French sprint hurdler Wilhem Belocian rubber-stamped his brilliant credentials with a world record performance to win gold at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Eugene by becoming the first youngster to smash 13 seconds.

It is just under three weeks to go until the Zurich 2014 European Athletics Championships, which takes place at the Letzigrund stadium 12-17 August, and there is still time to get your tickets.

The men’s high jump in Zurich will be an event to savour - of that there is no doubt. In one corner there will be the world champion Bohdan Bondarenko and his Ukrainian teammate Andriy Protsenko and in the other will be Russia’s Ivan Ukhov,...

European athletes had a glorious second day at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Eugene as they won five of the eight gold medals on offer - with race walker Anezka Drahotova stealing the show.

After winning Olympic gold and breaking one of the most iconic world records on the books, the next major milestone on the road to global domination for Renaud Lavillenie is the European Athletics Championships.

 

Morgan Lake has tradition on her side but she is fast establishing a reputation of her own as one of the sport’s best multi-eventers as she proved on the opening day of the IAAF World Junior Championships in Eugene.