KENYA TARGETS LEADING AGENTS IN DOPING FIGHT

LOOK OUT FOR ‘ALSO-RANS’ IN CLASS OF 2016

IF YOU WANT to catch an early glimpse of the

BE SAFE IN SUMMER

WITH summer now in full swing (yes, really, look at

RISING FROM THE ABYSS

ANGRY and fighting back the tears, Jade Lally made a

BOLT NO DOUBT

THE ANNUAL circus of Usain Bolt’s fitness ahead of a

CAS HOLDS KEY TO RUSSIA’S RIO HOPE

RUSSIAN athletes hoping to compete at the Rio Olympics will

CAS LIFT ALPTEKIN SUSPENSION PENDING REDUCED BAN

DISGRACED Turkish 1500m runner Asli Cakir Alptekin could compete at

ASHER-SMITH REALISES THE DREAM OF HER LIFE

THE TEARS which flowed from Dina Asher-Smith in the immediate

GILES BACK ON THE BIKE

TWO years after being crushed in a motorcycle accident, British

DOUGLAS IN RIO BATTLE

NATHAN DOUGLAS says he stands “absolutely no chance in hell”

CLARKE IN PRESSURE COOKER

LAWRENCE CLARKE says the pressure of his training group in

BRADSHAW’S TRAINING TARGET

HOLLY BRADSHAW believes she has a big chance of an

LONDON 2012 FUELS SAWYERS’ RIO DREAMS

“INSPIRE a generation” was London 2012’s tagline, and Britain’s Rio-bound

RIMMER READY FOR RIO RUN-IN

MICHAEL RIMMER is hopeful his body will now stand up

LENNIE PLAYED WAITE-ING GAME TO MAKE OLYMPIC TEAM

LENNIE WAITE says it took time to pick herself up

REHM ATTENTION TURNS TO 2017

MARKUS REHM will no longer seek participation at the 2016

FITNESS CONCERNS OVER BOLT FOR RIO

USAIN BOLT’S dream of an historic Olympic sprint “triple-triple” have

INTERNATIONAL NEWS INTERNATIONAL NEWS INTERNATIONAL NEWS

FRENCH triple jumper Teddy Tamgho has revealed that a benign

PEARSON DREAMS OF COMEBACK ON THE GOLD COAST

AUSTRALIA’S Olympic hurdles champion Sally Pearson says she is already

RICHARDS-ROSS ENDS GLITTERING CAREER

SANYA RICHARDS-ROSS’ golden career came to an end at the

KIRIBATI LATEST IN WORLD RUN

THE GREAT North Run’s big ambition of having all 193

MARATHONS AT MASTERS LEVEL

ENGLAND Athletics has partnered with five marathons in the UK,

CHELTENHAM VICE CHAIR DIES

CHELTENHAM & County Harriers vice-chairman Dave MacNamee has died suddenly

FARAH BACK AT OLYMPIC STADIUM

MO FARAH and Jessica Ennis-Hill will star on “Super Saturday”

GREAT BRITISH WORLD JUNIOR SQUAD FILLS OUT

TWENTY-FOUR more athletes have been added to the Great British

JOGGING YOUR WAY DOWN MEMORY LANE

PREVIOUS studies have linked running to improving memory and recent

RUNNING IS GOOD FOR KNEES

CONTRARY to popular opinion, running is not bad for your

BIRMINGHAM MARATHON DATE ANNOUNCED

THE date for the inaugural edition of the Great Birmingham

ON THE TRAIL TO THE TOP

SOME of the most promising trail runners from around the

MORE PEOPLE ARE RUNNING IN ENGLAND

RUNNING continues to grow in popularity as a participation sport

12-YEAR-OLD RUNS 16:44 5K

A 12-year-old American girl has astounded the running world by

MCANDREW TO SUPPORT JANE TOMLINSON RACE

MODEL and marathon runner Nell McAndrew will help the Jane

GREAT NORTH CLOSES ON WORLD TARGET

EARLIER this year, the Great North Run launched an ambitious

CYCLE TRACKS

RECENTLY, we reported on these pages how athlete and scientist,

TOO MANY SPORTS DRINKS PRESENTS TEEN HEALTH RISK

TOO many 12-14-year-olds are regularly consuming sports drinks, increasing their

ICE BATHS: ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL

SUBMERGING yourself in icy cold water has been hailed as

RUNNING IS NOT BAD FOR YOUR KNEES ...

HOW many times have you been told by non-athletes that

... AND IT CAN IMPROVE YOUR MEMORY AS WELL

YET more ammunition to fire at non-runners came in the

INNIE

What: A small, hard-wearing plastic clip that creates a bow-less

RIO ATHLETES RISK ‘LEAKY GUT’ SYNDROME

ATHLETES who have gained Olympic selection could do worse than

WENDY SLY

WENDY SLY entered 1984 full of confidence. Running 70-80 miles

THE M WORD: A LAST TABOO

MANY WOMEN athletes say their menstrual cycle impacts upon their

A PERFORMANCE CURSE?

IT IS DUBBED ‘the curse’ and is indeed the scourge

AYR SEAFORTH

Since forming in 1961 as the result of an amalgamation

RIO FORM GUIDE

WHO WILL ever forget “Super Saturday” – August 4, 2012

IRISH SUFFRAGETTE

IRISHWOMAN Maeve Kyle OBE had to wait until she was

TEN YEARS ON

WHILE browsing through some old issues of AW from 2006

THE MASTER HURDLER

IT WAS 65 years ago that Tony Bowman ran at

FIREWORKS AT US TRIALS

AS EXPECTED, competition for Rio Olympic places on Team USA

TITLE RACE HOTS UP

THE ALEXANDER Stadium in Birmingham was the venue for the

BIRCHFIELD BOUNCE BACK

AFTER narrowly losing to Thames Valley Harriers in the opening

KENYANS ON COURSE FOR RIO

THE fastest losers process in championships is often flawed. In

PARKRUN / ROAD

parkrun 5km Leading age-graded Perth: M Carroll 15:38 M45 90.90%;

THE CLASS OF 2016

AROUND 2000 of the country’s top young athletes will descend

GREAT HOPES FOR HIGHGATE HARRIER

DOMINIC OGBECHIE competes for Highgate Harriers and may justifiably be

YOUR SAY

Email: jason.henderson@athleticsweekly.com or write to us at Athletics Weekly, The

STARTER FOR =10=

1 Which athlete, competing in Amsterdam and whose photo partially

ONCE A CHEAT, ALWAYS A CHEAT, SAYS ADAMS

VALERIE ADAMS vented her fury at Russian drugs cheats in

JENNER MEDAL IS NO LONGER HIDDEN AWAY

CAITLYN JENNER says her Olympic decathlon gold medal from 1976

RUNNER DENIES VOYUERISM CHARGE

JASON LOBO, one of Britain’s top middle-distance runners in the

SPRINTING TO THE TOP

IT IS fair to say that Tracy Barlow is making

26.2 MILES IN NORTH KOREA

IN 1999 25-year-old North Korean Jong Song Ok became a

WILD RUNNING

A WONDERFUL, peaceful run on firm, waymarked trails through tranquil

WHAT TYPE OF RUNNER ARE YOU?

I AM sure you have read about the importance of

RUN FOR THE SUN?

RUNNING in the sun is one of the delights of

RUNNING TECH

Not too long ago it was very unusual to see

DAVID MOORCROFT

WHEN David Moorcroft set the world record for 5000m in

GROUP MAGIC

MY first training group was with the Greater Boston Track