Irina Mikitenko produced the best European performance at the 2012 Virgin London Marathon on Sunday when the German runner came home seventh in the women’s race in 2:24:53. Mikitenko, the third fastest European ever and a previous … [Read more...]
Kanter hopes lead to Euro title
Estonia's 2008 Olympic discus champion Gerd Kanter has confirmed that he will take the short trip across the Gulf of Finland and bid for his first continental title at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki this summer. … [Read more...]
Chepkwony takes Zurich title
Demanding conditions, thrilling races and a ticket for London’s Olympic Games At the 10th anniversary of the Zurich marathon, the weather put the participants to a tough test. Nevertheless, more than 7600 starters made it to the finish. The … [Read more...]
2012 Tel Aviv Marathon a success
Tel Aviv Gillette Marathon by Tel Aviv-Jaffa municipality is a dazzling success 25,000 runners partook in the Tel Aviv Gillette Marathon, record number of participates – the largest race ever to take place in Israel Marathon Winner: Sammy … [Read more...]
Cragg sets Irish 5000m record
Alistair Cragg of Clonliffe Harriers sets a new Irish 5000m record of 13:03:53 in Brussels. After a number of years of frustration, Cragg, finally got back into the shape last seen in 2007 when he set 13:07:10. In the final race of the … [Read more...]
Lalova looking to Helsinki
Ivet Lalova watched the last major international athletics championship held in Helsinki, the 2005 World Championships, from her hospital bed but this summer the 27-year-old Bulgarian sprinter aims to be one of the big stars at the 2012 … [Read more...]
Lavillenie and Dobrynska voted March Athletes of the Month
European Athletics is pleased to announce that French pole vault star Renaud Lavillenie and Ukrainian multi-eventer Nataliya Dobrynska have been voted as the European Athletes of the Month for March. … [Read more...]
Haile and Paula meet Austrian President
The President of Austria, Mr Heinz Fischer, has met athletics legends Paula Radcliffe and Haile Gebrselassie for a reception in the Vienna Hofburg during the marathon weekend in Vienna. On the day after this honour the two runners were … [Read more...]
Lamdassem looks to Bilbao and Helsinki
After a disappointing marathon debut recently, Spain's 2010 and 2011 SPAR European Cross Country Championships silver medallist Ayad Lamdassem aims to banish the blues with brilliant performances at the European Cup 10,000m and then the … [Read more...]
Lavillenie starts quest for Helsinki
France's pole vault star Renaud Lavillenie, the current European champion both indoor and outdoors who also won at the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, will start his summer campaign at the 51st Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava, Czech … [Read more...]