AW – Athletics Weekly Magazine | August 8 2019
DIGEST
6 Doha World Championships – 50 days to go
7 Sharon Gayter regains John O’Groats to Land’s End record
8 Tribute to distance legend Basil Heatley
9 Paula Radcliffe inspires young runners in Durham
10 Affinity Altitude offers high hopes for middle-distance man
11 KJT and Goldie Sayers entertain youngsters via Box4Kids
ACTION
12 NATIONAL LEAGUE COVERAGE
Thames Valley Harriers and Birchfield retain their UK Women’s
League and British Athletics League crowns in Birmingham
THE BIG INTERVIEW
20 CHARLIE DA’VALL GRICE
Exclusive interview with the fourth-fastest British 1500m
runner in history as he prepares for Doha and Tokyo in the
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SPOTLIGHT
26 GIANMARCO TAMBERI
The colourful character talks to Katy Barden about the ups
and downs on his journey to high jump stardom
DOHA 2019
32 KORI CARTER
World 400m hurdles gold medallist looks back at her
victory in London 2017 with Stuart Weir
PERFORMANCE
34 Warm-ups – latest training-related news
36 Matt Long offers middle-distance pace advice
38 Interview with Kuwait athlete Aljazi “Jazi” Farhan
40 Nike Joyride – a look at a new recovery shoe
PREVIEWS
42 European Team Champs – Paul Halford looks at contenders
44 British Masters T&F Champs – Martin Duff sets the scene
REGULARS
30 UKA VIEW
Sarah Rowell offers an update on the ongoing Performance
Strategy review for elite athletes
62 DIP FINISH
Laura Muir explains why she’d rather not know what coach
Andy Young has in store for her
RESULTS & FIXTURES
46 Our weekly round-up includes UK men’s and women’s
leagues, Belfast International, Soar Mile, German Champs
59 What’s On fixtures guide
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in AW – Athletics Weekly Magazine August 8 2019.