AUSTRIA – Distance athlete, Susanne Pumper, has been caught for the second time and has been suspended for eight years. All the Austrian’s results since 2008 have been scrapped. National anti-doping agency NADA says Pumper has … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2013
Mo for Team Championships
April 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
It is just under two months until the European Athletics Team Championships in Gateshead and the host nation can bank on their star man. Mo Farah, the double Olympic champion, has confirmed he will be available to represent Great Britain … [Read more...]
Pitkamaki, Britton athletes of March 2013
April 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
European Athletics is pleased to announce that former world javelin champion Tero Pitkämäki of Finland and two-time SPAR European cross country champion Fionnuala Britton of Ireland have been as the European Athletes of the Month for March. … [Read more...]
Gebrselassie targets hat trick
April 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Haile Gebrselassie goes for a Vienna hat trick. One of the greatest athletes of all times will come back to the Austrian capital and compete in the half marathon, which will be staged parallel to the Vienna City Marathon on 14th April. The … [Read more...]
Gorecka defends Edinburgh title
April 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
An individual first place finish in the junior race for Great Britain and Northern Ireland’s Emelia Gorecka (coach: Mick Woods) highlighted a good all-round display from the British team as they finished second overall against victors Team … [Read more...]
Meadows leads UK Indoor Team
April 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Reigning European 800m Indoor Champion Jenny Meadows (coach: Trevor Painter) has been announced as the captain for the GB & NI team for the European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden on 1-3 March. Meadows, who made her … [Read more...]
Stellar field for NYC Half
April 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
NEW YORK – Olympic bronze medalist Wilson Kipsang of Kenya and three-time Olympian Kim Smith of New Zealand will headline the international fields for the NYC Half on Sunday, March 17; World Championships bronze medalist Bob Tahri of … [Read more...]
Dam tot Damloop awarded Silver Label
April 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The Dam tot Damloop has been assigned the Silver Label for Road Races by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The organiser, Le Champion, meets the stringent requirements that the IAAF has attributed to the label. … [Read more...]
Team for World Cross Champs
April 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
After topping the medal table at the European Cross Country Championships in December, a 23-strong GB & NI team has been named for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland on Sunday 24 March. Emelia Gorecka … [Read more...]
Tadesse and Stublic set new Zurich records
April 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
At the 11th edition of the Zurich Marathon, the course records were broken despite low temperatures and grey skies: Tadesse Abraham (Eritrea) set a time of 2:07.44 hours and Croatian Lisa Stublic destroyed the old course record with a time … [Read more...]
