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24.-27.7.2003

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27/07/2003 21:47 --- Oprea set the only WR in Tampere

One new World Record was set at the 17th European Junior Championships in Tampere. It was made by Romanian Catalina Oprea at women´s 2000 metres Steeplechase, whose time 6.21,78 is 3,99 seconds better than Australia´s Melissa Rollinson´s previous WR. >>>


27/07/2003 21:41 --- Flash interviews on Sunday

WOMEN 200 m final - Ivet Lalova BUL (1st), MEN 200 m final - Sebastian Ernst GER (1st), MEN Hammer final - Lorenzo Povegliano ITA (1st), WOMEN 2000m steeplechase final - Catalina Oprea ROM (1st with WR time 6.21,78), MEN 3000m steeplechase final - Ruben Schwarz GER (1st), WOMEN HIGH JUMP final - Ariane Friedrich GER (1st), WOMEN LONG JUMP final - Sophie Krauel GER (1st), WOMEN POLE VAULT final - Vincent Favretto FRA (1st), MEN 5000m final - Anatoliy Rybakov RUS (1st), MEN 1500m final - Bartosz Nowicki POL (1st), WOMEN 1500m final - Nelya Neporadna UKR (1st), WOMEN HEPTATHLON final - Olga Levenkova RUS (1st), WOMEN 4x400 relay final - Yekaterina Kostetskaya RUS (Russia won), MEN 4x400 relay final - Kamghe Gaba GER (4th runner, Germany won)>>>


Finland took all the medals in men's javelin
Finland took all the medals in men's javelin

26/07/2003 21:25 --- Jackpot at Javelin for Finland!

Finnish Javelin throwers gave the spectators what they wanted to see at Tampere Stadium on Saturday evening. Teemu Wirkkala, Tero Järvenpää and Antti Ruuskanen took a historical triple victory with very good results.>>>


René Bauschinger took gold in 800 meters
René Bauschinger took gold in 800 meters

26/07/2003 21:15 --- Flash interviews on Saturday, part III

Women 800 m FINAL - Simona Barcau ROM (1st), Men Discus FINAL - Erik Cadee NED (1st), Men 800 m FINAL - René Bauschinger GER (1st), Men Javelin FINAL - Teemu Wirkkala FIN (1st), Tero Järvenpää FIN (2nd), Antti Ruuskanen FIN (3rd)>>>


Inga Poluskina (middle) left others far behind in 3000m
Inga Poluskina (middle) left others far behind in 3000m

26/07/2003 18:49 --- Flash interviews on Saturday, part II

Women 400 m hurdles FINAL - Yekaterina Kostetskaya RUS (1st), Men 400 m hurdles FINAL - Rhys Williams GBR (1st), Women 3000 m FINAL - Inna Poluskina LAT (1st), Women Hammer FINAL - Katarzyna Kita POL (1st), Men 400 m FINAL - Dimitrios Gravalos GRE (1st), Women shot put FINAL - Anna Avdeyeva RUS (1st).>>>


26/07/2003 16:53 --- Flash interviews on Saturday, part I

Women Javelin qualification: Pauliina Paunu FIN (7th), Women Javelin qualification: Pauliina Laamanen FIN (8th), Men 10000 walk ***FINAL***: Vladimir Parvatkin RUS (1st), Men 10000 walk ***FINAL***: Michal Blazek SVK 2nd>>>


26/07/2003 16:01 --- Kanaikin pulled out from gold

There was a very dramatic men´s 10000 metres track walking race. Russian´s Vladimir Kanaikin, last year´s World Youth Champion got the second warning in the beginning of the last lap after he had kicked strongly. Only less than 50 metres before the finishing line Kanaikin was disqualified. His technique was so bad that the decicion was unquestionable. >>>


26/07/2003 11:16 --- Flash interviews for Friday's last events

Men´s Long Jump: Nelson Evora POR (1st), Women´s Discus: Ulrike Giesa GER (1st), Men´s Decathlon: Nicklas Wiberg SWE (1st)>>>


26/07/2003 01:01 --- Sweden´s great Friday in Tampere

Friday was Sweden´s great day at the 17th European Junior Championships at Tampere Ratina Stadium: Magnus Lohse won men´s Shot Put and Nicklas Wiberg Decathlon.>>>


25/07/2003 22:36 --- Flash interviews, Friday, part 2

Silvia La Barbera ITA W 5000 m, winner, Ivet Lalova BUL W 100 m, winner, Sophie Kraul GER, 100 m hurdles, winner >>>


25/07/2003 21:04 --- Flash interviews>>>


25/07/2003 13:39 --- Photo gallery released

I just put some photos to ejch-gallery. More fotos will be added during the competitions.

Photo gallery.>>>


25/07/2003 08:55 --- Updated weather forecast for Tampere>>>


Oleg Lobanov won 800m 2nd heat
Oleg Lobanov won 800m 2nd heat

24/07/2003 23:33 --- Inonescu a big surpriser

Men´s only final on Thursday, 10000 metres was a very exciting race. After 6000 metres there were only four men who had chanches to win and in the beginning of the last km there were only three of them as Spain´s Alejandro Fernandez could not follow Denmark´s Mohammed Bashir, Russias Alexey Reunkov and Romanian´s Marius Ionescu. >>>


24/07/2003 21:43 --- Golomski and Wiberg are leaders in decathlon

I should be leading more than by one point to het to the medals. But who knows, maybe tomorrow is better for me, told Tim Golomski (GER), leader of decathlon after first day.

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Finnish athlete Elisa Hakamäki set his new PB in 100m hurdles
Finnish athlete Elisa Hakamäki set his new PB in 100m hurdles

24/07/2003 20:41 --- Elisa Hakamäki

- Time under 14 seconds was no goal for me. Still I'm very happy to set nnew PB here in Tampere. I just try to finish at the final, that's my goal, says finnish athlete Elisa Hakamäki after 100 m hurdles qualification. >>>


Women's 10000m walk medalists
Women's 10000m walk medalists

24/07/2003 18:19 --- Petrova won first gold in EJCH 2003 Tampere

-We didn't work together with Anna Bragina (RUS), even though we were first and secound. We come from different parts of Russua and don't even do training together. I came here to win, said Petrova after the competition.

Irina Petrova RUS, W 10000 m walk, gold medal winner>>>


24/07/2003 16:03 --- Golomski took a clear lead>>>


24/07/2003 09:51 --- Wirkkala takes it seriously

The big favourite of the men´s javelin at the Tampere EJCH promises to take Saturday´s final seriously. The statistics are prognosing him an "easy" victory, because he is the only one who has thrown over 80 metres (80,07 in Kuortane last Sunday) and none of his opponents have even thrown over 75 metres. >>>


24/07/2003 09:03 --- Updated weather forecast for Tampere>>>


23/07/2003 17:43 --- Changes in timetable - 1

After the confirmation procedure for the 1st day of competitions, we inform you that the following changes are made in the timetable distributed yesterday.>>>


23/07/2003 14:15 --- Qualifying standards in track events>>>


22/07/2003 19:17 --- Pre-competition press conference

Pre-competition press conference will be held on Wednesday at 15:00 at the press centre, Tampere Stadium 1st floor.>>>


21/07/2003 13:47 --- Weather forecast for Tampere>>>


18/07/2003 15:07 --- All the best juniors to Tampere

All the very best European junior athletes will take part at the 17th European Junior Championships in Tampere, Finland on 24 - 27 July. Total amount of athletes will be 792 from 44 countries.>>>


27/06/2003 14:31 --- Team manual available>>>


06/06/2003 13:08 --- Wirkkala became the javelin favourite

Finland´s Teemu Wirkkala became the strongest favourite to win the Junior European title at Javelin by throwing U20´s best result in the World 78,39 in Copenhagen.

Wirkkala, the U18 World Champion in 2001, set the 4th ever best mark in Finland. Only Juha Laukkanen 79,46, Aki Parviainen 80,94 and Harri Haatainen have thrown better than he. Those three Finns have also held the U20´s World Record with their results.>>>


13/05/2003 15:12 --- Tampere Airport closed July 26 - 27th

Those EJCH2003-guests who plan to arrive or departure Tampere by airplane are kindly asked to notice that the Tampere Pirkkala International Airport will be closed due to runway works on Saturday July 26th and Sunday July 27th.

The Airport will be opened normally on Monday July 28th at 05.00.>>>


Mikaela Ingberg
Mikaela Ingberg

06/05/2003 10:13 --- Ingberg will always remember her EJCH-gold

Finland´s Mikaela Ingberg has belonged to the club of the absolutely best female javelin throwers for almost ten years. She had her international break-through in 1993 when she won the European Junior title.>>>


06/05/2003 09:52 --- Gold at the EJCH is a good sign

The history shows that winning at the European Junior Championships is, in many cases, followed by very good success in the seniors´ class, too.

Some of the junior champions have needed 5 - 6 years - or maybe even more to catch gold in senior class, but some of them have done it very quickly.>>>


05/05/2003 15:09 --- 46 teams to Tampere

According to the premilinary entries almost 1000 athletes will take part at the European Junior Championships in Tampere July 24th - 27th.>>>


Tero Järvenpää
Tero Järvenpää
foto: Antti-Pekka Sonninen

22/01/2003 13:59 --- Tero and Hannu-Heikki - Pyrintö´s own hopes

Tampereen Pyrintö has two strong canditates to represent Finland at the European Junior Championships at their home stadium. They are javelin thrower Tero Järvenpää and Hannu-Heikki Turunen at high hurdles.

Järvenpää made his debute at international championships at the age of 17 and Turunen tries to follow him in Tampere.>>>


Johanna Manninen beated all three swedish sprinters in the competition between Finland and Sweden
Johanna Manninen beated all three swedish sprinters in the competition between Finland and Sweden
foto: A-P Sonninen

12/11/2002 22:04 --- Sprinter Johanna Manninen knows the inportance of the Junior Championships for an young talent

"Enjoy the great feeling in Tampere!"

Sprinter Johanna Manninen is the most succesful Finnish athlete at the European Junior Championships with her five medals in three Championships.

Manninen knows what kind of an attitude a junior athlete must have in order to get succes and and enjoy an international athmosphere.

- Take it easy and don´t forget to have fun! Manninen says especially to those athletes who will compete for the first time at the international Championships in Tampere.>>>


29/10/2002 10:48 --- Tampere invites European Juniors in 2003

The 17th European Junior Championships (U'20) in athletics will be held in Tampere in Finland on July 24th - 27th 2003.

For the first time each country can send three athletes to every event, if they have reached the entry standards. That's why some 750 athletes are expected to perform in Tampere. In addition some 250 other team members will also attend.>>>


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