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Athletics Awards 2019

Stuart attended two athletics awards lunches in November, the Sports Journalists’ Association (SJA) and the British Athletics Writers’ Association (BAWA). The SJA event is a large one with 350 people present. BAWA is more intimate.

SJA

Dina Asher Smith was the SJA Sports Woman of the year
The BAWA athletes of the year Adam Gemili and Katarina Johnson-Thompson.

KJT

Adam Gemili

The events provide an excellent opportunity for networking.

The Athletics Weekly team

Photos: BAWA, SJA and Getty Images for IAAF

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