AW – Athletics Weekly Magazine | February 28 2019
EUROPEAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS PREVIEW
6 INTRODUCTION
We set the scene for Glasgow 2019
8 RICHARD KILTY INTERVIEW
Teesside Tornado on his love for Scotland
11 SPRINT & HURDLES RANKINGS
Championship form guide by Mel Watman
12 MELISSA COURTNEY INTERVIEW
Hoping to make her mark in the 3000m
15 MIDDLE DISTANCE RANKINGS
Rankings ahead of the Euro Indoors
18 JOE REID INTERVIEW
Rising star of the 800m scene
20 FIELD & COMBINED EVENTS RANKINGS
Jumps, shot, heptathlon, pentathlon stats
22 SOPHIE McKINNA INTERVIEW
In-form thrower is dreaming big
24 GLASGOW 1990 LOOK-BACK
Tom McKean and Linford Christie among the winners at vintage Euro Indoor
ACTION
36 SAUCONY ENGLISH NATIONAL
Mahamed Mahamed and Emily Hosker Thornhill claimed senior titles on a challenging course at Harewood House
50 LINDSAYS SCOTTISH NATIONAL
Unique success for Steph Twell as former English champion takes Scottish crown
53 WELSH NATIONAL
Dewi Griffiths grabs national title No.7 while Jenny Nesbitt wins women’s gold
54 NORTHERN IRELAND & ULSTER NATIONAL
Mark McKinstry and Breege Connolly take senior titles at Lurgan Park
PERFORMANCE
56 David Lowes on the importance of club nights
58 John Shepherd explains coach communication
60 Shoe reviews – footwear with good support under test by Paul Freary and his team
RESULTS & FIXTURES
64 Includes news from the England Athletics Under-20 Indoor Champs and US Indoor Champs
75 What’s On fixtures guideNEWS
28 Guy Learmonth captains GB team at Euro Indoors
29 Seb Coe on the Caster Semenya CAS case
30 Steph Twell targets Olympic marathon
31 Tributes to Tipton legend Ron Bentley
REGULARS
26 UKA VIEW
In a new column, the governing body’s interim chair Sarah Rowell welcomes questions and debate
78 DIP FINISH
Is Margate set to stage the nation’s toughest one mile race in May?
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