by trackadmin | Apr 7, 2014 | Diamond, Featured, News, Pre-event
Olympic 800m champion and world record-holder David Rudisha will return to IAAF Diamond League action at the Doha 2014 meeting on Friday 9 May. Rudisha’s appearance in the Qatari capital, the seventh of his career, will signal the Kenyan’s eagerly anticipated comeback...
by trackadmin | Aug 26, 2013 | Articles, Europe, Featured, News, Women
Considering how unbeatable Mariya Savinova has been for the last three years it was something of a surprise to see her eclipsed so comprehensively in the 800m in Moscow. Silver can hardly be viewed as a disappointment for most people, but for the seemingly...
by trackadmin | Apr 28, 2013 | NewsFeed
There was a new British record in the women’s 4x800m as the GB & NI team also performed strongly in the women’s 4x400m and men’s 4x100m at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, USA, today. The GB & NI women’s 4x800m team set a new British record of 8:13.46 as they...
by trackadmin | Aug 10, 2012 | NewsFeed
David Rudisha of Kenya bedazzled the world with his front running prowess and his majestic determination over 800m, this led to the first new world record on the London 2012 track. The 23-year-old Kenyan in his first appearance in an Olympic final became the first...
by trackadmin | Apr 24, 2012 | 800m, Europe, News
Last Thursday marked the 31st birthday of Russia’s 2004 Olympic Games 800m champion Yuriy Borzakovskiy and he used the occasion to announce that he will be bidding to win over two laps of the track at this summer’s European Athletics Championships. At last...