Nostalgia

Nostalgia

Not all black & White

23rd Jul 2025

Maeve Kyle, Ireland's first female track and field Olympian, dies aged 96

Three-time Olympian also won European indoor 400m bronze in 1966 before a long and successful spell coaching
13th Jul 2025

Golden oldies gather for emotional English Schools parade

Champions of yesteryear proudly take to the track at the Alexander Stadium as they relive memories of their teenage triumphs
5th Jul 2025

Steve Cram's world record-breaking summer of 1985

From drunken drumming on stage next to Saïd Aouita to answering press conference questions from a songwriting great, the Jarrow Arrow looks back on a golden season 40 years ago
16th Jun 2025

Donna Fraser: my greatest race

After training with Cathy Freeman in the lead-up to an unforgettable race, the British sprinter ran a PB by almost half a second but just missed out on a medal
29th May 2025

Diane Leather – the first woman to run a sub-five-minute mile

As Faith Kipyegon aims to run a sub-four-minute mile in Paris next month, learn how Diane Leather broke the five minute barrier on this day in 1954
26th May 2025

Steve Prefontaine: 50 years on

US athlete made his mark in a way no distance runner had done before or since and 50 years after his death we look into what made the ‘James Dean of athletics’ such a phenomenon
9th May 2025

My greatest race – Ellen van Langen

Rated as an outside bet due to an Achilles injury the previous year, the Dutch athlete chose the perfect time […]
2nd May 2025

From the AW archive: birth of the Diamond League

It’s 15 years since Asafa Powell led the way at the first ever Diamond League meeting This month marks 15 […]
9th Apr 2025

Paul Larkins: out of the shadows

In his new book, former AW editor Paul Larkins recalls what it was like to mix it with the best […]
7th Apr 2025

My greatest race: Hayley Tullett

Welsh middle-distance runner says finishing runner-up to Kelly Holmes in the 2002 Commonwealth Games 1500m in Manchester is her finest […]
6th Mar 2025

Meet Jim Morrish, the original AW cover star

The star of our first-ever front page in December 1945 was a fine long jumper who competed for Tipton Harriers […]
5th Feb 2025

The extreme challenge of the 1972 English National

We look back at one of the most challenging English National Cross Country Championships as runners battled against brutal weather […]
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