Evan Jager Retires: An Exit Interview With The Olympic Silver Medalist, U.S. Steeplechase Record Holder

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🗓️ 24 November 2025

⏱️ 112 minutes

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“I've been thinking about it for a while… It was pretty apparent. I think because I'm very happy with how my career went, it made the decision easy. Realizing that I'm not in the mix for making teams anymore, I didn't want to keep running just to try to make USAs year in, year out. I felt good about everything and it felt like the right time.”

Evan Jager, a two-time Olympian for Team USA, is ending his professional track career at the age of 36. Jager is the most decorated U.S. steeplechaser in history, winning Olympic bronze in 2016 and World silver in 2017 along with seven straight national titles from 2012 to 2018. Jager’s 8:00.45 personal best, set in 2015, is the American record and he owns nine of the ten fastest marks on the U.S. all-time list. After years of injuries, Jager was able to make one last World team in 2022 and finished fourth at last year’s Olympic Trials. Jager discussed his long, storied career in an Exit Interview with Chris Chavez.

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Host: Chris Chavez | ⁠⁠@chris_j_chavez on Instagram⁠

Guest: Evan Jager | @evanjager on Instagram

Produced by: Jasmine Fehr | ⁠⁠⁠@jasminefehr on Instagram⁠⁠⁠

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0:00.0	Listen up.
0:00.5	Huh?
0:00.8	That means you.
0:01.6	Yes, you.
0:02.4	We know you're pointing at yourself.
0:21.1	When it comes to Paddy Power Games, we've got a place made for all sorts. From the experts to the Drama Queen's. It's made the JC. The finance bros. Look at those stocks, lads. We'll stick with slots. It's what we're good at. And not forgetting you. Yes, you, the one listening.
0:38.4	Because at Paddy Power Games, we've got all sorts of games for all sorts of trickles. Eligibility rules in terms of conditions apply. Please gamble responsibly. 8 plus gamboloware.org. What's up, everyone? You are listening to the Sidious Magp podcast. I'm your host, Chris Chavez. and every week we go beyond the results to bring you conversations with the biggest names on the track, the roads and behind the scenes from world class athletes
0:42.6	and coaches to innovators shaping the sport. If it's happening on the track, we're covering it
0:48.0	with real insights that sharpened minds, deep dives into the moments that define careers,
0:52.7	and the kind of access to the pros you won't get
0:55.3	anywhere else. So let's get into it because we love track and field.
1:10.0	All right, and now I'm joined by the man himself ready to make a little bit of an
1:15.2	announcement and some news.
1:16.6	This is the Evan Jager exit interview.
1:19.8	So, Evan, you're breaking a lot of hearts and making people also feel old in the process.
1:25.8	But what went into the decision that now is the right
1:30.8	time to call it a career? Congratulations, first off, on like an amazing career. Thank you. Yeah.
1:36.7	Yeah, I feel good about everything. I think there's a lot of things that went into the decision.
1:43.5	One, you know, moving to Sweden, changed things a lot.
1:47.3	We moved here a year ago.
1:49.9	And so I did a lot of my own last year, which I guess doesn't really, like, play a huge role in the decision.
1:56.7	It's just like kind of timing-wise, just like a lot of change happening so it kind of like almost
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