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.

HAVING FUN IN THE FIGHT

AW - Athletics Weekly Magazine

PICTURE THIS CHEPNGETICH COMES SO CLOSE IN CHICAGO

RIGA GETS READY TO WELCOME THE WORLDS

EYES WIDE OPEN • UKA's new technical director Stephen Maguire is under no illusions about the size of the task as he sets about changing a culture

UK ATHLETICS OLYMPIC WORLD CLASS PROGRAMME ATHLETES FOR 2022/23

HAVING TO PAY A HIGH PRICE • The latest doping cases are not a great look for athletics, writes Katharine Merry, but there should be pride taken in how proactive the sport is, compared to others, in punishing those who break the rules

MAKING A DIFFERENCE • Jazmin Sawyers tells Georgie Heath about being one of the first intake for a UK Sport-backed programme which is aiming to help athletes learn how to use their platforms for creating change

ASK THE ATHLETE WITH SPECIAL GUEST GEOFF WIGHTMAN • You ask the questions, the athletics star provides the answers. This month we hear from a former British international marathon runner turned stadium announcer and coach, who guided his son Jake to world 1500m gold earlier this year

MY GREATEST RACE • The sprinter threw everything at reshaping his starts ahead of the Rio Paralympics and doing that work saw him pull off a brilliant Italian job by sprinting to double European gold

RISING STAR HENRY DOVER • Georgie Heath speaks to a record-breaking middle-distance talent with designs on winning his first Great Britain vest this autumn

WHICH STARS HAVE SHONE BRIGHTEST? • It's time once again for you, the AW readers, to choose your athletes of the year

MEL WATMAN AWARD FOR PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR • This category, named after the late former editor of this magazine, recognises the truly outstanding athletics excellence to have played out in 2022. It is not an easy choice…

INSPIRATION AND MOTIVATION • With awards season in full swing, British international athlete Verity Ockenden considers the individuals she would put centre stage — from the star names to those who laid the foundation from which she has been able to dare to dream

“I don't see myself as a great, yet” • World and Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon talks to Euan Crumley about leaving a legacy in the women's 1500m, tackling doping in Kenya and being inspired to move up to the marathon

MUTUAL ADMIRATION

LAW OF AVERAGES • Who are the best British middle-distance all-rounders? AW stats man...