Tag: Athletics
death of Dick Fosbury, the man who revolutionized the high jump
Former American athlete Dick Fosbury, Olympic champion in 1968, who revolutionized the high jump with a technique that became a school and now bears his name, died Sunday at age…
prison sentence confirmed on appeal for Diack junior
Papa Massata Diack, son of former world athletics boss Lamine Diack, was sentenced Thursday, March 9 on appeal to five years in prison for corruption in the Russian doping scandal…
Femke Bol without any problems at the European Indoor Championships, also Seedo semi-finalist
N’ketia Seedo also qualified for the semi-finals, but then on the 60 meters. That was difficult for the 19-year-old from Utrecht, who finished fifth in her series. She did not…
former Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius soon to be released?
South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, who killed his girlfriend a decade ago, will find out within a month whether he can be granted parole, his lawyer said on Thursday.…
See the program and broadcast information of the EC Indoor Championships in athletics
The EC Indoor Championships in athletics start this week on Thursday, March 2. You can find the schedule of the games in this story. Jarmo Lehtinen and Aaro Linnalaakso explain,…
Holding on to peak: Femke Bol big favorite at European Indoor Championships after world record
Nobility obliges. Femke Bol will not only be the defending champion in the 400 meters during the European Indoor Championships in Istanbul this weekend, she has also held the world…
Through Ankie’s Lens: the Queen is in the picture, the King is not
Utrecht – Everyone is flabbergasted. “What is happening here?” Athletes, photographers and judges run around like crazy. Hectic everywhere. Personal record? Dutch record? No; world record! The person behind the…
Coach Femke Bol: ‘She will also amaze the world on the hurdles’
First come the European indoor championships in Istanbul in less than two weeks. The head coach of hurdles and sprints at the Athletics Union understands that Bol wants to go…
“Don’t let young people follow your example” – see here the medalists of the opening day of the athletics championship halls
Broadcast from the second competition day of the SM halls on Sunday at Areena from 9:55 am. Compilation of Sunday’s games on TV2 at 17:15. Viljami Kaasalainen lived up to…
Femke Bol eases into NK final 400 meters: ‘It’s great that my family can be there’
The 22-year-old Bol has become a world champion in recent years, in the 400 meters and the 400 hurdles. Very often she no longer runs in the Netherlands, so the…