Demanding conditions, thrilling races and a ticket for London’s Olympic Games At the 10th anniversary of the Zurich marathon, the weather put the participants to a tough test. Nevertheless, more than 7600 starters made it to the finish. The … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2012
2012 Tel Aviv Marathon a success
April 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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...]
Cragg sets Irish 5000m record
April 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Alistair Cragg of Clonliffe Harriers sets a new Irish 5000m record of 13:03:53 in Brussels. After a number of years of frustration, Cragg, finally got back into the shape last seen in 2007 when he set 13:07:10. In the final race of the … [Read more...]
Lalova looking to Helsinki
April 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Ivet Lalova watched the last major international athletics championship held in Helsinki, the 2005 World Championships, from her hospital bed but this summer the 27-year-old Bulgarian sprinter aims to be one of the big stars at the 2012 … [Read more...]
Lavillenie and Dobrynska voted March Athletes of the Month
April 18, 2012 By 1 Comment
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
April 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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
April 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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
April 10, 2012 By 1 Comment
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...]
Muller seeks discus double
April 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
For the first time ever, the European Athletics Championships will be held in the same year as the Olympic Games and it is almost inevitable that this summer there will be small group of very privileged and talented individuals who will … [Read more...]
Gillick heading to Helsinki
April 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Not much has been seen of Ireland’s 2005 and 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships 400m gold medallist David Gillick since July last year after a calf injury prematurely brought an end to his season. He missed last … [Read more...]
