AW - Athletics Weekly Magazine

AW has been the bible of the sport since the 1940s and is still the No.1 choice for the true running and athletics fan, designed to keep you informed about all the best news, comment, event reports and results from Britain and around the world. In the summer AW offers the very best in-depth coverage of the track and field season focusing not only on the major championships, such as the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Commonwealth Games and World Championships, but also the best in schools and grassroots club athletics. The spring and autumn seasons concentrate on road racing, including the big events such as the Great North Run and Virgin Money London Marathon, while the long winter campaign looks toward the cross country season and the exciting indoor scene. Alongside our unrivalled coverage of all the top events, AW also offers a sharp and detailed news service focusing on elite and up-and-coming athletes and the issues which rage within the sport. We provide all the important fixtures as well as the most comprehensive service of results from around Britain and the rest of the world. AW provides detailed features focusing on the top names in the sport as well as its highly regarded coaching, performance and nutritional advice, product reviews and plenty of debate and opinions via our popular letters column and web forum. Make sure you get AW to keep up-to-date with the sport’s latest.

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AW - Athletics Weekly Magazine

FAITH OUT IN FRONT

THE MONTH IN NUMBERS • A look back at some of the biggest news and best performances of recent weeks

PAYING THE PRICE • Big names falling foul of doping damages athletics’ image and it shouldn’t just be the athletes who face the consequences,

TAKE YOUR PLACE IN TOKYO • Get right to the heart of the action at the World Athletics Championships this summer

MY GREATEST RACE • European Championships, Split, August 29, 1990, men’s 800m, gold, 1:44.76

RISING STAR • Jasmine Collett talks to the English Schools long jump champion and now British U17 record-holder about finding success and looking to the future

A LANDSLIDE VICTORY • Verity Ockenden writes about a training camp incident which provided some valuable lessons and a stark reminder that even “invincible” elite athletes are not immune to the issues caused by climate change

GOING DOWNHILL FAST • Mark Woods talks to Ashleigh Nelson about making the switch from sprinting to bobsled in the pursuit of an elusive Olympic medal

A fresh perspective • Euan Crumley talks to photographer and cinematographer Dan Vernon about the art of capturing the big moments, as well as approaching athletics from a different angle

Moments that made a mark • We go back through the last eight decades to revisit some of the big performances, the world-changing events and extraordinary individuals who have reshaped athletics during the course of AW’s lifetime

1945 1949 Post-war Wonders

1950 1959 Scaling Everest

1960 1969 Great leaps forward

1970 1979 Revolution and records

1980 1989 A different World

The man in the middle • The epic Olympic showdowns between Seb Coe and Steve Ovett in Moscow remain two of the greatest talking points from the past 80 years. However, few people remember the athlete who managed to come between them over 1500m. Mick O’Hare talks to Jürgen Straub

1990 1999 New horizons

2000 2009 The stars come out

2010 2019 Super humans

2020 2025 Shock & awe

Perpetual motion • Bob Phillips, whose imagination was first captured by athletics in the 1950s, reflects on his own experiences and how the sport - particularly middle distance running has changed down the decades

ACTS OF DEFIANCE • David Holmes revisits three iconic moments when athletes took a stand...