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

PICTURE THIS KIPTUM KING OF THE MARATHON

THE MONTH IN NUMBERS • A selection of the standout performances and headline makers in recent weeks

HIGHER STAKES • Anyone with Olympic ambition who says they aren't allowing for the extra dimension brought by the prospect of Paris is a liar, writes Katharine Merry

ROAD RELAY RIVALS • An eventful edition of the English National Road Running Relays played out at Sutton Park and Graham Smith was there to see Leeds and Aldershot take the senior honours

MY GREATEST RACE • Olympic Games, Atlanta, July 27, 1996 Men's 100m, first place, 9.84 (WR)

RISING STAR • Georgie Heath meets an emerging multi-eventer who achieved Commonwealth Youth Games success and has ambitions to follow in some illustrious footsteps

THE PEOPLE'S CHAMPIONS • It's time for you to cast your votes and pick the 2023 AW Readers’ Awards winners

MEL WATMAN AWARD FOR PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR • This category, name after the late former editor of AW, recognises the exceptional moments of a year to remember. 2023 has left no shortage of contenders

RELATIVELY SPEAKING • With a glut of world records being set across a number of disciplines recently, Steve Smythe looks at a range of events where women are closing in on the men in percentage terms, and also where a sizeable gap remains

The hidden cost • British pole vault record-holder Holly Bradshaw has devoted her adult life to achieving Olympic success and it arrived with a bronze medal in Tokyo. Yet, nearing the end of her career feeling “damaged”, she now questions if it has all been worth it, writes Euan Crumley

FORWARD THINKING • Daniel Rees highlights three individuals who are using their experiences and initiative to tackle some of athletics’ major issues head on

“The biggest thing I've learned? My success is me” • After a turbulent year full of major change, Laura Muir tells Euan Crumley of the confidence uncovered by upheaval and why she feels in a real position of strength from which to attack 2024

Bulletp roofing • Having come so close to the world 400m title in spite of major injury issues, Matthew Hudson-Smith's top priority now is to become “like the Six Million Dollar Man” so he can fully take aim at the top prize

On the right track • George Mills channelled the pain of missing out on the World...