Fanny Blankers-Koen Games, Hengelo, 30.05.2010

The FBK - Games is absolute top event in track meetings in the Netherlands.
On May 30rd you can see topatletes from all over the world at the FBK- stadium. Come to Hengelo and enjoy this athletics game.

The FBK - Games is part of the IAAF World Challenge, together with a.o. Melbourne, Osaka, Athens, Madrid, Daegu and Berlin. In the past toptathletes as Carl Lewis, Leroy Burrel, Sebastian Coe, Ellen van Langen, Marion Jones and of course Kenenisa Bekele and "Mr. Hengelo" Haile Gebreselassie visited Hengelo. In the 2009 edition 8 Olympic champions and 6 World champions performered in the FBK-stadium in Hengelo. Churandy Martina had a great performance by running the 100 meter within 10 seconds.  On 30. May 2010 again a lot of topathletes will be present in Hengelo.

The most important international athletic games in the Netherlands has been organized in Hengelo since 1981 every year. Its original name was Fanny Blankers-Koen Games in honour of the best Dutch athlete, who won four gold medals at the 1948 Olympic Games.
In 1983 the game was officially recognized by the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federation). ...more

Events

• Preliminary programme 2010

News

Forsythe runs 10.16 PB in Hengelo

May 30, 2010: Mario Forsythe ran the 6th fastest time by a Jamaican this season. At Sunday's Fanny Blankers-Koen Games in Hengelo, eastern Netherlands, Forsythe ran 10.16 to put himself only behind world leader Asafa Powell (9.83), Usain Bolt (9.86), Nesta Carter (10.09) and Lerone Clarke (10.11) this season. ...more

Turner and Oni score victories in Hengelo

May 30, 2010: Andy Turner and Samson Oni defeated strong opposition at the FBK Games in Hengelo. ...more

Nederlanders kunnen kil Hengelo niet verwarmen

May 30, 2010: De Nederlandse topatleten bleken zondag niet in staat een kil en verregend FBK-stadion in Hengelo te verwarmen. Onder erbarmelijke weersomstandigheden wist alleen meerkampster Dafne Schippers op de 100m voor de vrouwen boven zichzelf uit te steken. ...more

Turner wint 110 m horden op FBK Games

May 30, 2010: De Brit Andy Turner heeft zondagmiddag bij de door regen geteisterde FBK Games in Hengelo een van de hoofdnummers gewonnen. ...more

Hammerwurf: Litvinov wirft in Hengelo 78,98m

May 30, 2010: Hammerwerfer Sergei Litvinov von der LG Frankfurt hat beim World Challenge-Meeting in Hengelo gewonnen. ...more

Phillips daleč, a s pomočjo vetra

May 30, 2010: V nizozemskem Hengelu je potekal sedmi letošnji miting serije ''IAAF World Challenge''. V skoku v daljino je z rezultatom 842 centimetrov zmagal Dwight Phillips, a je imel pri tem izdatno pomoč vetra. ...more

Wereldkampioenen 800 meter naar FBK-Games

May 7, 2010: HENGELO – De 800 meter bij de mannen zou tijdens de komende FBK-Games wel eens kunnen uitgroeien tot een van de absolute hoogtepunten. De Nederlandse toppers Bram Som, Robert Lathouwers en Arnoud Okken nemen het op tegen onder anderen de twee regerend wereldkampioenen van dit moment. De Zuid-Afrikaan Mbalaeni Mulaudzi greep in de zomer van 2009 de mondiale titel outdoor. Begin dit jaar was de Soendanees Abubaker Kaki de snelste bij het WK indoor. Beiden komen op 30 mei aan de start in het FBK-Stadion. ...more

Robles vs. Brathwaite in Hengelo

(Werelden Olympisch kampioen 110 m horden naar FBK-Games)

29.4.2010 - HENGELO – FBK Games of Hengelo planned for May 30 is having a new highlight. The organizers announced that in the 110 m hurdles will clash world record holder and olympic winner Dayron Robles of Cuba with reigning world champion Ryan Brathwaite of Barbados. They both should also run against each other on May 19 in Daegu at Korean IAAF World Challenge meet. In Hengelo in the field also top home hurdlers Gregory Sedoc and Marcel van der Westen. According to sources Robles is no longer scheduled to run in Shanghai against home her Liu Xiang on May 23.

Dutch: De Cubaanse Olympisch kampioen en wereldrecordhouder 110 meter horden Dayron Robles neemt op 30 mei deel aan de FBK-Games in Hengelo. Hij neemt het onder meer op tegen Ryan Brathwaite, de verrassende wereldkampioen van Berlijn, en de Nederlandse toppers Gregory Sedoc en Marcel van den Westen. Een absoluut topveld dus op de 110 meter horden. ...more

Fanny Blankers-Koen

(CNN) -- Fanny Blankers-Koen stands alone as the only woman to have matched Jessie Owens and Carl Lewis by winning four athletics gold medals at a single Olympics, in London in 1948. ...more

Fanny Blankers-Koen

Francina "Fanny" Elsje Blankers-Koen (26 April 1918(1918-04-26) – 25 January 2004 (aged 85)) was a Dutch athlete, best known for winning four gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. She accomplished this as a 30 year old mother of two, during a time when many disregarded women's athletics. Her background and performances earned her the nickname "the Flying Housewife." ...more

Results 2009

• Fanny Blankers-Koen Games

General information (Geography)

Hengelo is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel. The city lies along the motorways A1/E30 and A35 and it has a station for the International Amsterdam - Hannover - Berlin service. The climate in Holland is temperate and very similar to that of the United kingdom with summer temperatures ranging from 20°c – 25°c in July and August and winter temperatures in December and January ranging from 0°c to 10°c.
The Netherlands receives a fairly steady flow of rainfall throughout the year with April and May on average being the driest months.

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