Month: February 2025
Dutch athlete Demi van den Wildenberg
Demi van den Wildenberg is Dutch track and field athlete, who competes in sprints and relays. She is a European U20 Championships silver medalist in 4x100m relay. Demi van den Wildenberg was born on February 29, 2000. She started in athletics at an early age and showed her great skills and talent in sprints and
Armand Duplantis won the pole vault gold at the ISTAF Indoor tournament in Berlin with new meeting record
The big star in the pole vault, Armand Duplantis, has started 2025 in a fantastic way. The Olympic, world and European champion and world record holder in the discipline won the ISTAF Indoor tournament in Berlin with a new meeting record of 6.10m. The Swedish athlete is trying to improve his own world record after
Romanian athlete Maria Mihalache
Maria Mihalache is Romanian track and field athlete and one of the biggest talent in the country’s sprints. She is Balkan Indoor champion and nine-time national champion in sprints and relays. Maria Mihalache was born on May 11, 2003. She started in athletics at school and showed great talents in running and sprints. Maria Mihalache
Ertan Ozkan won the 60m gold at the Beograd Balkan Indoor Championships
Ertan Ozkan won the 60m gold at the Beograd Balkan Indoor Championships. The Turkish athlete won the sprint with 6.63 sec, beating his compatriot Mustafa Kemal Ay by only 0.02 sec. The bronze in the event was for Nikola Karamanolov (Bulgaria), who finished in 6.69 sec. Another Bulgarian sprinter finished fourth – Hristo Iliev, who
Aleksandrija Mitrovic won the triple jump gold at the Beograd Balkan Indoor Championships
Aleksandrija Mitrovic won the triple jump gold at the Beograd Balkan Indoor Championships. The Serbian athlete recorded 13.59m to win the gold in the event. The result was personal best of the European U20 Championships bronze medalist. The fight for the gold was very tough, as Elena Andreea Talos (Romania) with 13.58m, just one centimeter
Bozhidar Saraboyukov won the Balkan title in the long jump with 8.12m
Bozhidar Saraboyukov won the Balkan title in the long jump at the indoor championships in Belgrade. The Bulgarian athlete reached the gold with 8.12m, thus crossing the 8-meter mark in his fourth competition of the season. The 20-year-old talent grabbed the gold medal on his second attempt, when he landed on this result. The silver
Hellen Obiri will not compete at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships in September
(1143, 1, ‘2025-02-13 13:05:42’, ‘2025-02-13 13:05:42’, ‘Two-time world 5,000m champion Hellen Obiri has announced that she will not be competing at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships in September. The 35-year-old Kenyan has revealed her reasons for doing so. “You remember I fell twice in the race and winning bronze was such a relief. I knew
Letsile Tebogo will compete in 100m event at the Keqiao Diamond League
The Paris 2024 Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo will compete in the 100m at the second Diamond League event of 2025 in Keqiao, China, on May 3rd. The Botswanan sprinter won five times in the event between July and September last year. In 2025, the 21-year-old Letsile Tebogo will turn his attention to the 100m
Ukrainian pole vault athlete Yana Hladiychuk
Yana Hladiychuk is an Ukrainian athlete, who competed in the women’s pole vault event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The four-time Balkan Championships winner (indoor and outdoor) and six-time national champion (indoor and outdoor) was born on May 21, 1993, and started in athletics at an early age, proving to be one of the top
Julius Yego vowed to fight for a podium at the Tokyo World Championships
The 2015 world javelin throw champion Julius Yego has vowed to fight for a podium at the Tokyo World Championships in September before considering his retirement from the sport. “I have already qualified for the Tokyo World Championships, so now it’s time for me to train hard and smart. I am old and I have