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Polish athletes took second place in the European Lille team. Never before in the history of this event were they so high. In the general classification they lost only to Germany.more

Cape Town - World renowned ultra-distance legend, South Africa's Bruce Fordyce, has confirmed he was assaulted at gun point while on a Friday morning run in Johannesburg.more

The famous Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has announced that before his career ends, he will run 21 July in Monaco at the Diamond League meeting. The last performance was scheduled during the August World Championships in London.more

Adam Kszczot (RKS Łódź) vice-champion of the world at 800 m, won 1.45,96 at the Diamond League in Rome. The fifth was Marcin Lewandowski (CWZS Zawisza Bydgoszcz SL) - 1.46,51.more

Usain Bolt, world record holder at 100 and 200 m, will run at 100 m on the 56th "Golden Spikes" in Ostrava on June 28, the organizers said. This will be his ninth performance in this Czech city and his first start in Europe this season.more

Piotr Hercog took first place, and Robert Celiński second in the Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon - the highest running race in the world.more

Marcin Swierc became the first Pole to win the Great Wall Marathon, which was organized in 1999.more

World sprint star Usain Bolt has donated his gold and white limited edition Puma track shoes in which he won the gold medal and broke the Olympic 100metre record at the 2009 Berlin Olympics to raise money for charity.more

386,050 people from all continents came to London next year's marathon in five days of open registration This is a global record, but in April it will be able to launch over the Thames only 50,000. Runners selected by lottery.more

Six thousand participants will take part in Sunday's International Wings for Life World Run in Poznan. This is a unique rivalry without the finish line - it is chasing car riders, the driver will be Adam Malysz.more

Plans to rewrite world records set before 2005 are "disrespectful, an injustice and a slap in the face", says former long jumper Mike Powell, who stands to lose his own world record.more

Gabby Douglas' Barbie doll has officially hit stores, about a year after its initial creation. Barbie first announced the doll just days after Douglas was named to the 2016 Olympic team.more

European champion in pole vault Robert Sober (AZS AWF Wroclaw) broke through metacarpal bone during training at a grouping in Spain. "For now, nothing is known, but gypsum in such cases is from four to six weeks," he said.more

The European Athletic Association (EA) is considering canceling Old Continent records due to doubts about athletes' performance at a time when anti-doping controls were ineffective.more

Helen Glover and Heather Stanning are taking part in the London Virgin Marathon 2017. The pair have been undefeated since 2011, winning their last 39 races as team-mates.more

A London Marathon runner is being hailed a hero after he was spotted giving up his own race time to help a struggling runner to the finish line.more

Paweł Fajdek (Agros Zamość) doubled the world champion with a hammer throw at 83.00 m during an unofficial event in Bradenton, Florida. Pole is the definitive leader of this year's world record with 81.39 m.more

Seven more Russian athletes have been cleared to compete as neutrals while their country remains suspended from international athletics.more

In 2015, the majority of athletes using illegal drugs came from Russia, according to the annual report of the World Anadoting Agency (WADA). There were 176 of them, followed by Italy - 129, 13. Poland - 43.more

The disqualification means they are stripped from London 2012's records. Valyukevich, having come in eighth, will also have to return a diploma she received for her finish.more

Britain's Mo Farah and Kenya's David Rudisha are among the athletes who will compete in the Racers Track Club Grand Prix on June 10, the final Jamaican competition for superstar Usain Bolt, organizers said Friday.more

The race was won by Piotr Lobodzinski from Poland, who climbed the 324 vertical metres in 7 minutes and 50 seconds.more

IAAF council member Fredericks has quit as head of the evaluation commission for the 2024 Games, having already left a taskforce helping Russia return to international competition.more

Poland has won 12 medals, including seven gold, at the 2017 European Indoor Athletics Championships which ended in Belgrade on Sunday.more

Adam Kszczot (RKS Łódź) with time 1.48,37 won his elimination series of the 800 meters and advanced to Saturday's semifinals Indoor Athletics Championships in Belgrade. more