3rd SPAR European Athletics Team Championships
Russia’s head coach Maslakov says team spirit helped win in StockholmRussia’s head athletics coach Valentin Maslakov hailed the team spirit of his country’s defence of their SPAR European Team Championships title last weekend. |
Russians retain SPAR European Team Championships title |
David Greene now hunting for British record on home soilGreat Britain’s SPAR European Team Championships team captain David Greene started the summer with a list of targets and he ticked off one of them when he won the 400m hurdles in Stockholm in a Championships record of 49.12. |
Russia in pole position at European Team Championships, world leads for Obergföll, Rogowska and Demyanyuk |
Mixed feelings but no mixed results for Galkina-Samitova in StockholmGulnara Galkina-Samitova’s victory - one of nine by Russia over the weekend - might have helped her country retain the SPAR European Athletics Championships but the steeplechaser left Stockholm on Monday morning with mixed feelings. |
Lemaitre clocks 9.95 at SPAR European Team Championships, fastest European time since 2004 |
Russia top the overall team standingsRussia won the 2011 SPAR European Team Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, and were crowned as Europe’s top athletics nation on Sunday. They successfully defended their title accumulating a record total of 385 points across the two days, winning by a massive 53.5 points. Germany finished second with 331.5 points while, Ukraine claimed the third spot with 304 points. |
Heidler gets Germany off to good start at SPAR European Team Championships |
