by ttreurope | Jun 12, 2012 | Czech, Featured
Viteslav Vesely’s performance in producing a massive personal best of 88.11m in the javelin to defeat a field at the Samsung Diamond League meeting in Oslo which included all his major rivals has established him as the form thrower of 2012 so far. And he is heading...
by ttreurope | Jun 5, 2012 | Eurochamps, Featured, News, Track
Russia has topped the medal table at the last three European Athletics Championships and two years ago in Barcelona they got a haul of 24 medals that included 10 titles. Consequently, it’s a sure bet that Russian athletes will feature prominently at this...
by ttreurope | Jun 4, 2012 | 10000m, Featured, News, Track, UK
Turkey’s Polat Kemboi Arikan made an impressive debut over 25 laps of the track when he won the European Cup 10,000m crown in 27:56.28, with the Spanish city of Bilbao being the host on Sunday. The front group in the 29-strong field in the A-race was taken...
by ttreurope | May 28, 2012 | Featured, Finland, News, Track
Norwegian javelin thrower Andreas Thorkildsen has won the gold medal in his event at the last two European Athletics Championships. He will go for his third consecutive continental title this summer in Helsinki, a rare feat in any discipline and one that has only been...
by ttreurope | May 16, 2012 | Featured, News
European Athletics is pleased to announce that Belarus hammer thrower Oksana Menkova and Slovakian walker Matej Tóth have been voted as the European Athletes of the Month for April. Menkova, the 2008 Olympic champion, threw an outstanding national record of 78.19m at...
by ttreurope | May 8, 2012 | Eurochamps, Featured, News, Track
Spotakova confirms Helsinki 2012 plans to set up probable battle with Abakumova Czech Republic’s 2008 Olympic Games javelin champion and world record holder Barbora Špotáková was among the Prague delegation which successfully convinced the European Athletics...