Athletics
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Never too old to run
“I am over 40 and too old to start running now.” How many times in our lives have we heard something similar to this comment when a person is urged to start doing some exercise. Concert pianist Deirdre Larkin, an English woman residing in South...
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Be brave, rise to the challenge
Derek Redmond was favourite to win the 400 metres race at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. However, 150 metres into the distance, the Englishman experienced severe pain and fell to the ground. He had a torn hamstring but sheer determination to finish...
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Hili retains her Challenge title
Carmen Hili ran to Valletta’s City Gate unrivalled yesterday to claim a second successive Nestle Malta International Challenge Marathon title and the sixth in her long-distance running career. The St Patrick’s AC veteran won the women’s third leg of...
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Hili and Mazerski retain the lead
Carmen Hili and Bartosz Mazerski will start today’s decisive leg of the 2012 Nestle Malta International Challenge Marathon as the leading runners in their respective categories. At the end of yesterday’s second leg of the three-day 42km race, both...
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Hili, Mazerski win Challenge opener
Carmen Hili and Bartosz Mazerski claimed the early honours of this year’s Malta International Challenge Marathon as the three-day 42km race, sponsored by Nestle, got underway with the first leg in Rabat yesterday. A total of 111 runners were at the...
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Early signs promising for a bumper UJ Mdina-Spinola
It’s hard to believe that more than a year has gone by since one of our most trusted colleagues, John Walsh, passed away and that we have succeeded in staging the most successful Malta Marathon in the race’s 27 years of existence. Now that it’s done...
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Chouhal and Borg – best performers
Diane Borg, the current Maltese Sportswoman of the Year, and Rachid Chouhal, have been voted unanimously by Athletics Malta as their choice for the Athlete of the Year Awards. Still classified as an Under-23 athlete, Borg capped the athletics season...
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London submits bid to host 2017 IPC worlds
London, hosts of this year’s Paralympic Games, has submitted a formal bid for the 2017 IPC World Championships, the city’s mayor Boris Johnson announced. Johnson said the success of the Games, hailed as the biggest and most high-profile in...
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150 participants for Challenge Marathon
The 2012 Nestle Fitness Malta International Challenge Marat-hon will take place on the weekend of November 23-25. At the launch of this year’s event in Lija yesterday, Barry Whitmore, founder and race director, gave details of the three-day...
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Fifth straight win for dominant Balzan
Jonathan Balzan continued to cement his name in the record books of long-distance running on our islands after winning the 15th Żurrieq Half Marathon on Sunday. Balzan crossed the finish line at the main square in Żurrieq after one hour, 16 minutes...
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New York marathon cancelled after storm backlash
New York City is cancelling its annual marathon, scheduled for tomorrow, after a backlash against plans to hold the race in the wake of hurricane Sandy, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said last night. Bloomberg had earlier sought to allow the race to go...
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New York mayor says Sunday’s race will happen
Despite the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy, the 43rd New York Marathon will be staged Sunday as scheduled, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said yesterday. Organizers had been proceeding as planned to put together the annual event that runs through...
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Żurrieq half on Nov. 4
The Żurrieq Wolves Athletics Club, in conjunction with the Żurrieq Local Council, will host the 15th edition of the International Half Marathon on November 4. This race has established itself as one of the main long-distance running events in the...
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Two British athletes have medals stolen
Two Olympians have had their medals stolen during a night out after leaving a Buckingham Palace reception with Queen Elizabeth II to honour British athletes who took part in this summer’s Games. Rower Alex Partridge and hockey player Hannah Macleod...
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All EAA targets met says Wirz
Hansjorg Wirz hailed the organisation of the European Athletics Convention that came to a close at the San Ġorġ Corinthia in St Julians, yesterday. The European Athletics Association (EAA) president told a news conference that all objectives were...
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Bubka backs EAA drive on participation campaign
Pole vault legend Sergei Bubka arrived in Malta yesterday to attend the European Athletics Convention at the Corinthia San Ġorg between today and Saturday. Bubka, vice-president of the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF), is...
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Balzan and Hili win SmartCity Malta 8km race
SmartCity Malta was a hub of activity on Sunday with over 100 runners present for the first SmartCity Malta 8km road race hosted by St Patrick’s AC. The race, flagged off by Suleiman Al Riyami, Country Director at SmartCity Malta, proceeded to...
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Bolt still flirting with more events
World’s fastest man Usain Bolt is still toying with the notion of adding the 400 metres or long jump to his repertoire after retaining his 100 and 200 Olympic titles. The 26-year-old, who also helped defend Jamaica’s 4x100 relay crown in London,...
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Bolt eyes ‘three-peat’ in Rio
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt vowed yesterday to defend his Olympic sprint titles in Rio but, buoyed by the West Indies’ World Twenty20 triumph, declared that cricket was his “first love”. Bolt, who said in August that he was considering swapping sprinting...
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Shobukhova seeks fourth title
Russia’s Liliya Shobukhova will attempt to win an unprecedented fourth consecutive Chicago Marathon women’s title in today’s 35th running of the event. Shobukhova, unbeaten in three Chicago starts, was unable to finish the London Olympic marathon in...
