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...]
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...]
Azerbaijan development plan
November 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
European Athletics and the Azerbaijan Athletics Federation are pleased to announce the creation of a long-term strategic plan for athletics in the country. … [Read more...]
2018 European Champs to Berlin
November 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment
European Athletics has awarded the 2018 European Athletics Championships to the Germany city of Berlin. The European Athletics Council made the decision Saturday morning after the German Athletics Federation and City of Berlin presented … [Read more...]
Quality Field for Frankfurt Marathon
October 16, 2013 By 1 Comment
When it comes to the depth of the elite fields the BMW Frankfurt Marathon is Germany’s number one road race. Once again there are amazingly deep quality fields for the event on 27th October. Organisers confirmed that 21 men are on the start … [Read more...]
Top runners for Amsterdam
September 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
With Wilson Chebet, Getu Feleke and Bernard Koech at the start line of the TCS Amsterdam Marathon on Sunday 20 October, the 38th event has the strongest field of competitors ever. Chebet won the last two events and also holds the course … [Read more...]
Bondarenko and Hejnova Athletes of July
August 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment
European Athletics is pleased to announce that Ukrainian high jumper Bohdan Bondarenko and the Czech Republic’s star hurdler Zuzana Hejnová have been voted as European Athletes of the Month for July. … [Read more...]
