With tickets sales now open, final countdown to Moscow 2013 begins – IAAF / LOC Press Conference 06.03.2013 Moscow, Russia - IAAF Vice President Sergey Bubka and the Deputy Minister of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy of the Russian Federation Pavel Kolobkov headed a joint press conference given by the IAAF and the Local Organising Committee of Moscow 2013 in the Luzhniki Stadium, the venue for the 14th edition of the IAAF World Championships (10 to 18 August), on Wednesday (6).
Russia top medals table again, but Swedish hosts make the biggest gains 03.03.2013 Russia maintained their habitual domination of the European Athletics Indoor Championships as they finished top of the medal table for the fifth time in the last seven stagings of the event, matching the total of 14 medals they won at the 2011 Championships in Paris as they collected four golds, seven silvers and three bronzes.
Klishina defends her title with a world leading jump of 7.01m 02.03.2013 Darya Kilishina bounced back from the bitter disappointment of failing to make the Russian team for the 2012 Olympic Games to successfully defend her European indoor title with a stunning world leading mark and indoor personal best of 7.01m.
Shubenkov’s world-leading 7.49 and Yanit’s European-leading 7.89 bring first day to sizzling conclusion 01.03.2013 A 2013 world-leading performance of 7.49 by Russia’s Sergey Shubenkov in the men’s 60m hurdles, and a European rankings-leading effort and Turkish record of 7.89 in the women’s 60m hurdles by Nevin Yanit brought the first full day of action at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Göteborg to a thrilling conclusion.