Saladuha to defend her crown
Ukraine triple jump queen Saladuha to defend her crown in Helsinki Ukraine’s triple jump world champion Olha Saladuha is determined to defend her continental crown at the 2012 European Athletics...
View ArticleStorl sets sights on Helsinki
David Storl sets sights on completing medal collection in Helsinki Last year was a memorable one for German shot putter David Storl, the 2011 European Athletics Rising Star of the Year. The highlight...
View ArticleAfter Istanbul success, next stop Helsinki
For the vast majority of the European medallists at the World Indoor Championships, their next big competition will be this summer’s European Athletics Championships in Helsinki. Finland’s capital will...
View ArticleLavillenie starts quest for Helsinki
France’s pole vault star Renaud Lavillenie, the current European champion both indoor and outdoors who also won at the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, will start his summer campaign at the 51st...
View ArticleDi Martino seeks High rewards
Italy’s leading high jumper Antonietta Di Martino has confirmed that she will go for glory at both the European Athletics Championships and the Olympic Games this summer in a bid to complete her medal...
View ArticleSpotakova confirms Helsinki 2012
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...
View ArticleEuropean Athletics announce broadcast intentions
According to the latest broadcast intentions for the championships received by European Athletics, there will be at least 730 hours of television coverage in Europe alone over the five days of the...
View ArticleBorzakovsky and Davydova for Helsinki 2012
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...
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 ArticleLemaitre leads French one-two
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...
View ArticleGolden girl Lalova takes Gold
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...
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 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 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 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 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 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 ArticleMo Farah Gold in Zurich
Draped under a national flag – which came in pretty handy as the rain lashed down – Mo Farah was a gold medallist again at the European Athletics Championships on Wednesday. And just like in Barcelona...
View ArticleMahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad disqualified
This genius, Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad in photo, decided to bring celebrations to his steeple victory which simply lead to his disqualification. Great for his French team-mate, Yoann Kowal, who moved...
View ArticleSondre Moen targets Berlin 2018 European Championships
Norway’s Sondre Nordstad Moen is due to return to racing at the end of the month ahead of the Berlin 2018 European Athletics Championships in August. Sondre Nordstad Moen takes aim at Berlin 2018...
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