by trackadmin | Aug 13, 2012 | NewsFeed
London, UK – Athletics Canada’s objectives coming in to the 2012 Olympic Games were to improve on Beijing’s showing of one medal and to improve on the sixteenth place finish in the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) country ranking. The...
by trackadmin | Aug 13, 2012 | NewsFeed
History will record that Christophe Lemaitre collected his second 100m gold medal in succession in the European Athletics Championships in 10.09 to cement his already secure place in the pantheon of French sport. Second place was also taken by France in the person of...
by trackadmin | Aug 13, 2012 | NewsFeed
26/6-1/7 Porto-Novo, Benin: African Championships. Women: SP(6)/DT(5) Alifatou Djibril (Tog) 14.60m/48.41m 27-29/6 Cairns: Oceania Championships and sub-regionals at Barlow Park. 200m(+1.1) James Grimm 21.57 (1h1 21.72 +0.4), 400m.Ethan Millward 47.54,Jackson Mallory...
by trackadmin | Aug 13, 2012 | NewsFeed
Valerie Adams has been awarded the gold medal for shot put at the London Olympic Games. The announcement comes after Belarus’s Nadzeya Ostapchuk tested positive for the steroid metenolone in a urine sample. Ostapchuk’s positive test means the 31-year-old has been...
by trackadmin | Aug 13, 2012 | NewsFeed
The 2012 IAAF World Junior Championships came to an end in Barcelona with one last evening session that brought some very satisfactory results to the Aviva Great Britain & Northern Ireland team. Jessica Judd (coach: Jeremy Freeman) and Jennifer Walsh (Deborah...
by trackadmin | Aug 13, 2012 | NewsFeed
Thursday, 2 August 2012 – Justine Palframan broke the 400m South African Junior record that stood for 29 years, at the World Junior Championships that took place from 10-15 July in Barcelona, Spain; and is a promising athlete for the future of athletics. The 18...