AW – Athletics Weekly Magazine | August 1 2019
DIGEST
6 Mo Farah targets Simplyhealth Great North Run
7 Sympathy for Luke Traynor after drugs positive
8 Can the Euro U20 800m medallists live up to the hype? AW
speaks to Oliver Dustin, Ben Pattison and Finley Mclear
12 Coach Rodger Hughes hit by serious family health problems
ACTION
14 ENGLAND ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Naomi Ogbeta, Scott Lincoln and George Mills are among
winners of national titles in wet conditions in Manchester
20 UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIPS
Dalilah Muhammad breaks women’s world record for 400m hurdles as pole vaulter Sam Kendricks and DeAnna Price also excel in Iowa
RESULTS & FIXTURES
64 Weekly round-up includes MK 5000 PB Special and news from national championships across the world
75 What’s On fixtures guide
SPOTLIGHT
26 TOKYO 1964 REMEMBERED
Mel Watman looks back at GB's most successful Olympics with an eight-page nostalgia special
34 DANIELLE WILLIAMS PROFILE
Stuart Weir speaks to the in-form Jamaican sprint hurdler setting her sights on Tokyo 2020
37 OLYMPIC TIMETABLE
Event-by-event guide to the Games in 12 months’ time
40 RESULTS SYSTEMS RE-INVENTED
Steve Smythe takes a look at the Open Track operation
42 WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Jason Henderson catches up with 1998 Commonwealth 200m winner Julian Golding
44 HOLLY MILLS
Heptathlon remains the No.1 focus for GB junior talent, says Steven Mills
DOHA 2019
46 MUTAZ ESSA BARSHIM
High jump phenomenon tells Jessica Whittington about injury comeback
48 NETHANEEL MITCHELL-BLAKE
World 4x100m champion remembers London 2017
PERFORMANCE
52 Warm-ups – why race walkers profit from short strides
54 John Shepherd on the benefits of competing abroad
56 The intricacies of over-training are examined
58 Latest and best running shoes – four-page special
PREVIEWS
62 Look ahead to a busy weekend of national leagues
REGULARS
50 YOUNG ATHLETE
Sprinter Nia Wedderburn-Goodison under the spotlight
62 DIP FINISH
Global transplant games event poised to hit the UK
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