If Cindy Billaud was looking for a lucky omen on her way to the European Athletics Championships in Zurich, she could not have asked for anything better.
Breaking a national sprint record is some landmark but to achieve it at two different distances, on the same afternoon, just over a couple of hours apart, is something out of the ordinary.
Bernard Dematteis and Andrea Mayr retained their titles at the 13th European Mountain Running Championships in the French High Alps in Gap on Saturday.
Despite such a beautifully pure and healthy setting at the European Mountain Running Championships in Gap, it is sure to be a challenge for athletes, who will have to use all their skill, stamina and tactical thinking to conquer the challenging terrain...
Greg Rutherford knows that history will be on his side on Saturday when he competes in the IAAF Diamond League at the iconic football venue of Hampden Park in Glasgow.