SCHWAZER’S WIN PROVOKES DISGUST
CRAZINESS AND CONTROVERSY IN THE WORLD OF ATHLETICS
THE athletics world collectively held its head in its hands as Alex Schwazer returned from a four-year drugs ban to win the 50km race at the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships in Rome on Sunday.
The Italian failed a drug test on the eve of London 2012 and confessed to buying EPO and administering it to himself.
To add insult to injury, the shamed race walker beat the Australian Jared Tallent into second in Rome. Tallent is a fervent anti-drugs campaigner who was complaining about Russian cheats long before the nation was banned from international athletics.
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SPOTLIGHT
20 BACK TO BASICS
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38 ZATOPEK BOOK REVIEW
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9 London Olympic track relaid
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30 ROAD TO RIO
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28 LANE TWO CURSE
Why sprinters may be hoping to avoid the
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42 Sports science news
44 High jump masterclass with Allan Smith
46 When should you run twice a day?
48 Product reviews – summer tops
50 Club Night – Keswick AC
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52 DOHA DIAMOND LEAGUE
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56 BRITISH ATHLETICS LEAGUE
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60 Top results from last weekend
72 Previews of the Shanghai Diamond League,
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75 Fixtures for the month ahead
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40 YOUNG ATHLETE
78 QUIZ CORNER
82 DIP FINISH