June 21, 2007 (62-25)

CONTENTS

4 News
Marlon Devonish is staying calm despite PB disqualification

5 Harry Aikines-Aryeetey is
out injured for the year

6 Chris Thompson tries new approach to 5000m races

7 Junior star Edward Dunford makes a senior breakthrough

8 Countdown to Osaka
Steeplechase world record holder Gulnara Samitova

10 Oslo Bislett Games
Ethiopia’s Meseret Defar breaks the world 5000m record and Phillips Idowu beats a top field

14 Rising Stars
Thrower Shaunagh Brown looks to the World Youths

16 Coaching
Different approaches to tapering before races

18 Scots getting support
How young Scottish athletes are being nurtured toward a promising future

22 Comment
Max Jones on the importance of the European Cup

24 Euro Cup preview
Our look ahead to the
action in Münich and Vaasa this weekend

28 Letters
Readers write about pace making and multi events

30 Tom Richards
The forgotten hero of the 1948 London Olympic marathon

32 AW Basics
Reebok are encouraging joggers to take it easy – plus learn about the latest craze of beach athletics

34 Results
Including last week’s meeting in Prague, the Mizuno Mile and domestic national and regional championships

54 What’s On
Track, road and fell fixtures
for the next four weeks, including TV guide

62 Last lap
Classic 400m hurdles race from the 1987 World
Championships in Rome

TRAVEL PARTNERS