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.

A NEW DIRECTION

AW - Athletics Weekly Magazine

FINISHING WITH A FLOURISH

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

TIPPING POINT • The return of the Commonwealth Games to Glasgow has received a mixed reception. Euan Crumley looks at whether or not a “stripped back” concept is to be welcomed

A WELCOME DISTRACTION • The match-up between Mondo Duplantis and Karsten Warholm showed that, when they are staged well, exhibition events can play an important role in athletics. So let’s have more, writes Katharine Merry

JACK GREEN MY GREATEST RACE • In what proved to be the final season of his athletics career, the world and European medallist started on a high in Australia with a technical masterclass in an A-list field

WINDOW ON THE FUTURE • The crowds might have been non-existent but, as Cathal Dennehy witnessed, the World Under-20 Athletics Championships in Lima provided plenty of evidence that the sport is in safe hands

TEN TO WATCH

RISING STAR MATTHEW McKENNA • Jasmine Collett catches up with the European under-18 800m champion to discuss his whirlwind journey to success, record-breaking achievements, his big influences and why he wears his baseball cap the wrong way round

THE LUXURY OF CHOICE • A premature end to her season reminds Verity Ockenden that purple patches of good form and uninterrupted progress are to be truly cherished when they come along

THE NATIONAL …BUT NOT AS WE KNOW IT • Martin Duff sees mud and freezing temperature give way to firm ground and warm sunshine as 2024’s delayed edition of the prestigious cross-country championships takes place

Making a Point

Parental guidance • A traumatic accident 14 years ago changed Sammi Kinghorn’s life forever, but following her father’s advice has opened up opportunities and now helped turn the wheelchair racer into a Paralympic champion, writes Jasmine Collett

Peaking in Paris • We pick out some of the outstanding Paralympic moments on the track and in the field

OLD GOLD • British athletes excelled and the medals poured in at the World Masters Track and Field Championships in Sweden

END OF TERM • Who came out on top in the Diamond League Final?

An Education • Georgia Bell’s year has been littered with eye-opening lessons and eye-catching performances. Euan Crumley catches up with the Olympic bronze...