HARRISON HURDLES TO HISTORIC WORLD BEST
AMERICAN’S COMPENSATION FOR MISSING RIO
W 100m HURDLES
MOST of the competitors at London were using this meeting to hone their preparations for Rio. Not Kendra Harrison, though, who broke the world record with a sensational 12.20 to better Yordanka Donkova’s 12.21 mark from 1988. Harrison won’t be in Rio after her sixth-placed finish in a loaded American trial, despite running 12.61 and having started as the firm favourite after setting a US record of 12.24 back in May.
Having been just 0.03 of a second short of Donkova’s mark in Eugene and with no Olympics to aim for, the 23-year-old set herself a new target. “Only the record will make up for missing out on Rio,” she said at the pre-race press conference.
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ACTION
6 MÜLLER ANNIVERSARY GAMES
Kendra Harrison sets world record and Laura
Muir breaks GB 1500m mark in London
24 WORLD UNDER-20 CHAMPS
Konrad Bukowiecki and Neeraj Chopra throw
global junior bests at Bydgoszcz
SPOTLIGHT
34 WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
What happened to Maricica Puica, winner
of the Decker-Budd 1984 Olympic 3000m?
NEWS
42 Brits looking good for Olympics
46 Athlete alters holiday plans to go to Rio
48 Andy Baddeley not yet set to quit
PERFORMANCE
50 Sports science news
52 Athlete Insight – Rob Mullett
54 The psychological pressures for Rio athletes
56 Products – summer gear
TALKING POINT
38 World Junior representative Emily Dudgeon
on keeping a lid on the teen dropout rate
40 Mel Watman laments the IOC’s decision not
to ban Russia from the Rio Games
RESULTS & FIXTURES
58 Results round-up
76 England Champs & Inter-Counties preview
77 What’s On – fixtures guide
REGULARS
74 QUIZ CORNER
82 DIP FINISH