April 6th 2006 (61-14)

CONTENTS

6 World Cross-Country Championships
Kenenisa Bekele takes a phenomenal fifth double and Sian Edwards highlights the British performances

16 News
World record-holder Paula Radcliffe pulls out of the Flora London Marathon

19 Former European champ Du’aine Ladejo set to make one-lap comeback

20 Where are they now?
Former British 400m prodigy David Grindley enjoys life now as a pilot

21 Olympic news
Lord Coe denies the 2012 preparations will run over-budget

22 Rising stars
We profile a promising putter while Rion Pierre answers our quick-fire questions

24 Comment
Gwenda Ward says we should look to the US colleges to improve our coaching system

26 Letters
Opinions on the week’s hot topics

28 News focus
Norwich Union inject £50m into athletics in the lead-up to the 2012 Games

30 Feature
Meet the new athletes who are ‘On Camp with Kelly’ in Melbourne

32 Coaching
Peter Thompson on better recovery

34 Commonwealth Games diary
Max Jones gives his honest view of the action from his armchair

37 Interview
Commonwealth 1500mchampion Nick Willis hopes to put New Zealand back on the middle distance map

38 Rising Stars feature
English Schools and AAA under-17 800m champion Emily Goodall

40 Nostalgia
How Japan’s fascination with athletics – and the marathon in particular – began

43 Results
Round-up of the top domestic and overseas action from the past week

55 What’s On
Comprehensive guide to forthcoming fixtures at home and abroad

 


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