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The long jump competition at the 64th Hanžeković Memorial Meeting in Zagreb could indeed be dubbed the War of the Worlds. One world would represent two European stars, Darya Klishina and Ivana Španović and the other world, as always – a world unto itself – American Brittney Reese! Reese was born on 9th September 1986 […]

Two weeks prior to the 64th Hanžeković Memorial the latest media information was revealed to the press by the meeting Director, Ivana Brkljačić, bronze high-jump medalist at the European Championships in Zürich Ana Šimić and the Mayor of Zagreb, Milan Bandić. „It’s a great joy for organizers when the stars of the competition are in

Sandra Perkovic produced the most dominant performance of the week with a fifth-round 71.08m national record effort to secure on the European Championship in Zurich her third successive continental discus throw title. Melina Robert-Michon of France reached 65.33m for silver, exactly one metre better than bronze medallist Shanice Craft. The Croatian won by nearly six

Blanka Vlasic will make her first appearance of summer 2014 at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Oslo on June 11. Eight days later sees Blanka compete at the High Jump meeting in Buhl, a competition where last year, she successfully jumped 200 cm. Blanka plans to complete her jumping season on September 14 at

Blanka Vlašić, two-time world champion and Croatian high jump record holder, is returning to competition in February! The 2010 world’s best female track and field athlete confirmed on her website  www.blanka-vlasic.hr  that she had resumed her usual training schedule after successful treatment of her Achilles injury at a clinic in Carlow, Ireland. She is planning

1. Eugene 95.034, 2. Zürich 94.677, 3. Bruxelles 94.259, 4. London 94.036, 5. Monaco 93.476, 6. Pariz 92.808, 7. Doha 92.709, 8. Rim 92.624, 9. Lausanne 92.576, 10. Šangaj 91.841, 11. Stockholm 91.376, 12. Birmingham 91.372, 13. Ostrava 90.241, 14. Oslo 89.889, 15. New York 89.078, 16. ZAGREB 88.151, 17. Berlin 87.826, 18. Rieti 87.454, 19.

US discus thrower Gia Lewis Smallwod (34) was the greatest surprise of the 2013 IAAF Zagreb World Challenge. She beat Olympic and world champion Sandra Perković, setting a new meeting record with a throw of 66.29! Sandra finished second with 65.63. I came here, did my best, I fought all the way to the end

The 110m Hurdles Boris Hanžeković Memorial Race had two winners, who tied in 13.25 – USA’s David Oliver and Ryan Wilson. Olympic champion from Beijing, Cuba’s Dayron Robles, finished third in 13.30. To be more precise, David Oliver was awarded the win first, in the time one hundredth of a second faster than his compatriot’s.

Blanka Vlašić, this year a brilliant and successful Zagreb Meeting promoter, attentively watched Sandra Perković compete at Zagreb. She doesn’t consider the Olympic and world champion’s second place at home meeting a failure, about which Sandra should worry too much. „It is impossible to expect of Sandra not to have a bad day every now

On the eve of the 2013 Zagreb IAAF World Challenge, some of the greatest stars of the Meeting were presented at the press conference. Reigning discus throw Olympic and world champion Sandra Perković said: “I was in physical therapy this morning again; I hope I will be ready to throw on Tuesday evening. If I