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DERypakova secures Asian Indoor Games jumps double in Ashgabat
Olga Rypakova drew on her years of experience to capture a career fifth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts gold medal in the triple jump in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, on Tuesday (19).
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
Cheruiyot joins Frankfurt Marathon field
Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya, the 2016 Olympic 5000m champion, has joined the field for the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on 29 October, organisers have announced.
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
World bronze medallist Ingebrigtsen continues Norwegian renaissance
Medals are like buses. After Vebjorn Rodal claimed bronze in the men’s 800m in Gothenburg in 1995, Norway went 10 consecutive editions of the IAAF World Championships without winning a medal on the track. Then in a matter of days, at the IAAF World Championships London 2017, two appeared almost at once.
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
Kazakhs off to strong start at Asian Indoor Games in Ashgabat
With three gold medals – and two of those won with Games records – Kazakhstan got off to a flying start on the first day of athletics at the Ashgabat 2017 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat on Monday (18).
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
My greatest challenge – Allen Johnson
Four-time world champion Allen Johnson is one of the all-time hurdling greats. But the 1996 Olympic champion says that jetlag was one of the toughest barriers he had to overcome during his career.
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
Cheroben sizzles 58:40 world lead at Copenhagen Half Marathon
Abraham Cheroben clocked a world-leading 58:40 to win the Copenhagen Half Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on Sunday (17).
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
Warner and Vetter prevail in Talence
Damian Warner and Anouk Vetter prevailed at the 41st edition of the Decastar in Talence, France, on Sunday (17), the last competition of the 2017 IAAF Combined Events Challenge.
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
Bounasr and Beyene take top honours in Beijing
Salah-Eddine Bounasr stunned a quality field that included 11 sub-2:10 runners to become the first Moroccan winner in the 37-year history of Beijing Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on Sunday (17) while Meselech Beyene rallied to extend Ethiopia’s win streak in the women’s race to four years.
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
Legese and Chelangat win Dam tot Damloop
Birhanu Legese and Mercyline Chelangat were the clear and proud winners of the Dam tot Damloop, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, that covers the 10 mile distance between the Dutch cities of Amsterdam and Zaandam, on Sunday (17).
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
Negewo successfully defends title at Cape Town marathon
Asefa Mengstu Negewo came back to the marathon that launched him onto the international stage in 2016 and destroyed a quality field to successfully defend his title at the SANLAM Cape Town Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on Sunday (17).
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
Harun races to course record win in Sydney; Hattori completes Japanese hat-trick
Makda Harun raced to a course record victory in the Sydney marathon on Sunday, while Shota Hattori overtook Werkunesh Seyoum close to the finish line to make it a hat-trick of wins for Japan in the men’s division of this IAAF Gold Label Road race.
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
Warner and Vetter the overnight leaders in Talence
Olympic bronze medallist Damian Warner and world bronze medallist Anouk Vetter lead after day one (16) of the Decastar in Talence, the final competition of the 2017 IAAF Combined Events Challenge.
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
Jepchumba and Kipyego break course records at Usti nad Labem Half Marathon
Violah Jepchumba returned to winning ways at the Mattoni Usti nad Labem Half Marathon, while Barselius Kipyego retained his title at the IAAF Gold Label road race on Saturday (16).
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
That moment when… Ikauniece-Admidina overcame injury to place fourth in Rio
Latvia’s 2015 world bronze medallist Laura Ikauniece-Admidina is among the world’s leading heptathletes. Here the talented 25-year-old talks about her pride in overcoming an injury-riddled build-up to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
Mwangi aims to retain Copenhagen Half Marathon title against strong field
There may have been just two previous editions of the Copenhagen Half Marathon, but the IAAF Gold Label road race has already proven itself to be one of the fastest 13.1-mile races in the world.
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
Wordt Thiam verkozen tot Europese Atlete van het Jaar?
Nafi Thiam is één van de tien kanshebbers op de titel Europese Atlete van het Jaar. De Europese Atletiekfederatie heeft de shortlist vandaag bekendgemaakt.
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
Bolt: "Muhammad Ali verloor ook zijn laatste gevecht"
Usain Bolt kreeg op de slotdag van het WK atletiek in Londen dan toch een mooi eerbetoon voor zijn afscheid. "Maar van een comeback is geen sprake", zei de 30-jarige Jamaicaan.
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
Kiptoo targets hat-trick at Dam Tot Damloop
He won at the Dam Tot Damloop in 2015 and 2016 and on Sunday (17) he could potentially achieve a historic hat-trick at the IAAF Silver Label 10-mile race between Amsterdam and Zaandam. But the circumstances have changed for Edwin Kiptoo.
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
Defending champion Negewo faces stern test at Cape Town Marathon
Asefa Negewo made history in 2016 when he won the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon in a South African all-comers’ record of 2:08.41. The Ethiopian returns to the IAAF Gold Label road race on Sunday (17) to defend his title, but will face tough opposition.
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
Nafi Thiam genomineerd voor Europese Atlete van het Jaar
Nafi Thiam is één van de tien kanshebsters op de titel Europese Atlete van het Jaar. De Europese Atletiekfederatie heeft de shortlist vrijdag bekendgemaakt op haar website.
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
