Chambers set European Record in the 60m semifinals. Four golds fro Russia
07.03.2009 Britain's Dwain Chambers ran a european record mark 6.42 in the 60m semifinals, the most impressing performance of the second day of the european indoor championships and seems ready for an impressing final tomorrow.
In the final events of the day Russia won four gold medals with Yulyia Golubchikova (4.75m in the pole vault), Antonina Krivishapka (51.18 in the 400m), Anna Alminova (4.07.76 in the 1500m) and Ivan Ukhov (2.32m in the high jump). Italy's Fabrizio Donato won the triple jump with a world leading 17.59m, Britain's Mo Farah dominated the men's 3000m with 7.40.17, Estonia Ksenija Balta set a world leading mark of 6.87m to win the long jump and Sweden's Johan Wissman won the 400m with also a world leading 45.89

Cypriot Ioannou wins silver, excellent performance by Kostas Baniotis
07.03.2009 Kostantinos Baniotis in the high jump final was the best Greek performer of the second day of the championships. Baniotis set a personal best with a leap at 2.29m and got the sixth place of the event, achievening that hight with the third attempt. With some more luck he could be on the pondium as Cypriot Kyriakos Ioannou who won the silver cleared also 2.29m. Antonia Stegiou in the women's qualification round cleared 1.85m and did not make the final, while once more Luis Tsatoumas spead pure dissapointement in the long jump qualification round.

First European Golds delivered
06.03.2009 Six The European Indoor Championships opened today in Turin, Italy and four finals are already finished. France's Ladji Doucoure was the winner of the 60mh, the only men's final of the day, where Greece's Konstantinos Douvalidis did not participate. He clocked 7.76 in the morning qualification round, but only 7.82 in the semifinal to take the 7th place. Belgium's Eline Berings won the gold medal of the women's 60mh, while Germany's Petra Lammert is the new european indoor champion of the shot put, havving a winning shot at 19.66m the best of the season worldwide. Russia's Anna Bogdanova dominated the pentahlon with 5.761 points. Results: [Day1]

Papachristou impresses in Turin, Baniotis in the final
06.03.2009 The rising star of the Greek scene, Paraskevi Papachristou shone in the qualification round of the triple jump. She qualified for the final with 14.47m, smashing her personal best and having the second better performance after Marija Sestak. Papachristou is the bronze medallist of the World Juniors Championships 2008. In the pole vault Nikoletta Kyriakopoulou equalled her season's best, but the 4.35m leap gave her the 12th place of the qualification round and lost the chance to participate in the final. At the end of the day, Konstantinos Baniotis cleared 2.27m in the high jump qualification round to equal his personal best and verified a ticket for the final of the event Results: [Day1]

Greece with six in Turin
02.03.2009 Six athletes are flying to Turin on Wednesday in order to represent Greece in the European Indoor Championships, taking place in Turin, Italy next weekend. The best long jumper of the year Luis Tsatoumas is a country's hope for a medal, while Olympics semifinalist Konstantinos Douvalidis will participate in the 60mh. Konstantinos Baniotis competes in the high jump, while the women's team consists of three athletes: Paraskevi Papachristou in the triple jump, Konstantina Efentaki in the 3000m and Nikoletta Kyriakopoulou in the pole vault [2009 GRE Indoor Lists]

February 2009

Two Miles world best by Defar
26.02.2009 After breaking the 5000m world indoor record in Stockholm, Meserat Defar clocked 9.06.26 in Prague, an all time best for the two miles distance. World leading performaces by Sudanese Ismail Ahmed Ismail in the 800m (1.44.75) and Abreham Cherkos (13.07.83) in the 5000m. Yelena Isinbayeva won with 4.90m, while Greece's Dimitra Emmanuel cleared 4.20m in the pole vault.[Results]

Ukhov clears 2.40m in Athens
25.02.2009 Ivan Ukhov raised once more his own world leading performance for the high jump, having a leap over 2.40m in the IAAF Permit Meeting “Athina 2009” held on Wednesday in Athens. The meeting reserved more good marks, among which are the winning times by American Angela Williams (7.15 in the 60m) and Russia’s Ana Alminova (4.02.23), both second world performers in 2009 for their events.
Greece's Konstantinos Douvalidis improved the 60mh national record to 7.68, while Antonia Stergiou had her best leap at 1.90m to set the high jump standard for the European Indoor Championships [Results][Meeting report by the IAAF]

Athina 2009 IAAF Permit Indoor Meeting
“Athina 2009”, the last IAAF indoor permit meeting of the 2009 season takes place on Wednesday 25 February has attracted five current world season leading performers to take part in the Hall of Peace and Friendship in Pireaus, in the Greek capital.[Our preview written for the IAAF][Entries]

Dragutin Topic clears 2.28m, Mariana Zachariadi 4.41m in Pireaus
21.02.2009 Mariana Zachariadi impressed today in the Balkan Championships held today in Pireaus, where she participated out of competition. The 19-year-old vaulter who competes for Cyprus since last year, improved her personal best by more than 0.20 to set a new national record at 4.41m. Dragutin Topic cleared 2.28m in the high jump and Bulgaria's Spas Buhalov 5.65m in the pole vault. Romania dominated the championships in both men and women categories.[Results]

Kamila Skolimowska dies at 26
19.02.2009 Polish media are reporting that Kamila Skolimowska, the 2000 Olympic champion in the hammer throw, died today after collapsing during a training session in Portugal. She was 26. According to several accounts, Skolimowska fainted during a training session after complaining earlier about feeling fatigued. Regaining consciousness, she fainted again and was rushed to a hospital but was not revived.
Skolimowska, besides Sydney's gold medal, was also European Champion in 2005, world youth champion in 1999, european under 23 champion in 2003 and european juniors champion in 1997.

Defar smashes world 5000m record with 14.24.37
18.02.2009 Meseret Defar set a new World record in the 5000m, clocking 14:24.37* at the GE Galan Meeting tonight in Stockholm [Results]

Isinbayeva flies again: 5.00m in Donetsk
15.02.2009 In her 2009 debut, Yelena Isinbayeva raised her own world record indoors twice at the Pole Vault Stars meeting in Donetsk, Ukraine, first to 4.97 and again to 5.00m.]

Three more for Turin European Indoor Championships
15.02.2009 During the second day of the 23rd National Indoor Championships, three more athletes verified their participation in the European Indoor Championships 2009 in Turin. In the 3000m Konstantina Efentaki clocked 8.5812, Olympics semi-finalist Konstantinos Douvalidis won the 110mh with 7.74 and the bronze medallist of the world juniors championships in 2008 Paraskevi Papachristou improved her personal best to 14.16m to win the triple jump [Greek NC Results][National Indoor Lists 2009][GRE NR set in 2009][Greek NR indoor]

Tsatoumas jumps 8.13m in the National Champs
14.02.2009 Luis Tsatoumas set the best performance of the 1st day of the Greek NC winning the long jump with 8.13m. Good marks for Nikoletta Kyriakopoulou (4.35m in the pole vault) and Konstantina Efentaki (4.16.97 in the 1500m) Angelos Angelakis (6.77) and Georgia Kokloni (7.45) were the winners of the dash races. [Greek NC Results][National Indoor Lists 2009][GRE NR set in 2009][Greek NR indoor]
Also today Dwain Chambers clocked 6.51 european leading time, his PB while winning the 60 m at UK Trials.
Results from [Dusseldorf

Resuming .....
05.02.2009 After a period of de-activation, due to our professional activities and personal problems, we try to resume our operation. We've started from the GREEK INDOOR LISTS 2009, the season is already in process, hoping to update the other pages and return to our known pace in the next weeks.
Many thanks to all of you who tried to keep us active with your messages and encouragement.
Our deep dissapointment of our national athletics scene, added to above mentioned problems, is not enough to keep us far from athletics for a long time. Hopefully one day we 'll see the appropriate persons to be revealed, able to lead and regenerate our Sports. But also the athletes' generation, able to chose the healthy way of the sport.
We'll be here to monitor any development!
"Athina 2009" IAAF Permit Indoor Meeting, 25 February 2009, Athens [entries]