The Meeting de Paris on Saturday (24) marks the final scoring opportunity in the IAAF Diamond League ahead of the finals in Zurich (29 August) and Brussels (6 September). Many of the places in the finals have already been secured, but lots can still change in the standings for the 14 scoring…
The 15th International Golden Roof Challenge in Innsbruck (home of the Golden Fly Series), presented elite athletes in competition, with a historical twist. This year marks the commemoration of the 500th Anniversary of the death of Emperor Maximilian I, who built the Golden Roof in 1500 and enjoyed jousting in…
Jenn Suhr of Riga tied for first place at the Spitzen Leichtathletik in Lucerne, Switzerland, on Monday with a jump of 4.70 meters. Suhr, 36, tied with Angelica Bengtsson of Sweden at 4.70 meters and neither cleared the 4.80-meter bar. They were named co-champions. Read More
4,40m and 4,55m in Sollentuna GP -13 #polevault FROM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOsqy6h00Dw&feature=youtu.be
The European Athletics Association named Angelica Bengtsson, the junior world record holder in the pole vault, as the women’s Rising Star for 2012. BENGTSSON IS THE RISING STAR LAUSANNE (SUI): Swedish pole vault prodigy Angelica Bengtsson is the 2012 winner of the women’s European Athletics Rising Star award. Informs European…
Stockholm, Sweden – Several of the key competitors in tomorrow’sDN Galan – Samsung Diamond League line-up met with the press this afternoon at the Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre. Among those present were Olympic Shot Put champions Valerie Adams (NZL) and Tomasz Majewski (POL), Olympic Long Jump champion Brittney Reese (USA), Olympic…
Swedish junior pole vault star Angelica Bengtsson has revealed the secret of her success after setting a new national record of 4.58 in Sollentuna this season before going on to retain her world junior title in Barcelona last week. Quite simply, she has given up all the little superstitions athletes…
Barcelona, Spain — Emily Grove’s first trip overseas netted the Pontiac resident a sixth-place finish at the IAAF World Junior Championships Saturday. Grove, a 2011 graduate of Pontiac Township High School, cleared 4.15 meters in placing sixth at the meet for track and field athletes under the age of 20. …
Stockholm, Sweden – The world’s best senior female pole vaulter will meet the world’s best junior at the upcoming DN Galan inStockholm, on 17 August, the 10th stop of the Samsung Diamond League series. The reigning World junior champion happens to be the local favourite Angelica Bengtsson who has a seasonal best of 4.58m. Bengtsson…