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...]
Andrea Lalli to Zurich 2014
February 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
It is a time of year when many athletes have their mind concentrated on the major indoor event of the winter, but Italian Andrea Lalli is a bit different. … [Read more...]
Lebid targets 10
November 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The word legend is used too often in sport but when the name of Serhiy Lebid is mentioned alongside the SPAR European Cross Country Championships then there is no doubt it is the correct description. … [Read more...]
Grovdal looks to European Cross Champs
November 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The 2012 SPAR European Cross Country Championships - which take place in Szentendre, near Budapest, on 9 December - is likely to be graced by a familiar face after a two-year absence from the event: Norway's Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal. … [Read more...]
Felix wins Euro 10000m Title
July 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In warm conditions, Portugal's Dulce Felix showed a big improvement over 2010, when she was ninth, to run away with the 10,000m gold medal on the final day of the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, having made a big move … [Read more...]
Saladuha takes Triple Jump title
June 30, 2012 By 1 Comment
If there is a perfect way to win a major title then Ukraine's Olha Saladuha demonstrated it before another superb crowd here in Helsinki tonight as she retained her triple jump title at the European Athletics Championships. … [Read more...]
Grabarz jumps to Euro title
June 30, 2012 By 1 Comment
Robbie Grabarz has had a big breakthrough this year. He cleared 2.36m which ranks him second in the world in New York and he finished sixth in the World indoor championships in Doha. … [Read more...]
Hjelmer takes European 400m title
June 30, 2012 By 1 Comment
Such is the strength of women's 400m running that the Russian number eight Kseniya Zadorina was favoured to win a medal. She had run a season's best of 51.35 in her semi-final in running down Sweden's Moa Hjelmer which was the … [Read more...]
Williams wins 400m Hurdles title
June 30, 2012 By 2 Comments
As the skies eventually began to go slightly darker here in Helsinki this evening, a Welshman's broad grin brought back the light. Rhys Williams was the 400m hurdles champion at the European Athletics Championships and if making a … [Read more...]
Lemaitre leads French one-two
June 29, 2012 By 1 Comment
History will record that Christophe Lemaitre collected his second 100m gold medal in succession in the European Athletics Championships in 10.09 to cement his already secure place in the pantheon of French sport. … [Read more...]
