AW - Athletics Weekly Magazine

AW has been the bible of the sport since the 1940s and is still the No.1 choice for the true running and athletics fan, designed to keep you informed about all the best news, comment, event reports and results from Britain and around the world. In the summer AW offers the very best in-depth coverage of the track and field season focusing not only on the major championships, such as the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Commonwealth Games and World Championships, but also the best in schools and grassroots club athletics. The spring and autumn seasons concentrate on road racing, including the big events such as the Great North Run and Virgin Money London Marathon, while the long winter campaign looks toward the cross country season and the exciting indoor scene. Alongside our unrivalled coverage of all the top events, AW also offers a sharp and detailed news service focusing on elite and up-and-coming athletes and the issues which rage within the sport. We provide all the important fixtures as well as the most comprehensive service of results from around Britain and the rest of the world. AW provides detailed features focusing on the top names in the sport as well as its highly regarded coaching, performance and nutritional advice, product reviews and plenty of debate and opinions via our popular letters column and web forum. Make sure you get AW to keep up-to-date with the sport’s latest.

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AW - Athletics Weekly Magazine

GREAT MEETS GREAT

THE MONTH IN NUMBERS • A look back at some of the biggest news and best performances of recent weeks

NO GRAND FINALE • Katharine Merry looks at the recent reality check for Michael Johnson’s new project and considers some of the factors that will help keep athletics in the public consciousness

MY GREATEST RACE • European Indoor Championships, Katowice, March 9,1975 - Women’s 60m, Gold, 7.17

RISING STAR • Jasmine Collett talks to an athlete who has been in the form of her life

THE RIGHT DIRECTION • Sports lawyer John Finlay writes about why it is crucial for an athlete to have solid support, guidance and education when it comesto negotiating the challenges of matters like new contracts and finding financial security

THE ATHLETE'S VOICE • Hannah England talks to Euan Crumley about life after competing, the art of commentary and how those in the thick of the action might help themselves

GRIEF COUNSELLING • Verity Ockenden considers the very different kind of pain that athletes will have to face - and can cause big breakthroughs as well as serious setbacks

Patience and momentum • George Mills talks to Euan Crumley about the approach that helped him create history at the Bislett Games and overtake Mo Farah in the record books

How does he do it? • His leap of 6.28min Stockholmrepresented world record number 12 in the career ofMondo Duplantis so far. Cathal Dennehy delves into the method behind themultiple Olympic, world and European champion’s extraordinary rise

“I'm not fighting myself any more” • After Olympic heartache in Paris, Anna Hall has been learning to fall in love with the heptathlon again. She talks to Euan Crumley about mending her relationship with the event, and how she managed to rediscover the spark that laid the groundwork for greatness in Götzis

The 7000 club

Pawlett's promise • Jasmine Collett hears from the young British heptathlete whose improving performances are underlining her growing stature

THE CHOSEN STRUGGLE • In the first of a new series, David Holmes looks at the long and fascinating history of the combined events in athletics. From the pentathletes of ancient Greece to the all-rounders of the early modern Olympics, the tradition has always been about the complete athlete

A golden summer • From drunken drumming on stage...