AW – Athletics Weekly Magazine | Feb 20 2020
DIGEST
6 Joanna Adams takes CEO hot seat at UK Athletics
7 UK Sport give green light to ‘Street survey’ of governing body
8 Eritrean-born talent targets GB vest at Olympic marathon
9 Tokyo organisers insist 2020 Olympic Games will go ahead
10 Nick Jones battles back to fitness during cancer fight
12 Storm Dennis plays havoc with domestic fixtures calendar
ACTION
14 MÜLLER GRAND PRIX IN GLASGOW
Mondo Duplantis breaks the world pole vault record again at a
meeting that also sees fine performances from Jemma Reekie,
Andrew Pozzi, Jessie Knight and Laura Muir
OLYMPIC MEMORIES
26 STEVE CRAM
British mile record-holder looks back on his memories from
his three Olympic Games in the 1980s
PERFORMANCE
33 Warm-ups – John Shepherd looks at how plyometrics prior to
shot putting can improve the thrower’s performance
34 Pre-training workout techniques to prime your body and help
to prevent injuries
36 Spring shoe reviews – Paul Freary brings more insight into the
latest footwear on the marketREGULARS
62 DIP FINISH
Great performances from Armagh to Monaco overshadowed
by talk of ‘the Vaporfly effect’
PREVIEWS
38 BRITISH ATHLETICS INDOOR
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Three-page look forward to this weekend’s national
championships at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow
41 SCOTTISH & WELSH NATIONAL CROSS
COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Big fields set for Falkirk while Dewi Griffiths goes for yet
another Welsh title near Llanelli
42 SAUCONY ENGLISH NATIONAL CROSS
COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Mahamed Mahamed and Jess Judd among the likely
contenders as one of the biggest events of the winter
heads to Wollaton Park in Nottingham
RESULTS & FIXTURES
44 Results round-up includes coverage of the world 5km
record in Monaco, fast times in Armagh and the BUCS
Indoor Championships from
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