Marin Šarec

The 110m hurdles Boris Hanžeković Memorial Race has always been the central event of the Zagreb meeting. Olympic champions have won it seven times so far and world champions nine times. Another member could join this eminent company at the 71st Boris Hanžeković Memorial, as Olympic champion Hansle Parchment has confirmed his participation in the […]

The women’s 200m at the 71st Boris Hanžeković Memorial – WA Continental Tour Gold meeting will feature two athletes who won a total of three medals at the Tokyo Olympic Games! Christine Mboma, currently the world’s greatest sprint sensation, finished second in the 200m, breaking the world junior record, while Shericka Jackson won bronze in

Ever since Usain Bolt ran the 100m in 9.85 seconds in Zagreb in 2011, the question has been who could break the Boris Hanžeković Memorial meeting record set by the world’s fastest man in history. Nobody has come close to him so far, but that record will really be challenged this year, because three sprinters

We saw an excellent race over 800 metres at last year’s Boris Hanžeković Memorial, which drew a lot of attention in the British media due to the British 1-2-3 win (Rowden, Giles, Wightman). This year, we might see an even better race in Zagreb and the meeting record of 1:44.05, held by one of the

The pole vault will be a great attraction at the 71st Boris Hanžeković Memorial. The field, currently including three pole vaulters who have cleared six metres in their careers, will be led by two-time world champion Sam Kendricks, who competed in Zagreb in 2017, as well. Kendrick’s personal best is 6.06 metres and his season’s

The 71st Boris Hanžeković Memorial – a Continental Tour Gold meeting – was presented at a press conference in Zagreb. Meeting Director Robert Šola said that 11 Olympic champions, 7 world champions and 16 Olympic medallists from Tokyo had already confirmed their participation in the meeting. New Meeting Manager Alfons Juck presented three sprint events

Olympic champion Kirani James will lead the strong field in the 400m at the 71st Boris Hanžeković Memorial. James is the only athlete who ran in the Olympic 400m final three times; and he also medalled each time: he won gold in London 2012, silver in Rio de Janeiro 2016 and bronze in Tokyo this

The woman’s discus throw will for sure be one of the most attractive events at the 71st Boris Hanžeković Memorial, as two-time Olympic champion Sandra Perković and current Olympic champion from Tokyo, USA’s Valarie Allman, have confirmed their participation in it! Besides the fact that Croatia’s best discus thrower will have an opportunity for a

The discus throw event at the 71st Boris Hanžeković Memorial will be a sort of the Tokyo Olympics final rerun as all three Tokyo medallists are coming to Zagreb: the Olympic Champion Daniel Stahl (68.90), silver medallist Simon Pettersson (67.39) and bronze medallist Lukas Weisshaidinger (67.07). The world’s best young discus thrower and European U23