31st European Athletics Indoor Championships
After her gold medal in Paris, Clitheroe says goodbye to the barriers | 22.03.2011It has been a little over two weeks since Great Britain’s Helen Clitheroe won her very first major title, over 3000m at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Paris earlier this month, and she is still high in the clouds after having the gold medal hung around her neck. |
A retrospective: 31st European Athletics Indoor Championships | 12.03.2011There is an old saying "save the best for last" and at the 31st European Athletics Indoor Championships at the Palais Omnisport Paris-Bercy that was certainly the case as clever planning saw the men's triple jump scheduled as the final event in anticipation that local hero Teddy Tamgho could conjure up something special. Part I of II. |
Paris takes pole position in world indoor rankings | 22.03.2011 |
European Athletics Indoor Championships live viewing figures encouraging, says President Wirz | 10.03.2011Provisional television viewing figures for the recently-concluded 31st European Athletics Indoor Championships are extremely encouraging, says European Athletics President Hansjörg Wirz. |
Zinurova talks European title tactics and getting a champion hair cut | 16.03.2011Russia’s Yevgeniya Zinurova may not have been a complete surprise to come out on top in the women’s 800m at the recent European Athletics Indoor Championships, with her having the second best time in the world prior to Paris. |
Krauchanka the dreamer | 09.03.2011Andrei Krauchanka won’t forget Paris in a hurry. Not only was it his first gold medal in senior competition, it was Belarus’s first in the European Athletics Indoor Championships as well as a personal best heptathlon score and national record. |
A Retrospective, Part II: 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships | 13.03.2011Antonietta Di Martino’s success, which was covered at the end of part 1 of this retrospective, meant that she was the oldest women to win a gold medal in the women’s high jump in 31 editions of the European Athletics Indoor Championships. |
Evergreen Clitheroe comes of age | 08.03.2011Anyone involved in British athletics has been watching Helen Clitheroe run for her country for more than 13 years. |
