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“I’m sorry,” says Asha Philip, just as our two minute-old conversation turns to her burgeoning, potentially brilliant athletics career. “Every time I start talking about where I am, I just can’t stop smiling. My dream is coming true. ”   The apology is entirely unnecessary.

By Charlie Morgan

*Emblazoned unmistakeably across the home page of Julz Adeniran’s personal website is a catchy 50 Cent lyric: “Patiently waiting for a track to explode on. ” Neat athletics pun aside, such a maxim has proved perfectly apt to drive this resolute youngster to the cusp of Olympic recognition in 110 metres hurdles.

By Charlie Morgan

*For the last few years Joe Thomas has certainly been noticed in athletics, but not necessarily for his running. * With his unique hairstyle and colouring, nose ring and tattoos the Welsh 800 metre runner has stood out from the rest on appearance alone. But this year everything has changed.

By Ian Stafford

Andy Turner exudes a calm self-assurance that inhabits the healthy middle ground between quiet confidence and complacency. For a man who has ridden a magnificent two-year stretch of form to become reigning Commonwealth and European gold medallist over 110m hurdles, this is perhaps unsurprising.

By Charlie Morgan