Athletics News

Olympic champions and hopefuls alike are keen to compete in the first European Games this summer, as David McDaid explains.

Former winner Steph Twell will race in the Antrim International Cross Country event at Greenmount on 14 March.

Last year's winners may not be returning to the 2015 Rome Marathon, but Habtamu Assefa and Meseret Kitata will aim to keep both titles with Ethiopia at the IAAF Gold Label Road Race on 22 March.

Colombian triple jumper Caterine Ibarguen won her second successive Diamond Race title in 2014 and set a South American record of 15.31m at the Monaco IAAF Diamond League meeting.