by ttreurope | Aug 14, 2014 | 10000m, Eurochamps, Featured, News, Switzerland, UK, Zurich2014
Draped under a national flag – which came in pretty handy as the rain lashed down – Mo Farah was a gold medallist again at the European Athletics Championships on Wednesday. And just like in Barcelona in 2010, he had a teammate alongside him in the...
by ttreurope | Aug 14, 2014 | Track NewsFeed
Barely out of the junior ranks, David Storl was a fresh-faced 20-year-old when he competed at his first European Athletics Championships in Barcelona. He finished fourth. Making European History Tonight, just four years later, at the ripe old age of 24, the German...
by ttreurope | Aug 14, 2014 | NewsFeed
Geoffrey Ronoh turned from pacemaker to a sensational winner in the course of the Mattoni Olomouc Half Marathon on Saturday evening, beating the marathon world record holder Wilson Kipsang by eight seconds to set an event record for the Czech race of 60:17. Ronoh...
by ttreurope | Aug 14, 2014 | NewsFeed
Get ready to check out two athletes with identical personal best times in the 10 km distance – Kenyan runner and winner of last year’s Mattoni Ceske Budejovice Half Marathon, Daniel Chebii and his Ethiopian rival, Mosinet Geremew (both 0:27:36). Daniel Chebii, who...
by ttreurope | Aug 14, 2014 | Marathon Newsfeed
No less than 8686 runners were treated to perfect weather conditions at the 12th Zurich Marathon. Unlike last year no new course records were being posted, but the races were not a bit less thrilling. The men’s race was won by 19 year-old newcomer Hayle Lemi from...
