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Isinbayeva and Ukhov win in Stockholm
30.07.2011 Yelena Isinbayeva won the women’s pole vault at the DN Galan meeting in Stockholm. She cleared 4.76m.
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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Lamine Diack
29.07.2011 Prime Minister Vladimir Putin assured IAAF President Lamine Diack that the Russian government and the Moscow Mayor’s Office will do everything in their power to ensure the success of the World Championships in Athletics in 2013.
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President Diack visits Luzhniki Stadium – Moscow 2013
28.07.2011 Moscow, Russia – IAAF President Lamine Diack today (28) visited Luzhniki Stadium in the Russian capital which will be the main venue for the 2013 IAAF World Championships from 10 to 18 August 2013.
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Russian team for Daegu
25.07.2011 The Russian team for the 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Daegu will consist of 83 athletes, 36 men and 47 women.
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Russian athletes take 18 medals in Tallinn
24.07.2011 Russian athletes took 18 medals (8 gold, 4 silver, 6 bronze) at the European Athletics Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. Russian team won in the medal table and placed second in the placing table with 189 points.
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Martynova impresses with 4:01.68 win in Cheboksary - Russian Champs, Day 4
24.07.2011 Cheboksary, Russia – On a day with 12 titles on the line, Yekaterina Martynova’s victory in the 1500m highlighted the final day of the Russian championships in Cheboksary on Sunday (24).
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Dmitrik prevails; Antyukh and Abakumova also highlight – Russian Champs, Day 3
24.07.2011 Cheboksary, Russia - Aleksey Dmitrik’s victory in the hotly-contested men’s High Jump and Natalya Antyukh’s 53.75 win the 400m Hurdles highlighted the third day of the Russian championships on Saturday (23).
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Chicherova 2.07m; Kapachinskaya 49.35 and Savinova 1:56.95 stun – Russian Champs, Day 2
23.07.2011 Cheboksary, Russia - The second day of Russian Championships were highlighted by the 2.07m national High Jump record from Anna Chicherova, and two other world season leads in the women’s 400m by Anastasiya Kapachinskaya and in the 800m by Maria Savinova.
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With near World record run, Kipruto steals the show in Monaco – Samsung Diamond League
22.07.2011 World Monte-Carlo - Olympic champion Brimin Kipruto, with a fantastic 3000m Steeplechase victory, outshone even Usain Bolt the world’s fastest man with his success in a Kenyan record time at the Herculis/Samsung Diamond League meet on Friday (22).
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Savinova clocks 1:58.03 world lead in Cheboksary - Russian champs, Day 1
22.07.2011 Cheboksary, Russia - 855 athletes from 66 Russian regions have gathered in Cheboksary, the capital of the Chuvash Republic, for the Russian national championships which began on Thursday (21).
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Lashmanova walks to world record gold
21.07.2011 Yelena Lashmanova claimed the first gold of the European Athletics Junior Championships in Tallinn this morning as she dominated the women’s 10,000m walk to become the first junior to officially complete the distance in under 43 minutes.
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IAAF announces Pan-European TV Agreement with Eurosport for 2011-2013
19.07.2011 World Monte-Carlo - The IAAF is delighted to announce the conclusion of a Pan-European broadcasting deal brokered by IEC in Sports, IAAF’s media rights agency for Europe and Africa, with Eurosport for the IAAF World Athletics Series of events from 2011 to 2013.
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Ukhov and Shkolina win in Eberstadt
18.07.2011 Ivan Ukhov won the men’s high jump at the Hochsprung-Meeting in Eberstadt, Germany. He cleared 2.24m. Svetlana Shkolina won the women’s high jump clearing 1.99m.
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Russian team tops placing table in Ostrava
17.07.2011 Russian team scored 220 points at the European U23 Championships in Ostrava and topped the placing table. Russian athletes took 10 gold, 6 silver and 5 bronze medals.
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Gold and silver medal in women’s 20kmRW
17.07.2011 Tatyana Mineyeva won the women’s 20kmRW at the European U23 Championships in Ostrava. She clocked 1:31:42. Nina Okhotnikova finished second in 1:31:51.
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Bogatyryov wins, Strelkov takes bronze medal in 20kmRW
17.07.2011 Pyotr Bogatyryov won and Denis Strelkov took the bronze medal in the men’s 20kmRW at the European U23 Championships in Ostrava. Bogatyryov clocked 1:24:20 and Strelkov clocked 1:24:25. Valery Filipchuk finished 4th - 1:24:30.
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Isinbayeva wins with 4.60m in heavy rain and strong winds in Heusden
16.07.2011 Yelena Isinbayeva showed guts and character in her comeback in competition at the KBC Night of Athletics in Heusden-Zolder on Saturday (16).
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2 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals in Ostrava
16.07.2011 Olga Topilskaya won the women’s 400m at the European U23 Championships in Ostrava clocking 51.45 seconds. Yuliya Terekhova finished second clocking 52.63.
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Menkov wins men’s long jump
16.07.2011 Aleksandr Menkov won the men’s long jump at the European U23 Championships in Ostrava. He achieved 8.08m.
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Kolodko wins shot put in Ostarva
15.07.2011 Yevgeniya Kolodko won the women’s shot put at the European U23 Championships in Ostrava. She achieved 18.87m. Olesya Sviridova was 7th with 16.81m.
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Arzhakova wins 800m in Ostrava
15.07.2011 Yelena Arzhakova won the women’s 800m at the European U23 Championships in Ostrava. She set PB of 1:59.41 and was the only one who clocked a sub-2 minute time.
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Dominguez cleared
13.07.2011 World Spanish judge Mercedes Pérez Barrios dismissed all charges of doping and selling drugs without prescription against steeple world champion Marta Dominguez on Monday.
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Russian team for Ostrava
12.07.2011 Russian team for the European U23 Championships in Ostrava will consist of 60 athletes, 30 men and 30 women.
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World records ratified
12.07.2011 Monte-Carlo - The following World records have recently been ratified...
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Chicherova sets season best
11.07.2011 Anna Chicherova placed second after Blacnka Vlasic by attempts in the women’s high jump at the Aviva British Grand Prix held in Birmingham. She set her SB of 1.99m.
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Lukyanenko wins in Madrid
11.07.2011 Olympic silver medalist Yevgeniy Lukyanenko won the men’s pole vault at the 39th Meeting de Atletismo Madrid 2011 held in Spain. He cleared 5.72m.
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Sanya Richards-Ross: We were “close friends” but Justin Gatlin betrayed me
10.07.2011 World (Sporting Alert) — American World 400-metres champion Sanya Richards-Ross says she felt “betrayed” after he good friend Justin Gatlin was caught for doping.
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Buchelnikova places third in Lille
10.07.2011 Mariya Buchelnikova placed third in the women’s long jump at the 7th IAAF World Youth Championships in Lille, France. She achieved 6.11m.
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World lead for Kuznetsov in Lille
10.07.2011 Yegor Kuznetsov won the men’s 400mH at the 7th IAAF World Youth Championships in Lille, France. He set a World lead and a personal best of 50.97sec. Usman Usmanov took the bronze medal in the men’s high jump with a PB of 2.13m.
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Dmitrik shares win in Paris
09.07.2011 Russia’s Aleksey Dmitrik and Czech’s Jaroslav Baba shared the win in the men’s high jump at the Meeting Areva Paris Saint-Denis, a Samsung Diamond League meeting, held in Paris, France. They cleared 2.32m.
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In dramatic finish, Parshin takes 10,000m Race Walk title - Lille 2011
09.07.2011 Lille, France - There was a dramatic finish to the 10,000m Race Walk when the fourth day’s action at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Lille got underway on a cool and damp French morning (9).
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Leontyeva takes bronze medal
08.07.2011 Nadezhda Leontyeva finished third in the women’s 5000m at the 7th World Youth Championships in Lille, France. She clocked a personal best of 22:00.84 to take the bronze medal. Olga Nacharkina finished 9th in 22:52.40.
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Urech 12.62 Swiss record
07.07.2011 World Lisa Urech clocked new Swiss 100 m hurdles record 12.62 (+0.5) at the Resisprint meet in favorable altitude of 997 m. Former mark of Julie Baumann was 12.76 from 1991.
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Indian doping problems
07.07.2011 World In India in 2011 already 9 athletes returned positive doping tests in the first six months. In the National Games held at Ranchi during February three athletes were tested positive.
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Lalova 10.96 at 100m
06.07.2011 World Superb 100 m sprint 10.96 (+0.8) by Ivet Lalova of Bulgaria highlighted the first day of the 64th Balkan Athletics Championships. She is so first European sprinter to go under 11 since 2005, last time by French Christine Arron 10.93.
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Strutz and Bleasdale 470 in Pole Vault
06.07.2011 World The traditional Junior Gala Meet (U23 and U19 categories) saw superb women pole vault competition won by Martina Strutz with 470 who tried at new WL 478.
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Russia do the double at Torun Super League
04.07.2011 Russia got a historic double victory at the European Cup Combined Events Super League when they won both the men’s and women’s team competitions in the Polish city of Torun on Sunday.
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Armstrong, Ellerton, Felicien and Klaas top-out Harry Jerome Classic in Vancouver
03.07.2011 World Burnaby, B.C. Canada - Many of Canada’s finest track and field athletes marked their 1 July national holiday with memorable performances at the Harry Jerome International Track Classic in Vancouver on Friday (1).
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Huge new world season lead 20.94m by Ostapchuk; Borzakovskiy’s back 1:43 in Zhukovskiy – IAAF World Challenge
03.07.2011 Zhukovskiy, Russia - The 53rd edition of Brothers Znamenskiy Memorial was highlighted by a huge 20.94m put by Belarussia’s Nadzeya Ostapchuk, while the spectators in the Meteor stadium in this town on the outskirts of Moscow went home especially satisfied by the victory of local lad Yuriy Borzakovskiy who went under 1:44 at 800m.
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Wada revoke Turkish lab’s licence
02.07.2011 World The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) on Tuesday imposed their ultimate sanction when they revoked the accreditation of the laboratory in Ankara due to non-compliance with the International Standard for Laboratories (ISL).
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Rogowska injured
01.07.2011 World At the 24th Pole Vault meet (sea pier) German Martina Strutz cleared 470 in first attempt and won (she tried at world leading 478 too). Second world champion Anna Rogowska with 460 as she injured after breaking the pole at 470 (palm injury).
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Chicherova wins in Lausanne
01.07.2011 Anna Chicherova won the women’s high jump at the Athletissima, a Samsung Diamond League meeting, held in Lausanne. She cleared 1.95m.
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