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With late race charge Gobena triumphs in Osaka
31.01.2010 World Surging away from Marisa Barros with less than 4Km to go, Amane Gobena of Ethiopia won the Osaka Ladies Marathon this morning in 2:25:14.
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3 finishers at Russian 100km Indoor Championships
30.01.2010 There were only 3 finishers at the Russian 100km Indoor Championships held in Moscow during 29-30 January.
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Ennis beats Jones with British record in Glasgow
30.01.2010 World Jessica Ennis stole the show at the Aviva International Match this afternoon with 2 fantastic performances that put her well on course for gold at the 13th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Doha.
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Angela Williams is coming to Moscow
30.01.2010 World Indoor Champion Angela Williams (USA) preparing to defend her title in Doha is coming to Moscow to win for the first time in her career.
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Ukhov defeated by Shustov in Moscow
30.01.2010 The 14th Cup of Moscow called “Jumps with Music” was statistically all set to be a one man show played out by Ivan Ukhov who leads the world season’s High Jump lists with 2.37m.
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Simon Vroemen cleared from doping allegations
30.01.2010 World Former steeple European record holder and European medalist Dutch Simon Vroemen is cleared from doping allegations.
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Why running barefoot is better for your body
29.01.2010 World Searching for the perfect pair of jogging shoes is a waste of time --running barefoot is better for you, a study has revealed.
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Christine Ohuruogu in Jamaica
29.01.2010 World Britain‘s Christine Ohuruogu left the cold London winter weather today to sample the sunnier climate of Kingston, Jamaica where she will spent the next three weeks training with Racers Track Club.
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Athlete Biological Passport
29.01.2010 World The Executive Committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has approved the Athlete Biological Passport Operating Guidelines with immediate effect. Informs European Athletics.
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Asafa opens with 400m
28.01.2010 World Jamaican sprint start Asafa Powell will start his 2010 campaign this weekend at the Queens/Grace’s Jackson invitational writes the Jamaican Gleaner.
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Extreme High Jump in Birmingham
28.01.2010 World In addition to a full schedule of world class athletics, the Aviva Grand Prix will host on February 20 in Birmingham a new competition: ‘Extreme High Jump’.
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Gripich and Gordeyeva lead season in Russia
28.01.2010 Aleksandr Gripich won the men’s pole vault at the Springermeeting held in Cottbus, Germany. He cleared 5.70m.
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Carter arrested in Tampa
27.01.2010 World USA sprinter Xavier Carter was arrested early Monday morning in Tampa, Fla., according to the Tampa Tribune.
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Ukhov wins Moravia High Jump Tour
27.01.2010 Ivan Ukhov won the second leg of the Moravia High Jump Tour held in the Czech city of Trinec. He cleared 2.34 in the men’s high jump.
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Russian Winter: women’s 800m lineup updated
26.01.2010 The Russian Winter organizers have announced new additions to the women’s 800 lineup.
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Sebastian Coe for IAAF President
26.01.2010 World Daily Mail writes that Sebastian Coe will bid to become president of the IAAF next year, 11 months before he completes his role as chief organizer of the 2012 London Olympics.
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Former East German athlete wants record deleted
26.01.2010 World Former East German sprinter Gesine Tettenborn Has asked the German athletics federation to erase the name from the German 4x400m record.
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Konovalova finished 5th
25.01.2010 Mariya Konovalova finished 5th at the Muguerza CC race held in Spain.
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Alyokhina wins in Bordeaux
25.01.2010 2009 Russian Champion Nadezhda Alyokhina won the women’s trilpe jump at a meeting held in Bordeaux, France. She achieved 14.03m.
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Baddeley and Donohue take mile victories in New York
25.01.2010 World Andy Baddeley of Great Britain and Erin Donohue of the USA ran to solid victories in the mile at the 15th New Balance Games at the Armory Track and Field Center in New York on Saturday (23).
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Sergio Sanchez clocks 4:52.90
25.01.2010 World Spanish runner Sergio Sanchez clocked 4:52.90 at 3000 m what is European all-time best (in this event no official European indoor records are registered).
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Ukhov leads World season
24.01.2010 Ivan Ukhov achieved the World season lead in the men’s high jump clearing 2.37 in Hustopece, Czech Republic.
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Student Kokorin
24.01.2010 Olympic 4x400 bronze medalist Anton Kokorin won the men’s 600 yards (548.4m) at the Texas Tech Meet.
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World champion vs USA champion in Moscow
24.01.2010 World Indoor Champion Olusoji Fasuba of Nigeria and 2009 USA 60m Champion Mark Jelks will be the main rivals in the men’s 60m at the 2010 Russian Winter meeting in Moscow on 7 February.
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Zinurova leads
24.01.2010 Yevgeniya Zinurova achieved World season best in the women’s 800m clocking 2:01.27 at the Moscow Junior Indoor Championships where she performed not competing.
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Meselech Melkamu to visit her home town
24.01.2010 World Meselech Melkamu will make a special guest appearance in her home town of Debre Markos in support of the 2010 Education for Girls Run which takes place there on Sunday.
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Ilyichev repeats PB
23.01.2010 Ivan Ilyichev, 23, repeated his PB of 2.28 in the men’s high jump at a jumps meeting held in Wuppertal, Germany.
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Stockholm’s spectacular
23.01.2010 World The 2010 edition of the GE Galan – IAAF Indoor Permit – meeting takes place in Stockholm’s famous Globe arena on 10 February.
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Gibilisco in Germany
23.01.2010 World Italian former pole vault world champion Giuseppe Gibilisco is in German city Leverkusen preparing for his return to the world level, informs www.leichtathletik.de.
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Tereshin clears 2.28 in Ostrava
22.01.2010 2006 World Indoor silver medalist Andrey Tereshin won the men’s high jump at a meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic. He cleared 2.28m.
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Welcome, Wilfred Bungei!
21.01.2010 Olympic Champion, World Indoor Champion Wilfred Bungei has confirmed his participation in the men’s 600m at the 2010 Russian Winter meeting to be held on 7 February in Moscow.
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No Russian Winter without Borzakovskiy
19.01.2010 Many fans have gone at the Russian Winter to see Yuriy Borzakovskiy some years and they will have another chance on 7 February.
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Chernova and Drozdov start season
19.01.2010 Tatyana Chernova and Aleksey Drozdov won at the Moscow Combined Events Indoor Championships. Chernova scored 4686 points in the pentathlon, and Drozdov scored 6096 in the heptathlon.
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Mariya Savinova takes 4th win in a row
17.01.2010 European Indoor Champion Mariya Savinova won the women’s 1500m at the Ural FD Indoor Championships clocking 4:08.2h.
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H.M. Juan Carlos I de Borbón named B10 Honorary Committee president
16.01.2010 World H.M. Juan Carlos I de Borbón of Spain will be the President of the Barcelona 2010 Honorary Committee, the B10 Organising Committee has announced.
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American Michael Rodgers Wants 2012 Olympic Medal
16.01.2010 World Although it is still two years in coming, American sprinter Mike Rodgers is already working towards winning a medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
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Kenya’s dream factory: a success story destined to run and run
15.01.2010 World Six o’clock in the morning, on the corner where the road meets the red dirt track on the edge of a Kenyan village called Iten, is where you find one of the most extraordinarily concentrated hotbeds of athletic talent known to man.
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Richest edition of the NYC Half-Marathon
15.01.2010 World The fifth edition of the NYC Half-Marathon here on Sunday, March 21, will be the richest 21.1 km race in the United States with a 100 000 USD prize money purse, the New York Road Runners announced.
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Russian Winter for Yevgeniya Polyakova
15.01.2010 Olympic 4x100 Champion, European 60m Champion Yevgeniya Polyakova told RusAthletics.com about her fear of false starts, rigid track and competition.
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Time to wait until mid-February
14.01.2010 World Spokesman for her lawyers refused to confirm there would be an immediate return to competition for Caster Semenya until her gender issue is concluded in their discussions with the IAAF.
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Star sprint at Russian Winter
14.01.2010 A World Champion and a European Champion will face each other in the women’s 60m at the 2010 Russian Winter on 7 February in Moscow.
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Farah: I almost collapsed again
13.01.2010 World Only a month after collapsing at the finish of the European cross country championships in Dublin, Mo Farah again scared bystanders when having to receive assistance after finishing Saturday‘s bupa Great Edinburgh International Cross Country.
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No longer ‘Mr. Silver’: Experience reaps dividends for Rybakov
13.01.2010 After collecting silver medals at the 2001, 2005 and 2007 World Championships, Russian Yaroslav Rybakov finally struck gold in Berlin last August.
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Jeter set to run at Birmingham meeting
12.01.2010 World American speedster Carmelita Jeter, who last season became the world’s second fastest woman to ever over 100 metres, will line up at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham on February 20.
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Meadows says British outing will boost her chances at WIC
12.01.2010 World Jenny Meadows believes competing in Great Britain will help win her medals as she looks to the 2010 World Indoor Championships.
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Financial scam victims in Britain
11.01.2010 World Morethanthegames website writes that up to two dozen of Britain‘s leading athletics hopefuls for the 2012 London Olympics, fear that they‘ve been victims of a financial scam run by a convicted fraudster who has been described by a sentencing judge as ‚an incorrigible con man‘.
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Bekele 4th, Dibaba over Cheruiyot
10.01.2010 World Kenenisa Bekele was beaten at Saturday´s Edinburgh International Cross Country Race.
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Ramzi banned finally at home
10.01.2010 World Gulf Daily News reports that miler Rashid Ramzi has been now officially banned for two years by Bahrain Athletics Association.
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World champions from Berlin are German Athletes of the Year
08.01.2010 World In the poll of readers of Leichtathletik Magazine and users of leichtathletik.de (around 3000 votes together) discus thrower Robert Harting and javelin thrower Steffi Nerius are the number ones.
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Russian Christmas with national record in Yekaterinburg
07.01.2010 Thirteen days after the western Christmas, on 7 January the Russian Orthodox Church celebrated its Christmas Day in accordance with the old Julian calendar.
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