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.

THE DOMINO EFFECT

AW - Athletics Weekly Magazine

PICTURE THIS TAMBERI'S TRIUMPH

THE MONTH IN NUMBERS • A selection of the standout performances on the track, in the field and on the trails

TIME OF CHANGE • After being re-elected for a third term, World Athletics president Seb Coe is intent on making big alterations to the sport in the next four years

LISA DOBRISKEY MY GREATEST RACE • 5th Avenue Mile, New York, September 21, 2008, first place, 4:18.6

RISING STAR PHOEBE GILL • Georgie Heath catches up with the Commonwealth Youth Games 800m champion who is rewriting the record books

A LIFE IN LIMBO • Athletes thrive on routine and a fixed goal to work towards but, as Verity Ockenden writes, the current elite landscape means that scenario is an exception rather than the rule

Hosts with the most • BUDAPEST PRODUCED ONE OF THE BEST EDITIONS OF THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS THERE HAS EVER BEEN. OVER THE NEXT AO PAGES, WE RELIVE SOME OF THE GREAT MOMENTS AND SPEAK TO SOME OF THE KEY FIGURES FROM AN EVENT TO REMEMBER

Feelgood story • THE ACTION AND DRAMA IN BUDAPEST WAS SO GOOD THAT IT RELEGATED SOME ISSUES WHICH COULD HAVE DOMINATED THE AGENDA TO THE FRINGES, WRITES KATHARINE MERRY

Centre of attention • NOAH LYLES STRUCK GOLD THREE TIMES IN BUDAPEST AND, AS THE AMERICAN TELLS EUAN CRUMLEY, HIS PLANS TO PUT THE SPOTLIGHT ON ATHLETICS AND CREATE “A DYNASTY” ARE FIRMLY ON TRACK

Impossible to ignore • SHA'CARRI RICHARDSON IS ONE OF THE MOST DIVISIVE PERSONALITIES IN ATHLETICS BUT, LIKE IT OR NOT, THE NOW WORLD CHAMPION IS BRILLIANT FOR ATHLETICS, WRITES BEN BLOOM

Forging gold • BY TAKING A RISK ON EACH OTHER, JOSH KERR AND HIS COACH DANNY MACKEY FORMED A BOND WHICH WAS STRENGTHENED LIKE NEVER BEFORE THIS YEAR. EUAN CRUMLEY TALKS TO THEM BOTH ABOUT HOW THEY FOUND THE ROUTE TO THE TOP OF THE WORLD

Gold rush • Steve Smythe delves into the stats behind the world title-winning performances of Josh Kerr and Jake Wightman – and looks at how they match up

Comparing eras

A quiet revolution • THE “NO-FUSS” APPROACH WHICH HELPED DISPEL THE DOUBTS AND TURN KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON BACK INTO A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH ON THE WORLD STAGE

WHAT THEY SAID

Could it have been better? • THE BRITISH TEAM HAD AN OUTSTANDING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BUT STEVE SMYTHE ARGUES THAT THE STRICT SELECTION POLICY WHICH HIT THE HEADLINES STIFLED...