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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