl first came closest in 1976 and 1980,...
S1 Ep1: Mondo Duplantis
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How does a 19-year-old take over his sport in one evening of pole vaulting in Berlin? For Sweden's Mondo Duplantis, it was a 14-year journey that made...
S1: Introducing Track + Field
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Olympic Games are where dreams come true... legends are born... history made. Sports journalist Peter Sanderson has spent years tracking Europe's...