September 7th 2006 (61-36)

CONTENTS

6 News
Decathlon legend Bob Mathias dies at the age of 75

7 UK Challenge to investigate ways of securing a better athlete turn-out next year

8 Meseret Defar leads Great North 3000m field

9 Natalie Harvey switches to road for world event

10 What happened to the lost stars of the 1998 World Junior Championships?

12 A round-up of the latest race walking news

13 European 200m bronze medallist Marlon Devonish reveals his artistic talent

15 Review
Stan Greenberg lays down the law in the light of Britain’s performance in Gothenburg

16 Olympic news
London 2012 causes immigration worry

18 UKA Young Athletes’ League Final
Enfield & Haringey score an easy victory as athletes warm up for the UK School Games

23 Rising Stars
Profile of the women’s world junior triple jump champion

24 Coaching
Middle-distance training for young athletes

27 Letters
Views on David Moorcroft’s resignation at UKA

28 Darrell Maynard
Steve Landells talks to the multi-faceted coach of British 800m No.1 Richard Hill

30 Comment
Wilf Paish says revolutionary ideas are needed to improve the fortunes of British athletics

31 Where are they now?
We meet Hollis Conway, the world’s leading high jumper in the early Nineties

33 2007 calendar
The primary international events for next year

35 Products
Leading sports bras reviewed

36 Basics
How Pilates can help your performance in athletics

41 Results
Includes a report on the IAAF Golden League in Berlin, where Asafa Powell, Jeremy Wariner and Sanya Richards took the jackpot, and the Hydro Active Women’s 5km

55 What’s On
Future fixtures and TV listings, including previews of the National Junior League Final and league qualifying matches

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