Athletics
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Cross Country League for youths and cadets
Going into the final event of the Cross Country League for the youth and cadet categories last Sunday, the leading athletes had already secured three of the four top prizes at stake. Moreover, twins Luke and Joseph Camilleri, proud representatives...
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Australia names Briton new athletics director
Simon Nathan, who helped Britain’s athletics team clinch four gold medals at the London Olympics, has been named Australia’s high performance director of athletics. Briton Nathan, a long-serving coach with British Athletics, will be responsible for...
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Bolt beaten in season opener
Jamaican Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt was beaten in his first race of the 2013 season on Saturday, finishing third in a low-key 400 metre event in his hometown of Kingston. The triple gold medallist from both the 2008 Beijing and 2012 London...
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Adequate carbohydrate consumption
We have reached the final stages in our build-up to the February 24 races and with only two weeks to go it is now imperative to get plenty of rest and to eat and drink sufficiently. It is interesting to note that a study performed on 250 London...
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London event drops taxes to lure Bolt for meet
Olympic champion Usain Bolt and other overseas athletes will be able to compete tax-free in this year’s London Diamond League event at the Olympic Stadium after the British finance minister agreed to a “one-off” exemption. Jamaican Bolt, who won...
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Windy meeting at Marsa
Stadium athletics competition took off to a blustery start on Saturday as the prevailing winds initially threatened to play havoc with the more popular sprinting events. Nonetheless the turnout for the 60m burn-out was significant, given that many...
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Pushing through pain barrier
We have all trained hard to reach this stage in our build-up for the February 24 events and everything has been done to accomplish our pre-set goals. However, how many times, shortly before a race, have we pondered on that tiny, nagging muscle pain...
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Hussen breaks 33-min barrier in Ta’ Qali race
Followers of the sport will probably agree that the qualities that have propelled Ibrahim Hussen to the top of the classification in this season’s Road Running League are his pace and finishing kick that kills off the competition. At the fourth race...
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The situations you can control ahead of race day
There are some runners who are prone to focus on situations they cannot control rather than the ones they can manage and be in command of. The weather, road conditions and criticism are beyond one’s control. Can you do anything about these...
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Bolt eyes three golds at world championships
Triple London Olympic champion Usain Bolt is injury free and eyeing three gold medals at this year’s world championships in Moscow in August. As part of his preparations, the Jamaican 100 and 200 metres world record holder will run the longer sprint...
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St Patrick’s teams dominate at Marsascala Road Relay
Carmen Hili (St Patrick’s AC) and Vincenzo Scuro (AS Libertas) recorded the best leg times of the day at the Clubs’ Road Relay over 20km held at Marsascala and organised by Athletics Malta on Saturday. Just seven teams, hailing from three clubs,...
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Mental preparation for distance runners
Whether this is your first race or you’ve been competing for a while, all those participating in the coming marathon or half-marathon should be preparing themselves mentally as from now. On the day, being mentally prepared may make the difference...
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Farah to race 3,000m at the British GP
Double Olympic distance champion Mo Farah will run the 3,000 metres at the British Athletics Grand Prix in Birmingham on Feb. 16, his only indoor race in 2013. Farah, Olympic 5,000m and 10,000m champion, finished fourth in the 3,000m at the world...
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Cross country series for U-18s at Marsa
Athletics Malta organised their second event of the year on Sunday, on this occasion directed solely towards the younger members of the association. This was the fourth in the series of the Endurance Cross Country programme designed for those under...
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Lifting weights for better results
Recently, I had the occasion to meet with a large group of cheerful runners in a Yuletide reception. It was certainly a great pleasure, catching up with the old club members and also enriching my acquaintances with some newcomers. Needless to say,...
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Saints runners prevail
The Road Running League, organised by Athletics Malta, passed the halfway mark with the Qawra 10km race held recently. The field of over a 100 participants faced a strong wind along the Coast Road especially in the run-in to the finish line. St...
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Focus on sprints in Gozo training camp
On the first weekend of 2013, some of Malta’s leading track and field athletes made their way to Gozo for their annual pre-season training camp. The team, led by coach Mario Bonello, who has been shortlisted for the Official of the Year award in the...
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Diet trends and healthy eating
A new year has begun, bringing with it fresh beginnings by which most of us have jotted down resolutions and goals for the next 12 months. On a clear note, my key intention is to remove old and unwanted clutter and replace it with the new – a fresh...
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Bottle-thrower aimed abuse at Bolt
A man screamed abuse at Usain Bolt before throwing a plastic beer bottle on to the track shortly before the men’s 100 metres final at the London Olympics, prosecutors said at his trial yesterday. The accused, Ashley Gill-Webb, 34, pushed his way to...
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Two records set at memorial meet
The Saturday before Christmas, Pembroke Athleta maintained their annual appointment to organise a track and field memorial meeting in remembrance of one-time club secretary Joseph M. Gerada. To cap the afternoon the meet witnessed two new national...
