Interviews

Interviews

We speak to the leading athletes in the sport

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Harry Coppell reflects on 2020

Pole vaulter was flying high this year with a UK record but, as he tells Stuart Weir, his next goals are the six-metre barrier and greater consistency
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British ultra-runner poised for festive feat

What are you doing on Christmas Day? Lee Grantham plans to attack a treadmill record while quarantining in a hotel room in Thailand
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Sam Atkin video interview

US-based British distance runner talks about his stand-out 10,000m in California, his goals for 2021 and why his biggest fan is the reigning Miss Great Britain
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Great moments – Kelly Holmes' dream double

Part of a series on the greatest moments in the 75-year history of AW, Dame Kelly Holmes casts her mind back 16 years to the pinnacle of her career – the 800m and 1500m victories she achieved at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games
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Eric Shirley’s rise from rags to running royalty

Olympic steeplechaser first featured in AW in 1946 and still appears in our results today aged 91. But few are aware of his remarkable background
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Sam Atkin comes of age with stunning track breakthrough

A decade ago doctors told Sam Atkin he was wasting his time trying to run due to a rare foot problem. But he has now gone No.4 on the UK all-time rankings for 10,000m
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Seb Coe impressed by British 800m men

Former world record-holder believes Daniel Rowden, Jake Wightman and others are on the right track to succeed at the highest level
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Jake Wightman's wise words

Following a steady upward curve of improvement is paying off for the Commonwealth and European medallist. It's an approach he would recommend and hopes will bear fruit at a global championships
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Seb Coe’s views on the shoes

World Athletics president says recent records are not entirely down to carbon fibre-plated shoes and that technological advancements are nothing new
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Coach Clitheroe's fresh new ideas

Steeplechaser Jamaine Coleman tells Jessica Whittington about the support he has received from the former European indoor champion
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Jamaine Coleman's next chapter

Harsh reality of underperforming for his US university spurred the British steeplechaser into action and gave his athletics career a second wind
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Why getting in the swing has helped Mondo Duplantis

AW Awards winner and pole vault world record-holder has discovered an obsession with golf which has helped him add a new dimension to his psychological armoury
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