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Channel 4 Athletics 2011 Sound Track

Mixcloud were proud to partner with Channel 4 for a special music curation project.

Channel 4 will be broadcasting the UK coverage of the World Athletics Championships 2011, held in South Korea.

They chose Mixcloud to help them find curators who can help source a soundtrack for sports broadcasting like no other.



The Channel 4 Soundtrack

The winners of this innovative crowd-source music competition have brought a new dimension to Channel 4's coverage of the IAAF World Athletics to be held in Korea in August. Below are the winning mixes who will be working with C4 to get some great music to accompany the championships onscreen and online.

You can also check out guest mixes from C4’s presenter of ‘That Paralympics Show’ Ade Adepitan, GB athlete and producer Andrew Steele and presenter of the IAAF Athletics on 4, Ortis Deley.

Playlist Competition Winners

Playlist Competitions

We're running 6 fantastic Cloudcaster competitions supporting each of the following world class Athletes below.





Athlete: Usain "Lightning Bolt" Bolt - The Worlds Fastest Man
Nationality: Jamaican

Events: 100m, 200m, 400m and 4x100m relay

Record: Olympic Gold Medalist 100m, 200m and 4x100m (bejing 2008) and World Record holder at 100m and 200m

FACT: Usain Bolt DJs using a Serato Scratch Live set-up.

Cloudcaster Competition

Get involved by selecting tracks and creating a Clouddcast that could represent the Channel 4 World Athletics Championships 2011 Soundtrack for Usain Bolt.

Listen to the Usain Bolt tag station

Flickr Credit




Athlete: Jeremy Wariner
Nationality: American

Events: 400m specialist

Record: Olympic Gold Medalist 400m and 4x100m (Athens 2004)

FACT: Trained under Michael Johnson

Cloudcaster Competition

Get involved by selecting tracks and creating a Clouddcast that could represent the Channel 4 World Athletics Championships 2011 Soundtrack for Jeremy Wariner.

Listen to the Jeremy Wariner tag station

Flickr Credit




Athlete: David Rudisha
Nationality: Kenya

Events: 800m

Record: Current 800m world record holder

FACT: Broke the 13 year old 800m world record time twice in 8 days.

Cloudcaster Competition

Get involved by selecting tracks and creating a Clouddcast that could represent the Channel 4 World Athletics Championships 2011 Soundtrack for David Rudisha.

Listen to the David Rudisha tag station





Athlete: Phillips Idowu
Nationality: British Nigerian

Events: Triple Jump

Record: World Champion 2008, Olympic Silver medalist (Beijing 2008)

FACT: Describes himself as "the clean-cut black guy who used to dye his hair all them crazy colours and who's now got these studs"

Cloudcaster Competition

Get involved by selecting tracks and creating a Clouddcast that could represent the Channel 4 World Athletics Championships 2011 Soundtrack for Phillips Idowu.

Listen to the Phillips Idowu tag station

Flickr Credit




Athlete: Mo Farah
Nationality: British Somalian

Events: 1500m, 3000m, 5000m, 10,000m

Record: 3000m 2009 and 2011 European Indoor Championshipion

FACT: Farah is an ambassador for Bupa , Lucozade Sport and Nike.

Cloudcaster Competition

Get involved by selecting tracks and creating a Clouddcast that could represent the Channel 4 World Athletics Championships 2011 Soundtrack for Mo Farah.

Listen to the Mo Farah tag station

Flickr attribution - Paul Foot




Athlete: Jodie Williams
Nationality: British

Events: 100m and 200m

Record: Reigning World Youth Champion over 100 and 200m, World Junior Champion in the 100m

FACT: She’s hoping to qualify for the World Athletics Championship for the first time

Cloudcaster Competition

Get involved by selecting tracks and creating a Clouddcast that could represent the Channel 4 World Athletics Championships 2011 Soundtrack for Jodie Williams.

Listen to the Jodie Williams tag station

Flickr Credit

Competition Terms & Contitions


Full Competition Terms here