AW – Athletics Weekly Magazine | AW July 2021
The July issue of AW is a bumper 132-page special preview issue to the Tokyo Olympics.
We will be providing you with everything you need to know about the competition ahead with Steve Smythe's event-by-event previews for every athletics discipline plus our handy Tokyo schedule which will help you to make your viewing plans.
There's also a look at what will be a very dfferent kind of Olympics, while Mark Woods delves into the host nation's relationship with the sport and finds a connection which runs particularly deep.
The last time Tokyo hosted the Olympics, in 1964, was the first occasion AW photographer Mark Shearman covered the Games. He talks Euan Crumley through what has been and continues to be a remarkable career, as well as picking out some favourite images from his vast Olympic photo library.
In our regular My Greatest Race feature, Liz McColgan-Nuttall recalls a famous evening in Japan from 30 years ago, while we have the latest performance news, tips on how to rise to the big occasion, physio advice on taking care of your calf muscles and shoe expert Paul Freary fills you in on the latest additions to the running shoe market.
Add in our look back at the British and American Championships, our look forward to the World Championships and Commonwealth Games as they the reach the one year to go landmark, plus our results round-up from a very busy month, and we'll keep you right in the picture as we prepare to let the Games begin.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in AW – Athletics Weekly Magazine AW July 2021.