Helsinki 2012 News

Primoz Kozmus looking to finally get continental honours in Helsinki

Slovenia's 2008 Olympic Games hammer champion Primoz Kozmus has pencilled in the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki this summer in a bid to fill the one gap in his medal collection.

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Špotáková confirms Helsinki 2012 plans to set up probable battle with Abakumova

Czech Republic's 2008 Olympic Games javelin champion and world record holder Barbora Špotáková was among the Prague delegation which successfully convinced the European Athletics Council that the 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships should be held in the city.

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Europe's discus throwers on form, Harting world-lead 68.52m

Germany's 2009 and 2011 World Championships discus gold medallist Robert Harting showed that he has fully recovered from autumn knee surgery when he opened his 2012 campaign with a world-leading effort of 68.52m at the Werfer Cup in Wiesbaden on Saturday.

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Rumbo a Helsinki 2012 - Great European Athletes

The Association of Spanish Athletics Statisticians produced the outstanding Statistics Handbook, History of the European Athletics Championships, in 2010 ahead of the last edition of the event in Barcelona.

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Schlangen, Bayer and Spank look to boost Germany's medal tally in Helsinki

Germany has a good chance to stand on top of the medal table at a European Athletics Championships for the first time since reunification in 1990 thanks to an ever increasing number of their top athletes being determined to make their mark in Helsinki this summer.

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Greek multi-events exponent Ifadidou wins in Desenzano

Greece's Sofia Ifadidou added more than 100 points to her heptathlon personal best when she won at the Multistars IAAF Combined Events Challenge meeting in Desenzano, Italy, with 6109 points on Sunday.

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Next stop Helsinki for Boslak's career comeback

French pole vaulter Vanessa Boslak has targeted the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki as a vital part of her comeback programme in a career resurrected by a vital knee surgery 18 months' ago.

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Road to Rome leads on to European Athletics Championships

The Samsung Diamond Meeting in Rome, the first European event this year in the 14-meeting series, has announced that a large contingent of European stars will be present in the Italian capital on 31 May.

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