AW – Athletics Weekly Magazine | 31 May 2018
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PREFONTAINE CLASSIC DIAMOND LEAGUE
Reece Prescod and Laura Muir are the Brits to impress as Ronnie Baker springs a 100m surprise on Christian Coleman
10 VITALITY WESTMINSTER MILE
Chris O’Hare and Melissa Courtney win as athletes remember Roger Bannister
14 LONDON 10,000m
Mo Farah and Steph Twell are crowned British champions on the streets of the UK capital
18 EUROPEAN CLUBS CUP
Enka and Sporting Clube de Portugal take the honours in Birmingham
20 BMC GRAND PRIX
Alex Bell creates her own piece of BMC history at Watford meeting after breaking two minutes for 800m
THE BIG FEATURE
32 KATHRINE SWITZER
The pioneer of women’s running tells Athletics Weekly what the sport has given back to her
TALKING POINT
36 TIM HUTCHINGS
Why pure racing is at the heart of improving the health of athletics
PERFORMANCE
40 Troy Doris on finding more bounce
44 Triple jump phase ratio
46 Underwear products on test
NEWS
24 Bobby Clay on ‘taboo’ culture
26 Alex Bell’s finest ever 800m
28 RAF’s 100x10km record success
30 Mark Dry considers his next move
RESULTS & FIXTURES
48 Results round-up includes the Götzis multi-events meeting and European 24-hour championships
59 What’s On events guide
PREVIEWS
58 We take a look ahead to the next meetings in the Diamond League series in Rome and Oslo
39 Young athlete – Emily Bee
62 Dip Finish – handy mile record is broken
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