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...]
Harting ready for Helsinki
June 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Germany’s Robert Harting had understandably been hedging his bets about the 2012 European Athletics Championships until now, following knee surgery last autumn when his recovery initially didn’t progress as well as expected. … [Read more...]
Euro Champs massive television coverage
June 21, 2012 By 1 Comment
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...]
Vesely has high hopes for Helsinki
June 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Viteslav Vesely’s performance in producing a massive personal best of 88.11m in the javelin to defeat a field at the Samsung Diamond League meeting in Oslo which included all his major rivals has established him as the form thrower of 2012 … [Read more...]
Borzakovsky and Davydova for Helsinki 2012
June 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Russia has topped the medal table at the last three European Athletics Championships and two years ago in Barcelona they got a haul of 24 medals that included 10 titles. Consequently, it's a sure bet that Russian athletes will feature … [Read more...]
Thorkildsen aims at Euro hat-trick
May 28, 2012 By 1 Comment
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
May 28, 2012 By 1 Comment
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...]
Spotakova confirms Helsinki 2012
May 8, 2012 By 1 Comment
Spotakova confirms Helsinki 2012 plans to set up probable battle with Abakumova Czech Republic's 2008 Olympic Games javelin champion and world record holder Barbora Špotáková was among the Prague delegation which successfully … [Read more...]
Curtain-raiser for Olympic Games
May 4, 2012 By 1 Comment
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...]
Di Martino seeks High rewards
April 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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...]
