by ttreurope | Apr 30, 2013 | Featured, News, Pre-event, Track, UK
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 and N.I. at the venue where...
by ttreurope | Apr 23, 2013 | Featured, Finland, Ireland, News
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. Pitkämäki, the 2007 world...
by ttreurope | Apr 7, 2013 | Featured, Germany, Half, Kenya, News
Kenyans Jacob Kendagor and Helah Kiprop took the 33rd edition of the Vattenfall BERLIN HALF MARATHON. For the first time in his career Kendagor clocked a time of 59:36 minutes. It is the fifth fastest result in the world this year, discounting courses of those races...
by ttreurope | Apr 3, 2013 | Doping, Featured, News
Former world and Olympic champions Svetlana Krivelyova and Olga Kuzenkova have been banned for two years each for failing drugs tests after their samples were re-examined, the Russian athletics federation (VFLA) said on Tuesday. The 42-year-old Kuzenkova, 2004 Olympic...
by ttreurope | Mar 14, 2013 | Austria, Featured, Marathon, News, Pre-event, Sweden
The Vienna City Marathon is one or Europe’s most traditional big city races over the classic distance. When it will see its 30th edition on 14th April there will be an elite men’s field that will fit to the occasion. Defending champion and course record holder Henry...
by ttreurope | Feb 13, 2013 | Articles, Featured, Italy, Marathon, Pre-event
It is a time of year when many athletes have their mind concentrated on the major indoor event of the winter, but Italian Andrea Lalli is a bit different. Instead of focussing on Göteborg in 23 days’ time, Lalli is already counting down to Zurich in 551 days and...