Sofiya Valyaeva
Happy birthday to Russia's Sofiya Valyaeva, an 800m runner who spent this July doing the thing middle-distance runners wait years for.
On 10 July in Smolensk, Sofiya ran 2:07.14 over...
Jazmin Romeu
Happy birthday to Spain's sprinter Jazmin Romeu, who has had the kind of summer a sprinter remembers for good.
Jazmin equalled her 100m personal best of 11.54 on 1 July,...
Claudia Mir
Happy birthday to Spain's Clàudia Mir, a 400m hurdler for Club Atletisme Tarragona and one of the athletes who just carried her club back into Spain's top division.
Clàudia's 2026...
Mar Navarro
Happy birthday to Spain's combined-events specialist Mar Navarro, who has now made four consecutive national finals in the hardest discipline in the sport.
Nine days ago at the Spanish U20...
Maritina Garefalaki
Happy monumental birthday to Greece's sprint hurdler Maritina Garefalaki, officially recorded in competition as Maria Garefalaki, who wore the Greek vest before she left school.
At the Panhellenic U18 Championships...
Simrandeep Kaur
Happy birthday to India's Simrandeep Kaur, officially recorded in competition as Simran Deep Kaur, a sprinter who set both of her personal bests inside the same week.
Simrandeep ran 11.66...
