August 31st 2006 (61-35)

CONTENTS

6 News
World Masters bid for London 2011 takes shape

7 International hurdler Matt Douglas launches a fierce attack on UK Athletics

8 Moorcroft explains resignation, but who will replace the chief executive

10 Stats that show GB athletes are awful at peaking

15 Rising Stars
Includes a look at top pole vaulter Germán Chiaraviglio

16 Comment
Ian Macmillan with reasons for Britain’s endurance decline

18 Olympic news
London could be the ‘toxic games’ says Galloway

19 Veterans
Profile of sprinter Tony Noel

20 UK Challenge Final
Reports and pictures from Manchester’s SportCity

24 Letters
Readers air their views on the Birmingham International

26 Collins’ scorecards
Performance director’s marks out of 10 for GB’s Euro team

28 Coaching
Peter Thompson on how plyometrics can increase your reactive strength, power and efficiency

30 Beijing photo special
Mark Shearman’s best shots from the World Juniors

31 Rising Stars interview
The fastest man in Beijing, Wade Bennett-Jackson

36 Basics
Beginners’ advice, includeshow to build a long-term weights programme

41 Results
Weekend round-up with news from the Golden League in Brussels

55 What’s On
Future fixtures and TV listings, including a preview of the UK Young Athletes’ League Final

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