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The 52nd CERN relay race took place on the Meyrin site on 30 May. In total, 167 teams assembled on the starting line – a new record!
The sports competition, which brings together members of public research institutes across Europe, was back on track after a three-year hiatus
The next Atomiade 2020 will take place from 21th to 28th of March in the Avoriaz Resort with capacity for around 250 participants
Not even the rain could stop the 600-plus runners who came to CERN on Sunday, 17 November, for a pre-Escalade training session
A CERN team was victorious at the Harmony Geneva Marathon for UNICEF winning the Challenge Entreprise with an average time of less than 3 hours for each runner!
Fifty-five CERN athletes participated in the 16th Atomiade sports competition, held in June
This year, the 214 CERN teams participating in Bike2Work cycled a total of 140 395 km!
Runners braved poor weather for the CERN Road Race this week
Julie Haffner of the CERN press office and her team, the Gex Twirling Club, won the International Baton Twirling Cup in Amsterdam last month
The penultimate stage of the 2013 Tour de France, the Annecy-Semnoz time-trial, has already been won – by a CERN staff member
Craig Stevenson won gold in the under 75kg category at the 12th World Firefighter's Games in Syndey, Australia, last week