Helsinki 2012 News

Turkish hero Tanui Özbilen looking to make history in Helsinki | 10.04.2012

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Turkey's İlham Tanui Özbilen, the fastest European over 1500m indoors this winter, made a little bit of history on home territory at the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul last month when he got a silver medal over his favourite distance.

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Review Part II: Triumph beats adversity at European Athletics Championships | 08.07.2012

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WHEN Budapest staged the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 1983, Jacques Borlee won 200m silver and 29 years later in Helsinki, the family name had gold written all over it.

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No hurdle too high in Helsinki for Belarus' Alina Talay | 17.04.2012

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Following her 60m hurdles bronze medal at the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul last month, Belarus hurdler Alina Talay plans to be on the podium again at this summer's European Athletics Championships.

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Review Part I: Triumph beats adversity at European Athletics Championships | 06.07.2012

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It is a measure of an athlete how they deal with crushing or unexpected setback. Some crumble, but others choose to be a standard bearer for the next generation and it is why the European Athletics Championships in Helsinki were more than just five days of track and field drama.

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TV audience of 156 million watches Helsinki 2012 European Athletics Championships | 31.10.2012

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Helsinki 2012, the inaugural European Athletics Championships in an Olympic year, attracted a total television audience of 156 million (excluding news audiences) when it was broadcast earlier this year.

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Saladuha, Lavillenie, Storl, Harting and Co raise Olympic ambitions with European success | 05.07.2012

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For many of those athletes who chose to take part in the first European Athletics Championships to be held in an Olympic year for the positive reason that it would, among other things, help them in their ongoing Olympic ambitions, the strategy paid off handsomely in Helsinki.

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London calling!! | 10.07.2012

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The European Athletics Championships was a huge success but how will it fare as a preview for the Olympics?

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From U23 athlete to mature medallist | 04.07.2012

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The idea behind the creation of the European Athletics U23 Championships was to provide a proving ground for up-and-coming athletes.

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