AW – Athletics Weekly Magazine | 03 December 2015
HAPPY 70TH
BIRTHDAY!
16 THE FOUNDING OF AW
Jason Henderson remembers Jimmy Green
18 70 YEARS IN ATHLETICS
Bob Phillips charts AW’s history
24 SMALL BEGINNINGS
Looking back at athletes’ first AW mentions
30 TOP 10 MOMENTS
Memorable events from the last 70 years
NEWS
6 Radcliffe’s pain of doping accusations
8 Kenyan officials banned by IAAF
11 British athletes up for BBC award
ACTION
68 EURO CROSS TRIALS
Gemma Steel and Ross Millington take
senior victories in Liverpool as the GB team
for France is decided
SPOTLIGHT
48 GETTING KIDS RUNNING
INEOS initiative reaches 100,000 milestone
50 JESSICA ENNIS-HILL POSTER
Britain’s golden girl at the Great CityGames
52 WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Legendary shot-putter Geoff Capes
PERFORMANCE
56 Sports science news
58 Athlete Insight – Steph Twell
60 Club night – Black Pear Joggers
61 Coaching corner
62 The Brooks Inspire Daily programme
STATISTICS
40 ALL-TIME GB GREATS
The best female sprinters in history
44 ROAD TO RIO
Men’s 5000m Olympic history
RESULTS & FIXTURES
78 Leading results from last weekend
91 Fixture listings up until Christmas
REGULARS
38 YOUR SAY
96 QUIZ CORNER
98 DIP FINISH
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in AW – Athletics Weekly Magazine 03 December 2015.