Russia's Savchenko and Germany's Heidler impress in Daegu | 16.05.2012

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Russian pole vaulter Anastasiya Savchenko continued her upward progression when she won at the Colorful Daegu Championships Meeting, and IAAF World Challenge meeting in the South Korean city of Daegu on Wednesday.

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Finland's Möro hopes Helsinki inspiration will lead to Rieti success | 16.05.2012

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Every major championship needs a few home town heroes and the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki this summer is no exception.

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Russian walkers' path to London is now established | 16.05.2012

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Russia's head coach for walking Viktor Chegin has announced two-third of the team that will be sent for the three walks at the Olympic Games this summer, following last weekend's World Race Walking Championships on home soil in Saransk.

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Menkova and Tóth voted European Athletes of the Month for April | 16.05.2012

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European Athletics is pleased to announce that Belarus hammer thrower Oksana Menkova and Slovakian walker Matej Tóth have been voted as the European Athletes of the Month for April.

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Hamstring problems force Spanish walker Molina to retire | 15.05.2012

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Juan Manuel Molina has announced his retirement from international athletics at the age of 33 following the Spanish walker's failure to finish the men's 50 km race at World Race Walking Cup in Saransk, Russia, on Sunday.

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Assunta Legnante: an inspiration to athletes of all abilities | 15.05.2012

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Italy's 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships shot put gold medallist Assunta Legnante has been completely blind for six months but she has not lost her passion for athletics and on Saturday she set a world record of 13.27m in her category at the Italian Paralympic championships in Torino.
Her performance, in a series which also included an effort of 13.24m, added more than a metre to the former record of 11.84m.

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Two-time European triple jump champion Christian Olsson forced to retire | 14.05.2012

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Sweden's 2008 Olympic Games triple jump champion Christian Olsson has abandoned his bid to compete at the 2012 Olympic Games this summer and the 2002 and 2006 European Athletic Championships gold medallist also announced on Monday that he is retiring from the sport.

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Great throwing by Poland's Fajdek and Rakoczy | 14.05.2012

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There was some superb throwing during the second day of Poland University Championships in Lodz with the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships hammer gold medallist Pawel Fajdek improving his personal best to 79.82m.

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