AW – Athletics Weekly Magazine | 01 March 2018
WORLD INDOORS PREVIEW
16 Welcome to Birmingham 2018
18 Christian Coleman – the fastest man on the
planet right now
21 Sprints and hurdles indoor rankings
22 Laura Muir speaks to AW ahead of her 1500m
and 3000m at the World Indoors
25 Endurance rankings
26 Robbie Grabarz on his competition countdown
28 Field events rankings
29 Birmingham timetable
30 Interview with Cllr Ian Ward, the man who
helps bring big events to Birmingham
ACTION
6
MÜLLER GRAND PRIX
World best from Tom Bosworth as
Brits warm up for World Indoors and
Commonwealth Games
38
ENGLISH NATIONAL
Adam Hickey and Phoebe Law take
their first senior crowns as Parliament
Hill plays host to the historic event
50
SCOTTISH NATIONAL
Kris Jones and Mhairi Maclennan
take gold at Callendar Park
53
WELSH NATIONAL
Bronwen Owen and James Hunt
capture titles in Swansea
SPOTLIGHT
54
HUGH BRASHER
London Marathon supremo speaks
ahead of The Vitality Big Half
76 COMMONWEALTH GAMES
Steve Smythe continues our series
with a look back at the boycott-hit
Games in Edinburgh in 1986
NEWS
32 Tom Bosworth on Gold Coast hopes
33 Operation Centaur cleans up Heath
34 Ian Stewart on athletics in Birmingham
36 Mike Edwards set to jump for Nigeria
REGULARS
78 Dip Finish
PREVIEWS
56 VITALITY BIG HALF
Mo Farah and Callum Hawkins tackle
half-marathon in the capital
RESULTS & FIXTURES
60 Results round-up includes coverage
of the England U20 Indoor Champs
PERFORMANCE
72 The science of strength training
74 Do running shoes make a difference?
75 Nutrition and products news
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Below is a selection of articles in AW – Athletics Weekly Magazine 01 March 2018.