Armstrong to collect Diamond League title
OTTAWA – The world’s finest track and field athletes gather this Friday September 16 in Brussels, Belgium to crown the remaining 2011 Diamond League champions as the series comes to a close. The...
View ArticleLett takes Half title and other news
Stephen Lett added the New Zealand half marathon title to the national 10km track and 10km road titles that he already holds after a convincing victory in Auckland on Sunday. Lett eased ahead of Scott...
View ArticleAbdulai wins first title
Calgary, Alta. – In the heptathlon Coquitlam B.C.’s Ruky Abdulai (Valley Royals) won her first Canadian Championship with a personal best and World Championship A standard of 6150 points. Just 18...
View ArticleLemaitre to defend Euro title
France’s triple European sprint champion Christophe Lemaitre has said that he expects to compete in five outdoor meetings ahead of the defence of his titles at this summer’s European Athletics...
View ArticleKanter hopes lead to Euro title
Estonia’s 2008 Olympic discus champion Gerd Kanter has confirmed that he will take the short trip across the Gulf of Finland and bid for his first continental title at the 2012 European Athletics...
View ArticleMagakwe takes Africa sprint title
Thursday, 28 June 2012 – Simon Magakwe won gold in the men’s 100m on day two of the Africa Senior Championships in Benin, the second gold medal for South Africa at the Championships. He crossed the...
View ArticleJager wins SteepleChase title
EUGENE, Ore. – June 28, 2012 – Steeplechaser Evan Jager could not wait to start celebrating his ticket to London. Down the last stretch, after the final barrier cleared, the Illinois native took a...
View ArticleFelix wins Euro 10000m Title
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...
View ArticleSaladuha takes Triple Jump title
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...
View ArticleGrabarz jumps to Euro title
Robbie Grabarz has had a big breakthrough this year. He cleared 2.36m which ranks him second in the world in New York and he finished sixth in the World indoor championships in Doha. Last year he...
View ArticleHjelmer takes European 400m title
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...
View ArticleWilliams wins 400m Hurdles title
As the skies eventually began to go slightly darker here in Helsinki this evening, a Welshman’s broad grin brought back the light. Rhys Williams was the 400m hurdles champion at the European Athletics...
View ArticleStorl wins Shotput Title
David Storl, Germany’s 21-year-old world shot put champion, fully justified his position as favourite for the gold in Helsinki. But the manner in which he won his second major title in the space of a...
View ArticleFarah defends Euro 5000m title
World champion Mo Farah successfully defended his continental 5000m crown on the opening day of the 2012 European Athletics Championships at the historic Olympic stadium in Helsinki, on Wednesday, with...
View ArticlePienaar takes 10000m Jnr title at altitude
Friday, 5 April 2013 – The first day of the three day long SA Sub-Youth, Youth, Junior and Under 23 Championships started at Pilditch stadium in Tshwane today where the best South African athletes are...
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