TWELL FINDS OLD SELF

THE GREATEST RACE THAT NEVER WAS ⋯

UHAMMAD ALI’s best-known rivals were George Foreman, Sonny Liston and

A STAR IS BORN

SEREN BUNDY-DAVIES has a star name to live up to

SPRINT KING

REIGNING UK 200m recordholder and the first Briton to break

NATIONAL CHAMP OF YESTERYEAR

UNLESS you are part of the older athletics fraternity in

ROUGH DIAMOND

CONTINUING on the same theme from last week, the Diamond

FIROVA SUPPORTS DRUG USAGE

RUSSIAN Olympic silver medallist Tatyana Firova says she thinks athletes

ROONEY GIVEN YES TO EURO DEFENCE

MARTYN ROONEY has been granted permission to defend his European

REVIEW SCHEDULED FOR DIAMOND LEAGUE EVENTS

THE CHANGES made to the IAAF Diamond League schedule for

DISCUS CAGE CHANGES

THE DISCUS competition for the remaining Diamond League fixtures of

SUB-PAR GEMILI UNCONCERNED IN BIRMINGHAM

IN last year’s race in the Birmingham Diamond League, Adam

FESTIVAL FEEL AT ‘GARDEN GALA’

INSPIRED by the innovation of the Great CityGames events and

SHAKES-DRAYTON: ‘I’M A FIGHTER AND WON’T QUIT’

AFTER doubting if she might ever return to competitive athletics

JAMES BACKS PEDIGREE

JAMES DASAOLU believes his experience when it comes to performing

HENRY’S DREAM YEAR

DESIREE HENRY says the start of the 2016 season has

SHARP IGNORES SEMENYA TO FOCUS ON SELF

LYNSEY SHARP says she can’t afford to focus on Caster

SEMENYA COOL ON 800m RECORD TALK

CASTER SEMENYA fired a warning shot to her competitors after

VAN NIEKERK EYES OLYMPIC 400m GLORY AND DISMISSES DOUBLING UP

WORLD 400m champion Wayde van Niekerk has ruled out the

TAYLOR RULES OUT RIO JUMP DOUBLE

WORLD and Olympic triple jump champion Christian Taylor may have

GATLIN INSPIRED BY COLLINS’ AGE RECORD SPEED

JUSTIN GATLIN says Kim Collins’ phenomenal sub-10 form at the

BOSWORTH BAGS TEAM GB SPOT

TOM BOSWORTH became the latest British athlete to secure a

LADIES’ DAY IN GLASGOW RUN

MORE than 6000 runners headed out into the sunshine to

DIAMOND SHINING BRIGHT ON TRACK

AS A teenager, Emily Diamond was a talented tennis player

HILLAND ENDS 19-YEAR WAIT FOR SENIOR VEST

REBECCA HILLAND will end a 19-year wait for her second

UCL SEE OUT UNI SEASON WITH TITLE VICTORY

UNIVERSITY College London (UCL) overturned the University of Essex’s lead

BRIT CLUBS TAKE EURO VICTORIES

BIRCHFIELD Harriers men and Thames Valley Harriers women enjoyed international

BUD’S RUN AND BASH LOOKING TO BREAK £50K BARRIER IN OCTOBER

THE POPULAR charity 5km “Bud’s Run” hopes to smash through

ROAD TO RIO

WHILE the 4x400m would have to wait 44 more years,

Sun safety

IT’S fair to say we haven’t seen much of the

ENDURANCE TRAINING IS GOOD FOR YOU

FOUR years ago, a controversial study by Belgian researchers suggested

SUGAR SHOCK

SUGAR has been in the firing line lately with the

RUNNING THE BEST BONE-BOOSTER

RUNNERS are likely to have a stronger skeleton than cyclists

COFFEE PREVENTS EXERCISEINDUCED VISION FATIGUE

IT’S not only your muscles that tire with exercise -

PERSPIREX COMFORT

Why: It promises highly effective action against sweat and body

CRACKING KNEES

KNEE joints that crack and pop when bent and flexed

MAKE MOVES TO PROTECT YOUR SKIN

BE honest, how often do you slap on sunscreen before

NO SPEED LIMITS

WHAT does a middle-distance athlete need in their armoury to

ENTER THE COLOUR RUN

This super-lightweight jacket is a great cover-up piece, ideal for

THE PROBLEM WITH ATHLETICS

RECENT events concerning the governance and integrity of international athletics

FARAH IS THE GREATEST ONCE AGAIN

ON a weekend when sport remembered “The Greatest”, Mo Farah

MULLETT EASES UP THE CHASE

ROB MULLETT was disappointed to narrowly miss out on a

ALL-COMERS’ MARKS FOR KENYANS

CONSESLUS KIPRUTO followed up world leads in Doha, Rabat and

BARSHIM NOT CONCERNED WITH FORM

MUTAZ ESSA BARSHIM returned after his seventh-place high jump finish

JAMES WINS AS BRIT PERFORMS

IN the 400m, Kirani James clocked 44.23 over one lap

PAVEY IN RACE AGAINST TIME

JO PAVEY’S bid to make a fifth Olympics looks increasingly

COACH BALDARO RECEIVES RECOGNITION

THE HIGHLY respected and successful distance running coach Bud Baldaro

BROOKS TOP AFTER BACK PROBLEM

SURPRISE shot put winner Tia Brooks was advised by a

HARRISON IS FOCUSED ON RIO

ALL the talk surrounding Kendra Harrison right now is whether

NIYONSABA LAYS DOWN CHALLENGE TO SEMENYA

IF ANY athlete is capable of beating the dominant Caster

RUDISHA SHOWS SPEED

OLYMPIC 800m record-holder David Rudisha dropped down to take on

BARTOLETTA WANTS TO DOUBLE

AFTER finishing third in the 100m, 2015 world long jump

DOYLE HAS GOLD CHANCE

DESPITE being edged into second place here, Eilidh Doyle is

OHURUOGU HAS TIME ON HER SIDE

WE are used to seeing Christine Ohuruogu run well outside

BEST OF THE REST

Poland’s world champion Piotr Malachowski threw 67.50m in the discus,

AWESOME ALMAZ THREATENS RECORD

ALMAZ AYANA narrowly missed the 5000m world record, clocking 14:12.59

OVERSEAS

ON a weekend where there was a British Diamond League,

TRACK

EUROPEAN junior champion Ojie Edoburun won the 100m in a

WALKS / ROAD

TOM BOSWORTH secured his place in the team for Rio

FELL

DESPITE struggling with an Achilles injury, Nathan Reed repeated his

BRITS IN ACTION AMID TOP HEAD TO HEADS IN NORWAY

AFTER battling for the 200m title in Beijing last summer,

YOUR SAY

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

THE WRIGHT STUFF

MOST young athletes would be overjoyed to finish fourth in

STARTER FOR =10=

1 Who won the 200m in 19.68 at last year’s

YOUTUBE HIT HEALY IS AN INSPIRATION

TO coin a phrase used by Athletics Weekly contributor and

BRIT PICKED TO BEAT THE SUN IN THE ALPS

WILMSLOW-born runner James Macdonald has been selected by ASICS to

FARAH FOUNDATION CLOSES

MO FARAH’S charity has been shut down after it lost