About 27,000 spectators at the two-day German Championships in Ulm on 6-7 July saw throwers as strong as ever, sprinters getting into shape for the IAAF World Championships in Moscow and Alyn Camara causing an upset in the Long Jump. Olympic silver medallist Bjorn Otto was under pressure in the…
It is not only Gateshead that is on the minds of the German team as they prepare for the European Athletics Team Championships on June 22-23. They are already looking a year into the future. In 12-months time Germany will be the hosts when the competition is staged in Braunschweig…
Eugene, Oregon – Get ready to fly. Olympic pole vault gold medalist Renaud Lavillenie is ready to take the Prefontaine Classic to new heights. Lavillenie, the 2012 Olympic gold medalist, will make his first-ever trip to Hayward Field to compete in the 39th annual Prefontaine Classic on June 1st. Joining him will be…
France’s Renaud Lavillenie did something that has been impossible for European athletes before, grabbing three major international titles in the same year, as the European Athletics Championships were held for the first time in the same summer as the Olympic Games.Lavillenie, 26, had an astonishing season, both indoors and outdoors.…