Hassan denied second gold by Sweden's Bahta
ZURICH: The promise of Dutch delight turned to despair - and ultimately silver and bronze consolation - in the dramatic closing stages of the women's 5,000m final on the penultimate day of the European...
View ArticleDaily Preview - Day 5: Saturday 16 August (EAA - European Athletic Association)
(Source: EAA - European Athletic Association) The women's 5000m will be one of the most compelling spectacles of a Saturday night which features eight finals, given the presence of two women seeking a...
View ArticleFrance's Duanay wins marathon gold
Christelle Daunay of France broke away from Italian Valeria Straneo in the final stages of the marathon to win the European Championships title. Jessica Augusto of Portugal, who had been in lone...
View ArticleFrance's Daunay wins marathon at Euros
ZURICH (AP) — Christelle Daunay of France broke away from Italian Valeria Straneo in the final stages of the marathon to win the European Championships title on Saturday. Jessica Augusto of Portugal,...
View ArticleBritton’s marathon debut in Zurich full of promise
As debut marathons gme o Fionnuala Britton had good reason to be satisfied with her 10th place finish at the European Championships in Zurich earlier today. Her time of two hours, 31 minutes and 46...
View ArticleDaunay embraces a "beautiful" marathon gold (EAA - European Athletic...
(Source: EAA - European Athletic Association) A brutal course, a brilliant gold medallist. France's Christelle Daunay became the first French runner to win the marathon at the European Athletics...
View ArticleBritton enjoys top-ten finish in maiden marathon
Fionnuala Britton secured a top-ten finish in her maidern marathon at...
View ArticleLavillenie takes pole vault gold
France’s pole vault world record holder and Olympic champion Renaud Lavillenie easily claimed his third successive European athletics gold medal at the Letzigrund on Saturday. He needed only two...
View ArticleWorld champion Korir makes history in Antrim - IAAF Cross Country Permit...
(Source: IAAF - International Association of Athletics Federations) Japhet Kipyegon Korir leads the senior men's race at the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Bydgoszcz, Poland on Sunday 24...
View ArticleBritton seeks to get on the front foot
IAN O'RIORDAN in Helsinki ATHLETICS:�SCANDINAVIA IN June. The bright sunshine and nightless nights and the perfect playground for a summer-fest of athletics. Yet somewhere between the shadow of the...
View ArticleEuropean Cross Country: Great Britain top medal table
Great Britain topped the medal table for a fifth consecutive year at the European Cross Country Championships. Jess Coulson won the U-23 women's race and there was also gold for the junior women's...
View ArticleEuropean Cross Country: Gemma Steel stars in women's team victory
Gemma Steel won the individual silver medal as Great Britain clinched team gold at Sunday's European Cross Country Championships in Belgrade. The 28-year-old finished four seconds behind France's...
View ArticleEthiopia's Gelana wins women's marathon
An exhausted Tiki Gelana of Ethiopia crosses the finish line to win the women's marathon. Photo: Iain McGregor Ethiopia's Tiki Gelana won gold in the women's marathon on the streets of London, denying...
View ArticleKenya's Kiplagat makes history
Kenya's Edna Kiplagat became the first woman to retain the marathon world title when she eased home on Saturday to earn the first gold medal on the opening day of the World Athletics Championships. The...
View ArticleSteel silver in Belgrade
Gemma Steel won silver at the European Cross Country Championships in Belgrade as Great Britain topped the medal table with nine medals. Steel held off Portugal's Dulce Felix and Ireland's Fionnuala...
View ArticleFinal showdown proves Britton now firmly on track for greater things
Ian O'Riordan in Gothenburg Despite all her success over cross country, or perhaps because of it, some of us still wondered if Fionnuala Britton had what it takes to win medals on the track, that when...
View ArticleGemma Steel helps GB top medal table at Euro Cross Country Championships
• Charnwood athlete wins silver in senior women's race ...
View ArticleFionnuala Britton to face Jessica Coulson in Antrim event
Fionnuala Britton's opponents at Saturday's IAAF Antrim Cross Country meeting will include European Under-23 champion Jessica Coulson. Stockport runner Coulson landed the European Under-23 gold last...
View ArticleBritton makes it a hat-trick of December titles
THE IRISH TIMES/IRISH SPORTS COUNCIL SPORTSWOMAN AWARD: Wicklow woman impresses by taking gold in Slovenia and Hungary, writes MARY HANNIGAN The lights have hardly been turned out after the ceremony...
View ArticleFionnuala Britton finishes fourth in Belgrade
Defending champion Fionnuala Britton finished just outside the medals at the European cross-country championship...
View ArticleAgony for Britton as hat-trick proves just out of reach
Double European cross country champion Fionnuala Britton just missed out on the medals in yesterday's European Championships where she finished fourth, four seconds behind bronze medallist Dulce Felix...
View ArticleBritton reminded once again just how lonely fourth place is
IAN O'RIORDAN in Helsinki ATHLETICS:�THERE ARE different ways of approaching championship 10,000m, and as brave and determined as Fionnuala Britton's effort was, running from the front ultimately left...
View ArticleKiplagat breaks Straneo to retain marathon title
* Keynan times race perfectly for second gold ...
View ArticleAbeylegesse has a double on her mind (EAA - European Athletic Association)
(Source: EAA - European Athletic Association) The marathon at this summer's European Athletics Championships in Zurich was one of the toughest races in years - featuring a steep climb to one of the...
View ArticleEuropean Cross Country Championships: Great Britain tops medal table
Gemma Steel won silver at the European Cross Country Championships in Belgrade on Sunday as Great Britain topped the medal table with nine medals. Steel held off Portugal's Dulce Felix and Ireland's...
View ArticleBritton running into form finishing fourth in Spain
IAN O'RIORDAN ATHLETICS:��Fionnuala Britton won���t be having it all her own way when defending her European Cross Country title next month, although she���s certainly rounding into...
View ArticleWorld Athletics Championships: Kiplagat makes history in women's marathon
MOSCOW: Kenya’s Edna Kiplagat became the first woman to retain the marathon world title when she eased home on Saturday to earn the first gold medal on the opening day of the World Athletics...
View ArticleKenyan Kiplagat retains women's world marathon title
MOSCOW: Kenya's Edna Kiplagat became the first woman to retain the marathon world title when she eased home on Saturday to earn the first gold medal on the opening day of the World Athletics...
View ArticleFionnuala Britton finishes a battling third in Brussels race
Fionnuala Britton finished a battling third in Sunday's Lotto Cross Cup cross country meeting in Brussels. Britton led for much of the 6K race but was passed by Ethiopian-born Dutch runner Sifan Hassan...
View ArticleKiplagat makes history in women's marathon
Kenya's Edna Kiplagat became the first woman to retain the marathon world title when she eased home on Saturday to earn the first gold medal on the opening day of the World Athletics Championships. The...
View ArticleHistory beckons for Britton in Belgrade at European Cross Country...
(Source: IAAF - International Association of Athletics Federations) Ireland's Fionnuala Britton has her chance to make history at the 2013 SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Belgrade on...
View ArticleEuropean Cross Country: Fionnuala Britton fourth in Belgrade
Fionnuala Britton's hopes of a third successive European Cross Country title were dashed as she had to settle for fourth place in Belgrade on Sunday. The...
View ArticleATHLETICS: Edna makes history in women’s marathon
KENYA’S Edna Kiplagat became the first woman to retain the marathon world title when she eased home yesterday to earn the first gold medal on the opening day of the World Athletics Championships. The...
View ArticleCan Jeilan emulate Bekele on his Half Marathon debut in Lisbon? (IAAF -...
(Source: IAAF - International Association of Athletics Federations) Ethiopia's Ibrahim Jeilan, the 2011 IAAF World Championships 10,000m gold medallist and silver medallist over the same distance in...
View ArticleMasai hopes for debut to remember in Birmingham (IAAF - International...
(Source: IAAF - International Association of Athletics Federations) After a stellar track career and success over 10km on the roads, Kenya's 2009 world 10,000m champion Linet Masai will make her half...
View ArticleFionnuala Britton wins Ireland's second Euro Indoors medal
Fionnuala Britton clinched Ireland's second medal of the European Indoor Championships after finishing a gutsy third in the women's 3,000m final. Britton looked set to finish fourth after she dropped...
View ArticleStraneo has that winning feeling (EAA - European Athletic Association)
(Source: EAA - European Athletic Association) The essence of great sport is the rivalry, and the desire to win again after defeat. Just ask Valeria Straneo. In August the Italian was beaten into second...
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