Vote for your favourites before December 1
IT’S AWARDS time again and, as we near the end of this Olympic and Paralympic year, we want you to tell us who has impressed you most in 2016.
Eight categories are listed over the next few pages of this magazine. But due to the World Masters Championships finishing close to our deadline, there is an additional category for masters on our website and also a bonus category online for the best British breakthrough of 2016.
These accolades are just a bit of fun with no real hardware up for grabs, but what better honour is there for some serious bragging rights than being named an AW athlete of the year?
Log on to athleticsw.com/AOTY2016 in order to cast your votes.
Voting closes on December 1 with the results to be published in the December 8 edition of the magazine.
INTERNATIONAL MALE ATHLETE
Usain Bolt: The 30-year-old won Olympic titles in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m for the third consecutive time. This ‘triple triple’ saw him take the 100m in 9.81 and 200m in 19.78 before anchoring Jamaica in the 4x100m. During an otherwise quiet season he won the 200m at the London Anniversary Games in 19.89.
Ryan Crouser: The American set an Olympic record of 22.52m to beat reigning world champion Joe Kovacs by 74cm for gold in Rio. Before 2016, the 23-year-old had a PB of only 21.11m but after improving by well over a metre he ends this year ranked equal 10th on the world all-time rankings.
Mo Farah: Took the 5000m and 10,000m Olympic titles in style in Rio and ends 2016 with the world’s fastest 5000m of 12:59.29. Not a flawless year, though, as he finished third in the IAAF World Half-marathon.
Eliud Kipchoge: After winning the London Marathon in April in 2:03:05 (eight seconds outside of the world record) the Kenyan took the Olympic title over 26.2 miles in Rio with 2:08:44 in warm conditions. In addition, he was crowned World Marathon Majors winner.
Usain Bolt: scored a golden Olympic hat-trick again
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About Athletics Weekly
THE BIG FEATURE
16 ASBEL KIPROP
Kenyan supermiler reflects on his
indifferent 2016 season
ACTION
34 ENGLISH CROSS RELAYS
AFD win half the races in Berry Hill
Park as Andy Vernon and Steph
Twell star
SPOTLIGHT
20 ATHLETES OF THE YEAR
The time has come to place your
votes in the 2016 Athletics Weekly
survey
PERFORMANCE
26 Sports science news
28 The principles of altitude training
30 Perfect push-ups for athletes
31 Nutrition – soup up your diet
32 Products – the best running tights
NEWS
6 Lottery-funded athletes announced
10 Jack Braughton obituary
12 Stars on Futures funding
14 British athletics writers name 2016
award winners
RESULTS & FIXTURES
42 Results, including World Masters
and New York City Marathon
57 What’s On – events listings
PREVIEWS
56 Previews of the Masters
International and Milton Keynes
Cross Challenge
REGULARS
61 Quiz – test your knowledge
62 Dip Finish