Sport of athletics

The biggest running event in the country will already be introduced with a major fair at the Gospodarsko razstavišče fairgrounds staring on 24 October, while young runners will open the course on Saturday morning.

Today athletes from 5 continents will run on the streets of Sofia. This will happen in one of the oldest marathons in Europe, which has a 34-year history. The marathon route will block many streets in Sofia. This year, a record number of participants will take part in the Sofia Marathon - 3000. It is expected that about 1/3 of them will be foreigners.

BRUSSELS - Joining the EU is "a matter of endurance and not a competition," Serbian PM Ana Brnabic told the Euractiv.com portal in an interview.

"For Serbia, joining the EU is like a marathon. When you run a marathon you are not competing against anyone else but yourself. In that sense, I don't think any country should be bothered by who is the front or second runner," she said.

Athletes smile for the camera at the starting line of the 35th Spartathlon, beneath the Acropolis, early on Friday morning. The grueling 246-kilometer ultramarathon celebrating Pheidippides, the Athenian messenger who was sent to Sparta in 490 BC to seek help against the Persians in the Battle of Marathon, is this year being attempted by 400 athletes from around the world.

Sign up for the Spetses Mini Marathon, which includes running and swimming events for kids and adults, as well as a stand-up paddle board race. Participation for the majority of the events is free of charge. Now in its sixth year, the annual event is expecting up to 6,000 athletes and 12,000 visitors on the Saronic island.

30 years ago on August 30, 1987, Bulgaria's athlete Stefka Kostadinova set a new high jump world record at the Olympic Stadium in Rome.

The Bulgarian athlete jumped 209cm thus beating her own personal best by 1 cm.

Many athletes, including Kostadinova herself, have been trying to beat that record in the past 30 years, but the record still stands.

The Authentic Athens Marathon, will be held on Sunday November 12, 2017 along the route from Marathonas to Athens, offering the opportunity to all runners participating to make their dream come true.

Greece's Ekaterini Stefanidi won her 12th consecutive pole vault competition at the Birmingham Grand Prix Diamond League meeting on Sunday.

The reigning Olympic and world champion cleared 4.75 to take the top spot. Stefanidi upped the bar to 4.88m but was unsuccessful.

Usain Bolt is in Mykonos soaking up the sun and sea after a demanding World Athletics Championships in London which ended on a sour note for the fastest man on the planet following his injury in the 4×100 metre men’s final. Bolt posted a photo on his Instagram profile where a pool and some plants can be seen, but the location of the photo is unclear. He wrote: “With friends”.

Athletics legends Usain Bolt and Mo Farah experienced some of their greatest moments in their careers at the 2012 Olympics in London but five years on and back in the same stadium, misery replaced joy. 

Bolt, who won the individual 100 and 200m and the 4x100m relay in London in 2012, collapsed to the track injured on Aug. 12 anchoring the Jamaica 4x100 meters relay team.