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Russia cruises to second consecutive win at Yokohama Women’s Ekiden
26.02.2007 Propelled by three consecutive stage bests from the start, Team Russia won the 25th Women’s Ekiden in 2:14:48 on Sunday (25)in Yokohama, Japan.
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Aleksey Dmitrik second in Praha
16.02.2007 Aleksey Dmitrik placed second at the Novinarska latka meeting held in Praha yesterday. He cleared 2.28 meters. Sergey Klyugin was fourth with 2.19m.
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Olympic champion wins in Czech
15.02.2007 Sidney Olympic champion Sergey Klyugin won the Jablonecka Latka meeting held in Jablonec Czech on 13 February. He achieved 2.20m beating Athens Silver medalist Jaroslav Baba with 2.10m.
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Kallur and Ukhov are European Athletes of the Month - January 2007
12.02.2007 Swedish sprint star Susanna Kallur and new Russian High Jump sensation Ivan Ukhov have been voted the European Athletes of the Month for January.
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Isinbayeva breaks own World Indoor Record in Donetsk
11.02.2007 After checking via phonecalls with local organiser Sergy Bubka it was confirmed that the new WR height by Yelena Isinbayeva is 493.
Isinbayeva jumped before 462, 472 and 482, all at first. Then the bar was raised to 492 and she missed twice. For the third she asked for 493 and went over. „It showed her great strength that after two not succesfull jumps she was able go higher and jump more than clearly. It was again a great show before 4000 spectators. I am satisfied with the usual atmosphere and of course the world record is always something special. Yelena was under pressure, because everybody expected it and she was able to handle it,“ said the legendary Bubka.
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Olga Kotlyarova runs up in Duesseldorf
07.02.2007 European Champion Olga Kotlyarova finished second in the women’s 800m at yesterday’s 2. internationales Indoor Meeting held in Duesseldorf, Germany. She clocked 2:01.84.
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Andrey Tereshin wins in France
04.02.2007 World Indoor silver medalist Andrey Tereshin won the men’s high jump at today’s High Jumps with Music meeting held in Rouen, France. He cleared 2.24 meters and then tried to set a meeting record of 2.30 but unsuccessful.
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Aleksey Drozdov third in Tallinn
04.02.2007 Aleksey Drozdov placed third with 5897 points at the Reval Hotels Combined Events Cup held during this weekend in Estonian capital. The winner was USA’s Jon-Ryan Harlan with 5969 and the runner-up was Belarus’ Andrey Kravchenko with 5955.
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Igor Pavlov wins in Gent
04.02.2007 Igor Pavlov won the men’s pole vault clearing 5.76 meters at today’s KBC Indoor meeting in Gent.
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Isinbayeva shines at Millrose Games
03.02.2007 New York City, USA - It didn’t take long for Yelena Isinbayeva to etch her place into Millrose Games history at New York’s Madison Square Garden. The Russian set a U.S. all-comers record and meeting record of 4.82m in her North American debut in the women’s Pole Vault to highlight the famed indoor meeting’s 100th running on Friday (02) night.
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Vote for Russians in Europe!
02.02.2007 European Athletic Association opened on its website the inaugural European Athlete of the Month vote. There are 5 Russian athletes, 3 and 2 women, in the lists.
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Yelena Slesarenko starts with 1.95
01.02.2007 Olympic champion Yelena Slesarenko cleared 1.95m at her fist meeting in this season, the Samsung EuroJump in Gothenburg yesterday.
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