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...
by ttreurope | Aug 14, 2014 | NewsFeed
Two years after finishing third at the European Cup 10,000m, Germany’s Sabrina Mockenhaupt is the champion. Her winning performance came on a superb night of athletics in Pravets, Bulgaria, on Saturday which showed experience counts for everything. Mockenhaupt, 32,...
