AW – Athletics Weekly Magazine | May 4, 2017
ACTION
20 BUCS CHAMPS
Hammer thrower Taylor Campbell and
400m runner Cameron Chalmers on
form in Bedford
26 GREAT BIRMINGHAM 10K
Coverage from last weekend’s big road
running event in the Midlands
SPOTLIGHT
30 MORGAN LAKE
Aspiring British heptathlete shares
her 2020 Olympic vision
32 LONDON 2017 HOPES
Sprinter Laviai Nielsen has a twin
ambition for this summer
34 LOUGHBOROUGH LIFE
How did the university become such
an athletics institution?
38 HISTORY OF THE WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Steve Smythe looks back at the IAAF
event in Berlin in 2009
PERFORMANCE
42 You can trust your gut instinct
44 Trevor Painter’s coaching insight
46 Avoid diminishing returns
NEWS
6 Record revision divides opinion
7 Why Seb Coe halted nation hopping
8 Muir targets one mile record
9 Eugster’s legacy will live on
10 Millington’s praise for Highgate
RESULTS & FIXTURES
12 Comprehensive fixtures calendar for
this summer’s track and field events
48 Results round-up
58 What’s On
REGULARS
33 Your Say – readers’ views
61 Weekly athletics
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in AW – Athletics Weekly Magazine May 4, 2017.