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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in AW – Athletics Weekly Magazine 09/06/2016.
THE GREATEST RACE THAT NEVER WAS ⋯
editor’s comment Almaz Ayana: provided the highlight of the Rome meeting last ThursdayJEAN-PIERRE DURAND UHAMMAD ALI’s best-known rivals were George Foreman, Sonny Liston and Joe Frazier. But buried ...
A STAR IS BORN
SEREN BUNDY-DAVIES has a star name to live up to. The Welsh name Seren, pronounced “Serr-an”, means “star”. Rio is being selected as her stage for stardom and it would complete an amazing climb from ...
SPRINT KING
REIGNING UK 200m recordholder and the first Briton to break 20 seconds over the distance may have retired from athletics 16 years ago, but John Regis remains an integral part in the burgeoning career...
NATIONAL CHAMP OF YESTERYEAR
UNLESS you are part of the older athletics fraternity in Essex, Alan Perkins is not a very well known name. Perhaps this is possibly due to his family connections. His first wife Phyllis Perkins (née...
ROUGH DIAMOND
CONTINUING on the same theme from last week, the Diamond League has looked at ways to boost its appeal and give athletes more exposure. The changes to the field events schedule have been rounded upo...
FIROVA SUPPORTS DRUG USAGE
RUSSIAN Olympic silver medallist Tatyana Firova says she thinks athletes should be allowed to take performance-enhancing substances. The 400m runner, who won relay medals at each of the last three su...