by ttreurope | Jun 18, 2015 | News, UK, Women
President Svein Arne Hansen today announced the names of the 14 women appointed to European Athletics commissions following a restructure of the consulting bodies approved by the Council at its meeting in Oslo last weekend. “We have confirmed the appointments of a...
by ttreurope | Apr 8, 2013 | Marathon, News, Switzerland, Women
Lisa Stublic made a huge breakthrough when she won at the Zurich Marathon 2013 in a Croatian national record of 2:25:44 on Sunday, taking more than five minutes off her own previous record of 2:30:46. The diminutive 28-year-old Stublic, just 1.58m tall, produced the...
by ttreurope | Jul 3, 2012 | 10000m, Eurochamps, Featured, Finland, Helsinki 2012, News, Track, UK, Women
In warm conditions, Portugal’s Dulce Felix showed a big improvement over 2010, when she was ninth, to run away with the 10,000m gold medal on the final day of the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, having made a big move over the last 3000m....
by ttreurope | Jun 30, 2012 | Featured, Finland, Helsinki 2012, News, Track, Triple Jump, Women
If there is a perfect way to win a major title then Ukraine’s Olha Saladuha demonstrated it before another superb crowd here in Helsinki tonight as she retained her triple jump title at the European Athletics Championships. Saladuha’s first round effort...
by ttreurope | Jun 30, 2012 | 400m, Featured, Helsinki 2012, News, Sweden, Track, Women
Such is the strength of women’s 400m running that the Russian number eight Kseniya Zadorina was favoured to win a medal. She had run a season’s best of 51.35 in her semi-final in running down Sweden’s Moa Hjelmer which was the fastest time in...
by ttreurope | Jun 29, 2012 | 100m, Featured, Finland, Helsinki 2012, News, Track, Women
She did not bother to watch the replay on the big screen and she did not even go to her rivals to accept their congratulations. Ivet Lalova just wanted a moment to herself. It is not that easy when 30,000 people are watching but as she stormed through the line to win...