World champion Mo Farah successfully defended his continental 5000m crown on the opening day of the 2012 European Athletics Championships at the historic Olympic stadium in Helsinki, on Wednesday, with ease. A 53.6 final circuit gave … [Read more...]
Euro Champs massive television coverage
The Helsinki 2012 European Athletics Championships has crossed the milestone of 1,000 hours of expected television coverage, with 38 television channels from across Europe and outside the continent expressing intentions to televise the … [Read more...]
Thorkildsen aims at Euro hat-trick
Norwegian javelin thrower Andreas Thorkildsen has won the gold medal in his event at the last two European Athletics Championships. … [Read more...]
European Athletics announce broadcast intentions
According to the latest broadcast intentions for the championships received by European Athletics, there will be at least 730 hours of television coverage in Europe alone over the five days of the championships, including more than 710 … [Read more...]
Curtain-raiser for Olympic Games
With less than two months before the Helsinki 2012 European Athletics Championships, and barely three months before the London Olympics, European Athletics President Hansjörg Wirz addressed the relationship between the two events. … [Read more...]
After Istanbul success, next stop Helsinki
For the vast majority of the European medallists at the World Indoor Championships, their next big competition will be this summer's European Athletics Championships in Helsinki. … [Read more...]