Irish Olympians Robert Heffernan and Olive Loughnane ended the year in fine style by adding another Irish title to their collections at the championships held in Santry Demesne on Saturday last. Heffernan won the 30k title, but had to give second best to his training partner Francesco Fernandez from Spain, who was competing as a [...]
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Monthly Archives: December 2008
Dec 26
2008 – End of Year Review – Race Walking
IAAF – The respected track and field statisticians, A. Lennart Julin and Mirko Jalava continue their end of season review, with the 2008 competitive highlights of the road events, the Road Running and Race Walks
Dec 22
Shaul Ladany: The long walk through horrors of 20th century
Independent on Sunday, 21 December 2008 – DANI MACHLIS Link courtesy of Dave Ainsworth. He survived the Holocaust and then escaped the Munich Massacre. Today, at the age of 72, he is an athletics phenomenon. Simon Turnbull talks to… Shaul Ladany Shaul Ladany is still pounding the streets near his home in Be’er Sheba in [...]
Dec 20
Race Walking Record published – issue 788
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Dec 19
UK Athletics annouce Berlin 2009 selection policies
The UK A make a very odd statement below saying “The selection standards (times/distances/heights) are in line with IAAF standards, bar the walks and marathon, in which UKA employs tougher standards to bring them in line with other disciplines.” What does this mean – what are they trying to suggest, if anything? It may be [...]
Dec 19
Dave powers into top ten
ILFORD impressed in South Croydon at Surrey Walking Club’s annual Christmas Cup Walk over 5km around four circuits of a demanding course. In torrential rain and biting cold conditions, a small field battled for honours and best to show for Ilford was Dave Sharpe, who always looked comfortable as he made light of the conditions [...]
Dec 19
Ben takes trophy as he strolls to finish
REDCAR race walking international Ben Wears has broken the 48-year-old domination of a major trophy. The 18-year-old from Redcar Race Walking Club has stormed to victory in the prestigious Peel to Douglas 10 miles race on the Isle of Man. It’s the first time that the trophy has ever left the Isle of Man – [...]
Dec 17
English AAAs to be held next year
The English AAA Championships are set to be revived with a two-day competition expected to be held after next summer’s World Championships. It will be the first national track and field championships held by England Athletics, formed three years ago. The championships, which were launched in 1880, were last contested in 2006. England Athletics chairman [...]
Dec 17
Erickson scores Berlin berth
Athletics Australia Beijing Olympian Chris Erickson has automatically qualified for next year’s world athletics championships, taking out the Australian 50km walk title in Melbourne. Battling strong winds and driving rain at Fawkner Park, Erickson sliced nearly three minutes from his personal best to stop the clock at 3 hours 55 minutes and 28 seconds.
Dec 17
Irish Olympians to compete at Santry
Irish Olympians Rob Heffernan, Jamie Costin and Olive Loughnane will compete in this weekend’s DIY Walk Championships in Santry Demesne. Francisco Fernandez, former world record holder and Athens Olympic silver medalist, who is currently training in Ireland with Rob Heffernan will also complete in the Men’s 30k. They will be watched by their coach, four [...]