Italy's leading high jumper Antonietta Di Martino has confirmed that she will go for glory at both the European Athletics Championships and the Olympic Games this summer in a bid to complete her medal collection. … [Read more...]
10th Zurich Marathon 2012
Anniversary: the 10th Zurich Marathon will be held in 2012 In 2012 the popular Zurich Marathon will be even more special for all those involved – because the coming marathon through the fastest Swiss city is also a unique one: The … [Read more...]
CEO Conference 2012
European Athletics President Hansjörg Wirz has called on the continent's athletics leaders to embrace creativity and innovation in order to make the sport sustainable and self-reliant. … [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...]
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...]
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...]
Balkan Cross Champs 2012
Local runners dominated the 57th Balkan Cross Country Championships, staged in the Turkish seaside town of Kocaeli on Saturday, winning three of the six individual titles and four team titles. Four of the remaining five gold medals were … [Read more...]