AW – Athletics Weekly Magazine | 04/12/2014
REGULARS
6 News
Team named for Euro Cross
Decathlete jailed over sex offences
14 News Focus
Seb Coe unveils forward-thinking IAAF
presidency election manifesto
36 Young Athlete
Euro Cross selectee Georgina Outten
38 Your Say
Topics include masters’ athletics and
Doha’s successful 2019 Worlds bid
62 Dip Finish
Julia Bleasdale denied by course error
ACTION
18 European Trials
Gemma Steel and Callum Hawkins
take Liverpool Cross Challenge wins
26 ESSA Cross Cup
Runners hit surf capital of the UK
COMPETITION
33 Young writers’ competition
Why are there so few female coaches?
SPOTLIGHT
30 AW athletes of the year
Readers’ choices as the best of 2014
ANALYSIS
34 IAAF World Champs
The history of the men’s 800m
PERFORMANCE
40 How They Train
Discus thrower Jade Lally
42 Hitting the sport
Is your pre-hab targeting the right area?
43 Club night
Behind the scenes at Reading AC
44 Quad exercises
The pros and cons of different legwork
EVENTS
46 Results
Top marks from home and abroad
55 What’s On
Fixtures for your competition diary
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in AW – Athletics Weekly Magazine 04/12/2014.