THE PROBLEM WITH ATHLETICS

ATHLETICS – THE FRIENDLIEST SPORT AROUND

GARETH BALE leads Welsh hopes at the Euro 2016 football

JUMPS THREAT

MARQUISE GOODWIN is the No.1 threat to Greg Rutherford’s Olympic

GENEVA FEVER

WHEN it comes to resplendent running routes, a recent trip

COME WHAT MAY

AFTER BEING the only British winner at the inaugural World

WHEN BLANKERS-KOEN CAME TO TOWN ...

EIGHTY years ago saw the appearance on these shores for

STEWART SAYS

IAN STEWART told AW only a matter of weeks ago

GROWTH IN SPORT PARTICIPATION

ATHLETICS participation in England has risen by 5% in the

HERMITAGE READY FOR PARALYMPICS

EUROPEAN and world T37 400m champion Georgie Hermitage says she’s

BOLT READY TO RETURN HIS 2008 RELAY GOLD

USAIN BOLT says he would have no issue with returning

HANSEN: ‘STRANGE’ BRIT EURO POLICY

EUROPEAN Athletics president Svein Arne Hansen says he finds British

DAVIES AMONG THREE ISSUED IAAF SUSPENSION

NICK DAVIES is among three senior staff provisionally suspended by

TEAM OF FIVE FOR TORONTO

ENGLAND Athletics has selected a team of five men to

COULSON GIVEN EURO CHANCE

JESS COULSON has been added to the British team for

BOSWORTH: ‘BRITS TO PEAK IN TOKYO’

BRITAIN’S sole 20km walker heading to the Rio Olympics, Tom

MILLINGTON: RIO IS A ONCE-IN-A-LIFE SHOT

ROSS MILLINGTON says he had prepared himself to run the

SOTHERTON ON CHAMPS’ PARADE

BIRMINGHAM, the home of athletics in Great Britain, has opened

STEWART: MARATHON AIDS BIRMINGHAM’S 2026 HOPE

OLYMPIC medallist Ian Stewart says a marathon returning to Birmingham’s

AUSSIE FAVOURITES FOR LONDON MILE

AUSTRALIAN Luke Mathews will start as overwhelming favourite to win

RUSSIAN TRIO ARE ANNOUNCED AS 2012 DOPERS

THREE more Russian athletes have failed drugs tests after their

SCOTTISH SENIOR CHAMPS ENTRIES

ENTRIES are open for the Scottish Senior Championship at Grangemouth

WOLVES AC WIN QUEEN’S AWARD

WOLVERHAMPTON & Bilston AC have been honoured with the Queen’s

NEWCASTLE KIDS GO RUN FOR FUN

MARATHON runner Aly Dixon got behind the GO Run For

DATE SET FOR OPEN 10,000m

THE OPEN and county 10,000m championships for Leicestershire and Rutland,

DONINGTON RUN A STEP ON THOMPSON’S PATH

CHRIS THOMPSON is set to be among those lining up

ROAD TO RIO

JAMAICA will start in the former Brazilian capital as big

Off balance

THE science of sport and exercise has evolved at a

WOMEN EXCLUDED FROM RESEARCH

WOMEN are under-represented in meaningful sports and exercise science research,

FASTER FIX FOR SPORTS INJURIES

A NEW website with free links to more than 12,000

RUNNING KEEPS YOU YOUNG

SCIENTISTS at Humboldt State University have shown how regular running

EXPLOSIVE WEIGHT TRAINING IS BEST FOR STRENGTH GAIN

THERE are two schools of thought about weight training: one,

ULTRASUN 50+ SPF

What: A lightweight and non-greasy sun cream offering heavy-duty UVA,

SOPHIE HITCHON

MY PARENTS were heavily involved in athletics when I was

FACE THE MUSIC

IF MUSIC could actually make you run faster then I’m

RUN WITH RHYTHM

First the brand brought us their unique “bone conductor” headphones

MUIR SMASHES SCOTS RECORD

DAFNE SCHIPPERS produced the performance of the meeting with a

POWELL’S DOUBLE

THE MIDLAND event moved away from its traditional home in

ENNIS-HILL ON FORM

CHAMPIONS are made when no one is watching, in the

CAMPBELL’S THE MAN

ENTRIES were low, not helped by a fixture clash with

OVERSEAS

FALLING AREA STANDARDS THE area championships quality seems to be

TRACK & FIELD

SUSSEX COUNTY SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS, Crawley CURRENT English Schools champions honed

WALKS / TRACK

EMMA ACHURCH was the fastest with 48:25. The 18-year-old won

MULTI-TERRAIN / ROAD

Overall: 1 C Wartnaby (M40) 77:49; 2 C Metcalf 78:52;

ROAD / PARKRUN

Overall: 1 J McNally (Liv H) 25:58; 2 M Swensson

FELL

Overall (6M/1300ft: 1 C Davison (Ross, U20) 44:43; 2 B

BRITS APLENTY IN SWEDEN

THE BAUHAUSgalan meeting is the latest in the Diamond League

ATHLETES ON TRIAL

BEDFORD stages the latest national championships for junior and under-23

STEEL STARTS HER PREP

GEMMA STEEL continues her build up for the half-marathon at

THROWING THE DISTANCE

WHEN Jake Norris’s headmaster heard that his pupil had set

STARTER FOR 10

1 Which British 4x400m runner won a medal in both

KJT MIMICS AN ACTION HEROINE

KATARINA JOHNSON THOMPSON scaled one of London’s tallest rooftops recently