A total television audience of 66 million watched the Göteborg 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships in March, an increase on the viewing figures of the previous two editions. … [Read more...]
Anti-Doping Norway celebrates 10 years
June 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Anti-Doping Norway had its 10th anniversary celebration recently by hosting an international symposium on NADO International Cooperation. WADA’s President John Fahey and Director General David Howman shared their congratulations as keynote … [Read more...]
New 800m Relay Record
May 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
There was a new British record in the women’s 4x800m as the GB & NI team also performed strongly in the women’s 4x400m and men’s 4x100m at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, USA, today. The GB & NI women’s 4x800m team set a new … [Read more...]
Gauson looks to World Indoors
May 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Kris Gauson has ambitions to feature at the World Indoor Championships in Turkey in March – and he kept those hopes firmly on track over the weekend. The 23-year-old delivered one of the best runs over 3000 metres indoors by a Scot in a … [Read more...]
Mum McColgan inspires
May 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
As Mother’s Day approaches, we caught up with Scottish 3000m steeplechaser record holder, Eilish McColgan, daughter of former World 10,000m Champion Liz McColgan, to find out what it was like growing up with one of GB’s greatest distance … [Read more...]
Gregson wins Queen Street Mile
May 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Queen Street Golden Mile – 1 April 2013 Thirty years on and the Queen Street mile still has the magic and excitement as the runners scorch down the City strip in slick times. Ryan Gregson of Australia had the speed when it counted over the … [Read more...]
Kinghorn to compete in London Mini Marathon
May 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Scottish athlete Samantha Kinghorn will compete in her first wheelchair road race later this month – at the London Mini Marathon. The 16-year-old from near Gordon in the Scottish borders is heading south for the big event in the English … [Read more...]
Pumper commits 2nd offence
April 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
AUSTRIA – Distance athlete, Susanne Pumper, has been caught for the second time and has been suspended for eight years. All the Austrian’s results since 2008 have been scrapped. National anti-doping agency NADA says Pumper has … [Read more...]
Mo for Team Championships
April 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
It is just under two months until the European Athletics Team Championships in Gateshead and the host nation can bank on their star man. Mo Farah, the double Olympic champion, has confirmed he will be available to represent Great Britain … [Read more...]
Pitkamaki, Britton athletes of March 2013
April 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
European Athletics is pleased to announce that former world javelin champion Tero Pitkämäki of Finland and two-time SPAR European cross country champion Fionnuala Britton of Ireland have been as the European Athletes of the Month for March. … [Read more...]
