GREAT BRITAIN’S patchy recent history when it comes to Olympic sprint relays means that come Rio they will be watched with great intrigue this summer.
Four years ago Britain’s women didn’t qualify for the 4x100m while the men suffered the familiar ignominy of disqualification after a changeover failure in the heat but this time round each quartet goes into the Olympics with realistic medal ambitions and an eye on making a dent into UK Sport’s demands of between seven and nine medals from the country’s track and field stars.
Strong showings at the European Championships in Amsterdam earlier this month, in which the men came home with gold and the women with silver, give cause for cautious optimism, not least for the consistent selection process which saw both the men’s and women’s team run the same four in each round.
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About AW - The best coverage of the No.1 Olympic sport
THE BIG INTERVIEW
16 JAMES DASAOLU
GB 100m champion hopes his injury woes
are behind him as he heads to Rio
SPOTLIGHT
24 WHICH UNIVERSITY?
International athlete Ross Murray’s tips for
athletes choosing their next step in education
30 WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
1976 Olympic 1500m finalist Frank Clement
NEWS
6 Black embraces huge responsibility
8 GB’s Olympic sprint relay hopes
14 Rooney targets Rio 4x400m gold
PERFORMANCE
36 Sports science news
38 Killer Session – David Hemery
40 Products – Backpacks
42 Club Night – Leighton Buzzard AC
STATISTICS
20 Mel Watman analyses how the female winners
from London 2012 have fared since
TALKING POINT
28 Eurosport commentator Tim Hutchings on
his latest travels around the athletics world
ACTION
44 SCHOOLS INTERNATIONAL
Top young athletes in action at Ashford
48 EUROPEAN YOUTH CHAMPS
Britain top the table in Georgia with 13
medals, including five golds
52 MONACO DIAMOND LEAGUE
Caster Semenya runs 1:55
56 GREAT NEWHAM LONDON RUN
Thousands of runners enjoy rare chance to
run in the former Olympic Stadium
58 INEOS GO RUN FOR FUN
World’s biggest children’s fun run
RESULTS & FIXTURES
60 Results round-up
72 Müller Anniversary Games preview
77 What’s On – fixtures guide
REGULARS
33 YOUR SAY
34 YOUNG ATHLETE
81 QUIZ CORNER
82 DIP FINISH