AW – Athletics Weekly Magazine  |  18/09/2014
REGULARS
6 News
Milton Keynes joins Cross Challenge
Funding and Rio on Scottish minds
Andrea Lynch takes back criticism
Oscar Pistorius faces uncertain future
Young cancer survivor nails heptathlon
30 Comment
Why it was no surprise to see small crowds at the Continental Cup
32 Young Athlete
Paul Head and his medal-winning kids
34 Your Say
Mo Farah divides opinion
62 Dip Finish
Runners win “punishment” debate
ACTION
16 Continental Cup
Tiff any Porter breaks UK record and James Dasaolu wins 100m for Europe
22 Fifth Avenue Mile
Jordan McNamara and Jenny Simpson take victories in the Big Apple
28 IAAF World Cup 1977
Great memories from Dusseldorf
SPOTLIGHT
24 A Day in the Life
Sally Gunnell, the 400m hurdles legend, on her life in 2014
26 Andy Green
Alastair Aitken on an unsung hero
PERFORMANCE
36 Alberto Salazar
Famous coach on attention to detail
38 How They Train
Hayley McLean, European junior champion, describes her workouts
40 Sally Peake’s vault drills
Commonwealth medallist explains five great technical drills
EVENTS
42 Results
Includes World Mountain Champs
55 What’s On
Future fixtures on every terrain
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in AW – Athletics Weekly Magazine 18/09/2014.