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

SPLENDID ISOLATION

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

JASON SMYTH MY GREATEST RACE Paralympic Games, Tokyo, August 29, 2021, T13 100m, gold, 10.53 • The sixth and final Paralympic sprint gold of the Northern Irishman's career proved to be the toughest of all after he nursed himself through injury and used his vast experience to land victory by just one hundredth of a second

WELCOME TO MY WORLD • The Olympics has shone a light on what life is like for so many professional athletes. I feel “seen”, writes Verity Ockenden

RISING STAR LYLA BELSHAW

“IN OR DER TO BE SOMETHING, YOU'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH SOMETHING” • British sprinting great Linford Christie speaks to Euan Crumley about documentary making, being able to live up to the hype and why he feels unwelcome in his sport

Purple Haze

The French connection • The standard of athletics was superb, but I think the Paris Olympics are going to be best remembered by the way the host city embraced the Games, writes Katharine Merry

The man in the arena • Noah Lyles might not have had the dream Olympics he had hoped for, but he was still the star of the show in one of the greatest 100m finals ever seen, writes Euan Crumley

The fastest race in history • The numbers behind an unforgettable men's 100m final

The first timers • Every single individual sprint event in Paris produced a winner who had never experienced Olympic gold. Euan Crumley finds out more about the next wave of stars

The making of a champion • Euan Crumley finds out more about the training environment that took Keely Hodgkinson to the top of the Olympic podium and discovers just how much work goes into winning a gold medal

A helping hand • Jason Henderson speaks to Barrie Wells, a man who has used his wealth to assist a number of Britain's finest athletes on the path to success

What makes a great race? • Ben Bloom argues it's not the clock that counts, but rather the people taking part, when it comes to creating the finest sporting moments

A three-part drama • Euan Crumley looks at how the world's best 1500m cast members combined to put on an incredible show at the Stade de France

“There are things that will haunt me for the rest of my life” • Jakob Ingebrigtsen moved on from his 1500m...