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

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

POSITION OF STRENGTH • This year has shown athletics to be robust enough to deal with the major slings and arrows that have headed its way, writes Katharine Merry

STEFANO MEI MY GREATEST RACE European Championships, Stuttgart, August 26, 1986, 10,000m, Gold, 27:56.79 • The Italian led a clean sweep of the podium, winning by over a second from the reigning European and Olympic champion Alberto Cova, with their compatriot Salvatore Antibo in third. The animosity between all three men made for a curious celebration

SETTING AN EXAMPLE • Following a return to cross country in Liverpool, Verity Ockenden writes about why she’s still learning from one of her early role models

WELCOME TO THE FUTURE • As AW’s 80th birthday year draws to a close, Jason Henderson wonders what athletics might look like in another 80 years’ time

“Athletics hasahabit of surprising us” • Jon Mulkeen of World Athletics has a stab at predicting the future

BIG BATTLES IN BIRMINGHAM • There will be so much to look out for at the 2026 European Championships. Here are just some of the mouthwatering match-ups that lie in wait

AND THE WINNERS ARE… • You voted in your thousands to determine the athletes who came out on top in the 2025 AW Readers’ Choice Awards

How high can he go? • It has been another spectacular year for Mondo Duplantis, a man who seemingly bends pole vaulting to his will. Matt Majendie profiles athletics’ major star, whose appetite for success seems only to be growing

HIGHER PURPOSE • Faith Kipyegon wona record-breaking fourth world 1500m title in Tokyo, but the Kenyan was intent on aiming for a target that would have an even wider impact on her sport, writes Euan Crumley

Repair kit • Euan Crumley discovers how the work put in by Jake Wightman’s support team helped take him from the depths of despair to within fractions of another 1500m world title

A tale of two cities • Amy Hunt excelled on the global stage with 200m silver in Tokyo but, as she explains to Euan Crumley, it was a run in London which provided one of the most pivotal moments of her career

The world awaits • With his school days now over, Gout Gout is starting to focus fully on making more progress as an elite international...