Athletics
AW silver jubilee issue – 1970
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Saturday, 05 December 2020 01:00
As AW celebrates its 75th anniversary, the magazine’s results guru Steve Smythe takes a look back at another milestone edition I started getting Athletics Weekly at the end of November 1970, at the age of 12. The second magazine I ever received was the 25th anniversary issue on December 5, which probably as a schoolboy with just over a year’s…
Jamaine Coleman’s next chapter
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Saturday, 05 December 2020 06:36
Harsh reality of underperforming for his US university spurred the British steeplechaser into action and gave his athletics career a second wind Four years ago Jamaine Coleman was preparing for what he thought could well have been his last season in athletics. Enjoying university life in America, his performances were not reflecting his true potential. Though he clearly had great…
Yulimar Rojas and Mondo Duplantis are World Athletics’ athletes of 2020
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Saturday, 05 December 2020 08:55
Venezuelan triple jumper and Swedish pole vaulter beat off tough competition to emerge as global governing body’s star performers of this pandemic-hit year Jumps came up trumps at this year’s World Athletics Awards as Yulimar Rojas and Mondo Duplantis were named athletes of the year on Saturday (December 5). Triple jumper Rojas beat off competition from endurance runners Sifan Hassan,…
Big Diamond League changes announced
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Friday, 04 December 2020 11:54
Return of 200m, 5000m, steeplechase, triple jump and discus for 2021, while new ‘Final 3’ format is introduced A number of big changes have been announced for the 2021 Wanda Diamond League (WDL) series, including the reintroduction of 200m, 5000m, steeplechase, triple jump and discus events. It was announced in November 2019 that those events would be cut from the…
Why getting in the swing has helped Mondo Duplantis
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Friday, 04 December 2020 09:36
AW Awards winner and pole vault world record-holder has discovered an obsession with golf which has helped him add a new dimension to his psychological armoury “It’s just easy,” says Mondo Duplantis when talking about what it feels like when he finds his groove during the heat of pole vault competition. This year, the 21-year-old has made it look that…
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