AW – Athletics Weekly Magazine | 12 November 2015
THE BIG FEATURE
16 SEREN BUNDY-DAVIES
Britain’s new 400m talent on her
breakthrough in 2015
NEWS
6 Athletics hit by doping crisis
10 UK Athletics announce 2015-16 funding
12 Ennis-Hill and Asher-Smith win awards
SPOTLIGHT
24 COLM O’CONNELL
John Walshe speaks to the Irishman who as
well as being David Rudisha’s coach, has
guided so many top runners in Kenya
28 SHANNON ROWBURY
American who smashed Mary Slaney’s
32-year-old US 1500m record
ACTION
56 BRITISH CROSS CHALLENGE
Jonathan Davies and Louise Damen take
the senior wins at the first meeting of the
series at Teardrop Lakes in Milton Keynes
PREVIEWS
73 MASTERS INTERNATIONAL
Top veterans set to race the annual crosscountry
fixture in Dublin
PERFORMANCE
46 Sports science news
48 Athlete insights – Michael Rimmer
50 Club night – Birchfield Harriers
52 Products – running jackets under test
TALKING POINT
40 MERSEY MARVELS
Charles Gains on the success of Liverpool
Pembroke and Sefton AC
STATISTICS
32 COUNTDOWN TO RIO
The history of the women’s shot put at the
Olympic Games
36 ALL-TIME GB GREATS
Men’s shot put and discus – Britain’s best
ever according to Mel Watman’s rankings
RESULTS & FIXTURES
62 Leading results from last weekend
75 Comprehensive fixture list
REGULARS
43 YOUR SAY
44 YOUNG ATHLETE
80 QUIZ CORNER
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in AW – Athletics Weekly Magazine 12 November 2015.