AW – Athletics Weekly Magazine | 11/02/2016
THE BIG FEATURE
18 KATARINA JOHNSONTHOMPSON
European indoor pentathlon champion on
bouncing back after the Beijing Worlds
COMPETITION
34 GREAT MANCHESTER TRIP
Win a VIP package for the Great Manchester
Run and Great CityGames
SPOTLIGHT
26 RON PICKERING
Twenty-five years after his death, we look
back at the life of the founder of a fund that
has helped countless international athletes
30 WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
David Hemery looks back over his life since
winning the 1968 Olympic 400m hurdles title
NEWS
6 Alison Wyeth talks of ‘strange’ Chinese team
9 Ojie Edoburun: GB men can win relay gold
ACTION
58 BUCS CROSS CHAMPS
Report from the national universities event
as Callum Hawkins and Pippa Woolven take
the spoils
PERFORMANCE
50 The latest in sports science
52 Athlete Insight – Scott Lincoln
54 How to train for fell running
56 Products – accessories to combat injury
TALKING POINT
44 A call for radical rule changes in the fight
against doping in sport
STATISTICS
36 ROAD TO RIO
The history of the men’s 400m hurdles at the
Olympic Games
40 ALL-TIME BRITISH GREATS
The top female British steeplechasers and
race walkers in history, according to Mel
Watman’s rankings system
RESULTS & FIXTURES
64 Leading results from home and abroad
75 What’s On fixtures guide
REGULARS
46 YOUNG ATHLETE
48 YOUR SAY
78 QUIZ CORNER
82 DIP FINISH
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in AW – Athletics Weekly Magazine 11/02/2016.