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April
13th 2006 (61-15)
CONTENTS
6 News
Athletics hears 2012 funding fate from UK Sport and more on
Melbourne relay drama
7
Michael Johnson to be guest at Scottish Athletics event and Tasha
Danvers-Smith answers our quickfire questions
8
Mayock gives up on the marathon and McIlroy talks about Melbourne
experience
10 Club
focus
Arena 80 – a young club with a successful veterans’ section
12
Rising Stars
Pole vault sensation Vicky Parnov of Australia and Simon Horsfield
featured
14 UK
Challenge
Points mean prizes in the series that’s set to form the backbone of
the 2006 domestic season
16
National road relays
Report, photographs and results from the AAA 12 and six-stage road
relays in Sutton Park last Saturday
22
Sportshall final
Champions of the future get their first taste of major athletics at
Birmingham’s NIA
25
Letters
Australia’s Little Athletics scheme, vaulting veterans, plus an
‘instant solution’ to problems in British athletics
26 Where
are they now?
Ralph Boston, 1960 Olympic long jump champion
28 Track
and field guide
Annual fixtures calendar for the summer season
38
Interview
World cross-country successes Sian Edwards and Adam Goucher
40 World
cross picture special
A selection of photographs from taken in Fukuoka, Japan
44
Results
Round-up of the weekend on the track, road and trails
53
What’s On
Comprehensive guide to forthcoming fixtures at home and abroad
60
Coaching
Frame-by-frame picture sequence of a world-class rotational shot put
technique
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