The third leg of the British Athletics Cross Challenge took place today at the Antrim IAAF International Cross Country event. A sprinkling of morning rain made for muddy underfoot conditions for the later races while temperatures remained … [Read more...]
Massimo Leonardi king of Unesco Cities
April 1, 2014 By 1 Comment
Aquileia (Italy), march 31, 2014 - From Pertile to Leonardi. Unesco Cities Marathon looks like new (with more competitors, a large public), but it is still Italian. Massimo Leonardi is the new king of the marathon from Cividale del Friuli … [Read more...]
Kipsang Kamworor takes World Half title
March 31, 2014 By 1 Comment
Zersenay Tadese, the dominant force in men’s half-marathon running for almost a decade, was finally run out of the medals here at the IAAF/AL-Bank World Half Marathon Championships as he finished fourth in a race won by Kenya’s Geoffrey … [Read more...]
Moses Mosop for Prague Marathon
March 27, 2014 By Leave a Comment
The organisers of the Volkswagen Prague Marathon have announced one of the biggest names in distance running as their latest recruit for the 20th anniversary edition of the race on May 11: Moses Mosop. The Kenyan’s best time of 2:03:06, … [Read more...]
Two weeks to Copenhagen
March 14, 2014 By Leave a Comment
With two weeks to go until the 2014 IAAF/AL-Bank World Half Marathon Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, five-time winner Zersenay Tadese has revealed he will be vying for an unprecedented sixth individual gold medal. … [Read more...]
Lavillenie, Broersen are Athletes of January
February 24, 2014 By Leave a Comment
European Athletics is pleased to announce that Renaud Lavillenie of France and Nadine Broersen of the Netherlands have been voted by the fans and media as European Athletes of the Month for January. … [Read more...]
Enter now for the Music Marathon Festival 2014
February 18, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Five weeks to go to enter the fifth running of the Music Marathon Festival 2014 events on the island of Lanzarote, race day is on the 1st March. The event is put on by island legend, Kenneth Gasque who is better known for bringing the … [Read more...]
Performance Program Selections
February 18, 2014 By Leave a Comment
UKA, the national governing body for British athletics, has announced the Olympic and Paralympic athletes that will be supported by the World Class Performance Programme (WCPP) for 2013- 2014. The selection of these athletes is based on … [Read more...]
Africa dominates Atrim
February 18, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Ethiopian-born athlete, Mimi Belete, takes the women’s event at the Antrim International Cross Country in Northern Ireland Mimi Belete, who runs for Bahrain, was a second ahead of Maryam Jamal who also represents the Middle Eastern … [Read more...]
Lavillenie on top of the World
February 17, 2014 By 1 Comment
Renaud Lavillenie has done it! And what a way to break the pole vault world record before the eyes of the previous holder, Sergey Bubka, at the Pole Vault Stars European Athletics Permit Meeting in Donetsk, Ukraine, on Saturday. … [Read more...]
