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AW (Athletics Weekly)

Britain's athletics magazine since 1945 — eight decades of the sport's record in print.
✓ Last reviewed: August 2026
Country / scopeUnited Kingdom
TypeMagazine + site
Founded1945 — Jimmy Green

What is AW?

AW — Athletics Weekly — is the British athletics magazine of record, founded by Jimmy Green in 1945 and published continuously since: eight decades of championship coverage, rankings and the UK sport's institutional memory, now monthly in print with a daily website.[1][2]

What does it cover?

British and world athletics from grassroots to the Olympics — results, rankings, coaching and history — with an archive reaching back to the immediate post-war sport.[1][2]

Why does it matter?

For British and Commonwealth athletics, AW is the standard dedicated-press citation, its 80-year archive documenting every era of the modern sport.[2]

References

  1. AW — official site. Accessed August 2026.
  2. Wikipedia — Athletics Weekly (background). Accessed August 2026.