The 2012 Athens Classic Marathon is scheduled for Sunday 11 November. The sixth annual AIMS Marathon Symposium will be staged in the town of Marathon on the eve of the race.
After a fourteen-month absence, triple jump indoor world record holder Teddy Tamgho of France has restarted his training, having undergone two operations on his right ankle.
For some people athletics is a casual hobby, for others it is an opportunity to stay fit and healthy. But for Finland's Eemeli Kaartinen, it is a life's passion.
Sabrina Mockenhaupt won her 35th German title over all distances when she came home first in the national 10km championships at the weekend. Practically unchallenged she came home in a time of 32:56, over a minute outside her best time for the distance.
Olympic fourth placer Hans Van Alphen of Belgium won the 36th edition of Decastar meet, an IAAF Combined Events Challenge meeting, in Talence, France, with a final score of 8293 points in the decathlon.
