AW – Athletics Weekly Magazine | March 16, 2017
ACTION
6 INTER-COUNTIES CROSS
COUNTRY CHAMPS
Andy Vernon and Jess Judd take senior
crowns while juniors battle for World
Cross selection at Prestwold Hall –
11-page special
SPOTLIGHT
18 LONDON 2017 HOPES
Lorraine Ugen in fine form after her UK
indoor long jump record
32 HISTORY OF THE WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Steve Smythe looks back at the IAAF
event in Gothenburg in 1995
40 GREG RUTHERFORD
Long jumper has put his dancing shoes
away and is concentrating on what he
does best to end his career on a high
STATISTICS
26 CLASSROOM TO OLYMPICS
The path from the English Schools
to the Rio 2016 Games
PERFORMANCE
42 Sports science and training news
44 Advice on how to banish a side stitch
46 Product reviews – sports bras
NEWS
20 Amelia Quirk picked despite trials DQ
21 Callum Hawkins set for New York test
22 Masters dismay over non-stadia bid
RESULTS & FIXTURES
48 Results round-up
60 What’s On events guide
REGULARS
62 Dip Finish
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in AW – Athletics Weekly Magazine March 16, 2017.