August 10th 2006 (61-32)

CONTENTS

6 European Champs
Young gun Greg Rutherford snatches long jump medal

7 Sweden’s Carolina Klüft takes heptathlon title ahead of three Brits

8 British sprinters disappoint as Francis Obikwelu strides to 100m gold

9 Russians spring a surprise in 10,000m

10 Ralf Bartels lands shock gold medal in the shot

11 Results from the first day in Gothenburg

12 News
Christine Ohuruogu faces suspension after missing three doping tests

14 David Moorcroft annoyed by media criticism

16 JumpsFest follows ThrowsFest in attracting top athletes

18 AAA U17 / U15
Report, results and pictures from Birmingham last weekend

22 World Juniors preview
Athletics Weekly brings you ten names to look out for next week in Beijing

24 Daniel Awde
The young decathlete looks forward to competing in Beijing

26 Paula Radcliffe
An exclusive interview with the pregnant marathon world champion and record-holder

30 Coaching
International coach Peter Thompson outlines the dangers of too much water

32 Comment
Duncan Mackay says athletics’ doping problems must be
eradicated from the sport

33 Letters
ThrowsFest meeting gets the thumbs up from readers

36 AW ‘Basics’
Part two of Ron Parker’s warm up routine and all you wanted to know about the 400 metres

41 Results
Overseas and domestic round-up plus BAL and UKWL reports and results

54 What’s On
Future fixtures, plus previews for this weekend’s meeting

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