AW – Athletics Weekly Magazine  |  AW December 2021
It's the final AW of 2021 and December sees us unveil, and hear from, all the winners of this year's AW Readers' Choice Awards. You voted in your thousands to cast your verdicts across a range of categories and we provide insight into those athletes who have stood out over the past 12 months.
Gianmarco Tamberi was involved in one of the standout moments of the Olympics, when he shared high jump gold with Mutaz Essa Barshim, and he talks exclusively about that experience plus also the weight that has been lifted from his shoulders after finding success.
It has been a strange, uncertain year for athletes to navigate and British sprinter Beth Dobbin provides her perspective on the rollercoaster ride of 2021, while Statto Steve Smythe looks through this year's world rankings to pick out the noticeable trends at the elite end of the sport.
The return of the European Cross Country Championships is imminent and 2018 British team gold medallist Verity Ockenden writes about her experiences of the event, as well as the joy and pain that comes with cross country competition.
In our extensive performance section we hear some practical advice on training through the menopause, while high jumper Morgan Lake takes us through her training routine, physio Paul Hobrough asks if massage is really as important as we think, 2004 Olympic pole vault champion Tim Mack outlines how he found the path to gold and running shoe guru Paul Freary picks out the best kit on the market.
There are also a number of Christmas gift suggestions for the athlete in your life, reviews of the latest books on your favourite sport, plus all of our regular features.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in AW – Athletics Weekly Magazine AW December 2021.