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Savinova proves the class of the field
31.07.2010 Friday’s Russian gold rush continued inside a vibrant Olympic Stadium as Mariya Savinova delivered a comprehensive knock out blow to her rivals to add the European outdoor title to her world and European indoor crowns.
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Shustov wins gold for Russia
29.07.2010 Aleksander Shustov kept gold in Russia’s hands in Barcelona’s Olympic stadium tonight as he followed Yaroslav Rybakov in 2002 and Andrey Silnov in 2006 as the European men’s high jump champion.
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Tysse tested positive for doping
22.07.2010 World World agencies are informing that top Norwegian walker Erik Tysse has tested positive for doping and has been suspended from all competitions.
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Russians blitz of one-two in Race Walk final
21.07.2010 Moncton, Canada - Russia opened its medal account when Elena Lashmanova and Anna Lukyanova thrashed the opposition to score a brilliant one-two in the 10,000 metres Race Walk on the third day of the 13th IAAF World Junior Championships in Moncton on Wednesday morning.
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Barcelona 2010 set to take off with highest ever athlete participation
20.07.2010 World A record number of 1,368 athletes from 50 countries have entered for the 20th European Athletics Championships to be held in Barcelona between 26 July and 1 August.
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Tamgho and Wlodarczyk voted European Athletes of the Month for June
20.07.2010 World European Athletics is pleased to announce that world indoor triple jump champion Teddy Tamgho of France and hammer world champion Anita Wlodarczyk of Poland have been voted as the European Athletes of the Month for June.
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USA relay team win back medals
18.07.2010 World The CAS has overruled a decision by the IOC and decided the seven teammates of Marion Jones should be given back their relay medals of the 2000 Olympic Games.
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Alminova wins in Paris
17.07.2010 Anna Alminova won the women’s 1500m at the Areva, an IAAF Diamond League meeting, held in Paris, France. She set a PB of 3.57,65.
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Russian team’s preliminary list for Barcelona
16.07.2010 Russian Athletics has announces a preliminary list of the Russian team for the European Championships to be held in Barcelona on 26 July to 1 August.
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Solo 4:00.84 run by Alminova as Russian champs conclude
16.07.2010 Saransk, Russia – Anna Alminova sped to a 4:00.84 solo victory in the 1500m to highlight the final day (15) of competition at the Russian national championships in Saransk.
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Konovalova’s solo 5000m victory the highlight in windy Saransk – Russian champs, day 3
15.07.2010 Saransk, Russia – Mariya Konovalova produced a solo 14:49.68 victory in the 5000m to highlight an extremely windy third day of competition at the Russian national championships in Saransk on Wednesday (14).
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Kolchanova sails 7.01m, Borzakovskiy takes fifth national title in Saransk - Russian champs, day 2
14.07.2010 Saransk, Russia – Ludmila Kolchanova became the third women to break the seven-metre barrier in the Long Jump while Yuriy Borzakovskiy collected his fifth national title to highlight the second day of the Russian national championships in Saransk on Tuesday (13).
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Centre of gravity theory for dominance of black sprinters and white swimmers
13.07.2010 World Scientists have tackled one of the taboos of modern sport and believe they have explained why black athletes sweep the medals in sprinting events, while white swimmers dominate in the pool.
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Battling the heat, Russian championships begin in Saransk
13.07.2010 Saransk, Russia - The Russian championships were greeted in the capital of the Republic of Mordovia with extremely hot conditions as the four-day competition kicked off on Monday.
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Lemaitre now sets his sights on a Barcelona medal
12.07.2010 World Christophe Lemaitre broke the French national 100m record and set a new European-leading mark for the year when he clocked 9.98 at the French Championships in Valence on Friday.
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Ennis to lead a strong Great Britain and NI squad in Barcelona
12.07.2010 World Heptathlon world champion Jessica Ennis will spearhead a strong 72-member Great Britain and Northern Ireland team at the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona between 26 July and 1 August.
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Phenomenal 1:41.51 for Rudisha in Heusden-Zolder
11.07.2010 World Heusden-Zolder, Belgium - David Rudisha ran an astonishing 800m on Saturday night at the KBC Night of Athletics in Heusden-Zolder (10).
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Feofanova wins in Gateshead
11.07.2010 Svetlana Feofanova won the women’s pole vault at the Aviva British Grand Prix, an IAAF Diamond League meeting, held in Gateshead. She cleared 4.71m.
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Ivan Ukhov wins in Lausanne
09.07.2010 World Indoor champion Ivan Ukhov won the men’s high jump at the Athletissima 2010, an IAAF Diamond League meeting, held in Switzerland.
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Savinova, Alyokhina and Lysenko win in Eugene
04.07.2010 Mariya Savinova won the women’s 800m at the Prefontaine Classic, an IAAF Diamond League meeting held in Eugene, USA. She set a PB of 1.57,56.
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Zadorina wins in Spain
03.07.2010 Kseniya Zadorina won the women’s 400m at the 29º Meeting de Atletismo Madrid 2010 held in Spain. She clocked 51.3 seconds.
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Shalin wins again
02.07.2010 Pavel Shalin won the men’s long jump at the 15th International Athletic Challenge Meeting held in Velenje, Slovenia. He achieved 8,08m. Olga Balayeva won the women’s long jump with 6,61m.
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Ostapchuk threatens 21m barrier in Grodno – Belarus champs
01.07.2010 World Grodno, Belarus – Nadzeya Ostaphuck and Pavel Kryvitski produced the classiest performances at the Belarus Open championships over the weekend (26-27) in Grodno.
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Mikhail Tsevtkov wins in France
01.07.2010 Mikhail Tsvetkov won the men’s high jump at the Reims Alma-Attle tour meeting held in Reims, France. He cleared 2.27 (SB).
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